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Chapter 5, The launch screen, Section 5.1 introduction to sessions – NewTek TriCaster 2 Elite (3 RU) User Manual

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Chapter 5

THE LAUNCH SCREEN

The Launch Screen is the gateway to a suite of applications as well as maintenance and
management features for both sessions and the system.

We’ll discuss each of these in

the pages that follow, beginning with a review of the concept of sessions.

The Launch Screen

’s

Home Page

appears whenever you launch your TriCaster. From this screen you will

create and launch

sessions

, then choose what sort of operations you wish to perform within it by selecting a

link on the (similar)

Session Page

.

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Your intention may be to begin a new live production, or to produce another episode of a live series. Perhaps
you wish to prepare title pages for an upcoming event, or perform system maintenance.

We’ll look into each

o

f these in turn, but first let’s consider

a fundamental production concept, the

session

. What is a session, and

why are sessions both important and valuable to you?

SECTION 5.1

INTRODUCTION TO SESSIONS

Any production involves a specific operating environment. The

session

is where TriCaster stores the details

of that environment. Obviously, then, configuring session settings properly is important:

What broadcast standard is used in your locale? Is it

PAL

, common in Europe among other places, or

perhaps

NTSC

, standard throughout North American?

If your task includes SDI cameras or similar SDI sources, what video format do these sources supply?

Are cameras connected using hardware inputs, NDI, or a mixture of both connection types?