NewTek TriCaster 8000 - Manual (Page 411)

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SHIFT F
UNCTIONS
The SHIFT key provides access to various supplemental features, such as selecting
M/E 5 on a TriCaster 860 or 8000 (press SHIFT + M/E 1 in the SWITCHER
DELEGATE group), or accessing GFX 2 on the PROGRAM row.
In addition, the following special functions are provided:
 SHIFT + AUTO: Reverse direction to fully remove or display delegated video
sources left partially displayed by an incomplete prior transition.
 SHIFT + FTB (TRANSITION DELEGATE): Perform an immediate FTB TAKE.
S
ELECT AND
R
ATE
These two buttons, too, are governed by the delegate buttons above (both
SWITCHER DELEGATE and OVERLAY DELEGATE selections). Select BKGD and twist
the appropriate knob to select a different BKGD transition from the onscreen bin, or
to change its rate.
These knobs also act like pushbuttons. Push down and release SELECT to toggle the
Reverse switch for the current BKGD transition.
Hint: Background transitions are the only type to offer a reverse option; DSK transitions
automatically toggle their direction.
Or – push the RATE knob repeatedly to cycle through the S (Slow), M (Medium) and
F(Fast) transition speeds. Recall, too, that multi-selection is supported.
T-B
AR
I
NDICATORS
TriCaster’s onscreen main T-Bar always snaps back to the top at the end of a
transition. This is not true, of course, for the T-Bar on the control surface. To help
you know what will result from moving the physical T-Bar, observe that there are
green LEDs located near either end of its stroke. Normally, one of these is lit to
indicate the direction the T-Bar should be moved to complete the last operation or
perform a new one.
In some cases, transition operations can result in the onscreen T-Bar and its control
surface counterpart being out of synch with one another. In such cases one of the