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Section 6.4 customizing the desktop, 1 renaming inputs – NewTek TriCaster 2 Elite (3 RU) User Manual

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Rotary slider

Position,
Size,
Rotate

Drag up-down to adjust one value, left-right to
adjust the other value, diagonally to adjust two
different values simultaneously.

Hold down Alt while dragging vertically to
modify the third value (Z) when provided.

Rotary

Knob

(single-value)

Audio Gain Drag left-right to adjust the current value.

Combo-Slider

Transition,

Zoom
Duration

Drag left/right to raise or lower the current
value.

Click the digits to type in a new value.

Or click the triangle to open a drop-down
menu.

To make very fine adjustments to slider values, hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the mouse (this
increases accuracy by 10x). Hold down the

Shift

key and double-click most controls to reset them to their

default values.

SECTION 6.4

CUSTOMIZING THE DESKTOP

The

Live Desktop

layout can be adapted to many different scenarios, and provides a number of

customization options that can be of benefit in your workflow. In this section, we’ll touch on several of

these.

6.4.1

RENAMING INPUTS

As charming as descriptive names like

Camera 1

,

DDR 2

and

M/E 5

are, you may wish to change these

labels to something more appropriate for your local needs.

To do so, you will need to open the

Input Configuration

pane for the

Switcher

source in question. There

are several ways to open this pane. You can use any of the methods described below to do so.

Right-click a viewport in the

Live Desktop

or external

Multiview

, or a Switcher button, and select

Configure from the context menu.

Roll the mouse pointer over the viewport for the source, and click the

configuration

(gear) icon

shown at lower right.

‘Two finger tap’ the viewport

.