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This primary screen is the first thing you
encounter after launch. It is dominated by the
main menu shown in Figure 34.
Choosing a link from the menu updates the
right-hand pane of the
Home Page to provide
options and controls related to your choice.
For example, the first thing you will likely do on
launching a brand new unit is create a session.
In anticipation of this, the New icon is pre-
selected automatically whenever there are no
existing sessions. This results in the relevant
session options being displayed at right, as
shown in Figure 35.
5.2.1
NEW (SESSION)
As just mentioned, clicking New on the link populates the pane
at right with related options.
Principally, for each session you must designate (by selecting
switches) your local video standard.
• Select NTSC or PAL
• Select a session format, whether by clicking one of the
convenient Preset buttons, or making a manual
selection at right (such as 1080/59.94i)
S ESSION N AME
You will see a name field for your session listed above the
options pane at right. You can click in this field to modify the
default name (which will be the current date) using the
keyboard.
S ESSION S ETTINGS
The Volume drop-down menu designates a primary hard drive
for the session (and it's associated content) to be created and
stored on.
The Template drop-down menu lists all sessions currently
available on the system. If you select an entry, the session you
create subsequently retains all settings of the source session.
F ORMAT AND O UTPUT C ONSIDERATIONS
Remember that for live production, you can simultaneously supply both SD and HD output for either SD or
HD sessions. The session setting does have some significant ramifications, though. For example, if your
FIGURE 34
FIGURE 35