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PART I (GETTING STARTED)

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2 ABOUT THIS MANUAL

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3 INTRODUCTION

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3.1 OVERVIEW

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3.2 MEET THE FAMILY

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3.2.1 SHARED FEATURES

26

3.2.2 DISTINCTIVE FEATURES

27

TRICASTER STUDIO

27

TRICASTER BROADCAST

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3.3 MANUAL CONVENTIONS

29

4 SETTING UP

31

4.1 COMMAND AND CONTROL

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Figure 1

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4.3.1 ONLINE REGISTRATION

34

4.4 FRONT CONNECTIONS

35

4.4.1 CONNECT A/V DEVICES

35

4.5 GENLOCK CONNECTION

36

4.5.1 GENLOCK CONNECTION

36

4.6 TALLY LIGHTS

37

ENGINEERING NOTES

37

4.7 NETWORK CONNECTION

38

5.1 PRODUCT MODE OPTIONS

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5.1.1 6-CAMERA MODE

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5.1.2 3-CAMERA MODE

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Figure 6

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5.2 THE LIVE PRODUCTION TAB

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Figure 9

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Figure 8 (6-camera mode)

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5.2.2 EXTERNAL

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IVGA CLIENTS

46

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5.2.3 PLAYING VIDEO CLIPS

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Figure 18

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5.2.4 TEXT AND TITLES

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5.2.5 COLOR BACKGROUNDS

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Figure 21

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Figure 22

52

5.2.6 LIVEMATTE

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LIVEMATTE AND THE SWITCHER

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Figure 25

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Figure 26

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5.2.7 AUDIO

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Figure 28

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Figure 29

56

5.2.8 INTERNET STREAMING

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STREAMING CONFIGURATION

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SIMPLE PULL STREAMING

58

PUSH AND FLASH STREAMING

58

CAPTURING THE STREAM

59

5.3 CAPTURE MEDIA

59

Figure 33 - TriCaster STUDIO

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Figure 34

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Figure 35

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Figure 37

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Figure 36

62

5.4 EDIT MEDIA

63

5.4.1 STORYBOARD

64

5.4.2 TIMELINE

65

5.4.3 CONTROLS

66

TRANSFORMING VIDEO

67

ROTATION

68

SLOW MOTION

68

COLOR CORRECTION

69

FADE IN/OUT

69

CHROMAKEYING

69

5.5 EDIT TEXT

70

PART II (REFERENCE)

71

6 LIVE PRODUCTION TOOLS

73

MONITORING

73

6.1.1 3-CAMERA MODE

74

INTERACTIVE FEATURES

75

LIVE OUTPUT

75

6.1.2 6-CAMERA MODE

76

Switcher

77

Transitions

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Overlay

77

Figure 52

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KEYSTROKE SHORTCUTS

79

6.2.2 THE TRANSITION BANK

79

Keystroke Shortcuts

80

6.2.3 OVERLAY

81

FADE AND TAKE

81

Alpha Channels

82

KEYSTROKE CONTROL

82

6.3 SETUP AND AUDIO SECTION

83

6.3.1 DDR 1 & 2

83

THE PLAYLIST

84

TRIMMING CLIPS IN A DDR

85

SELECTION AND LIST MODES

86

DDR PLAYBACK CONTROL

86

PLAYBACK SPEED

87

6.4 TEXT

87

WORKING WITH TEMPLATES

88

CUSTOM TEMPLATES

89

LOAD, SAVE AND APPEND

89

6.5 COLOR BACKGROUND

90

6.6 INPUT SETUP

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6.6.1 INPUT SELECTION

92

6.6.2 CONNECTION TYPE

92

6.6.3 PROC AMP

93

CALIBRATION

94

6.7 LIVEMATTE

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Figure 73

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Figure 74

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Figure 76

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Figure 75

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Figure 78

98

Figure 77

98

6.8 LIVESET

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6.8.2 OTHER UTILITIES

100

6.8.3 LIVESET POWER

101

6.8.4 MORE LIVESET

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6.9 EXTERNAL

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6.9.1 USING IVGA

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Figure 88

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IVGA FOR WINDOWS®

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6.9.3 EXTERNAL SOURCE

107

6.9.2 USING LIVETEXT

107

6.9.4 IVGA OVERLAY

108

6.9.5 OUTPUT TO VGA

109

RESOLUTION

109

6.9.6 VGA KEYING

109

6.9.7 POSITIONING

110

6.10 RECORD AND STREAM

111

6.10.1 RECORD OPTIONS

111

Figure 97

112

Figure 98

112

Figure 99

112

RECORD PROFILE

113

6.10.2 LIVE STREAMING

114

6.11 AUDIO MIXER

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6.11.1 BASIC AUDIO CONTROLS

116

TALK OVER, GAIN AND MUTE

117

6.11.2 MASTER CONTROL

117

6.11.3 AUDIO SIMPLE

118

6.11.4 ADVANCED

118

6.11.5 AUDIO SETUP

119

Figure 112

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Figure 113

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6.12.2 GENLOCK

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DISCUSSION

122

GENLOCK SETTINGS

123

CENTER FREQUENCY

124

GENLOCK TERMINATION

124

7 CAPTURE MEDIA

125

7.1 CAPTURE DETAILS

126

7.1.1 STREAMS TO CAPTURE

127

7.1.2 RECORD PROFILE

127

7.1.3 NAME

128

7.2 DV CAMERA CONTROL

128

7.3 CAPTURE CONTROL

129

7.4 CAPTURED FILES

129

8 EDIT MEDIA

131

8.1 TWO EDITORS IN ONE!

131

8.1.1 THE MONITOR

131

BACKGROUND COLOR

132

FIELDING

132

DISPLAY SIZE

132

OVERLAY

133

8.1.2 THE MEDIA BIN

133

VIEW OPTIONS

134

Figure 126

135

Figure 127

135

THE HOTLIST

136

CUT, COPY, PASTE

136

8.2 THE EDITOR  OVERVIEW

137

8.2.1 CONTROL PANEL

137

EDIT MENU

137

PROJECT MENU

138

FILE I/O

138

Figure 132

139

Figure 133

140

8.3 THE STORYBOARD

141

8.3.2 TRIMMING CLIPS

141

TRIM AUDIO ONLY

142

SLIP AND SLIDE

142

DEFAULT IN AND OUT POINTS

142

8.3.3 STORYBOARD RIPPLE

143

J, K, L HOTKEY CONTROL

144

8.4 THE TIMELINE

145

8.4.1 THE EDIT LINE

146

8.4.3 INHERIT

147

8.4.4 ZOOMING AND SCROLLING

147

8.4.5 TRIMMING CLIPS

148

8.4.6 TIMELINE SNAPPING

148

8.4.7 MARKERS

149

ADDING MARKERS

149

NAVIGATING BETWEEN MARKERS

150

MANAGING MARKERS

150

EDITING MARKERS

150

CLIP MARKERS

151

8.4.8 DRAG COPYING

151

8.4.9 TRANSITIONS

152

ADJUSTING TRANSITIONS

153

8.4.10 FILTERS AND FADES

154

Figure 146

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Figure 147

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8.5 TITLES

156

8.5.1 CREATING A TITLE PAGE

156

TITLE PAGE

157

SCROLL PAGE

157

CRAWL PAGE

157

ADDING TEXT AND GRAPHICS

157

Figure 149

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Figure 150

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Figure 151

158

Figure 153

159

Figure 152

159

GROUPING OBJECTS

160

ANIMATING TITLES

161

Figure 158

162

THE SETTINGS PANEL

163

THE DRAW TAB

164

Figure 163

165

Figure 164

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THE OPTIONS TAB

166

THE POSITIONING TAB

167

PRE-BUILT TEXT PAGES

167

CONTROLS

168

LAYER SETTINGS

169

ASPECT RATIO

169

QUALITY

169

IMAGE SUPER-SAMPLING

170

BG COLOR

170

BG RENDER

170

NON ITU-R BT601 COLOR

171

ANIMATION

171

8.6 AUDIO

171

8.7 MASTER COLOR

172

A.1.1 WHITE BALANCE

172

Figure 171

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8.8 TOOL SHED

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DEFAULT PRESETS

176

USER PRESETS

176

MARKERS

177

TRANSITIONS

177

Figure 175

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Figure 174

178

WIZARDS

179

9 EDIT TEXT

181

9.1 INTERFACE LAYOUT

182

9.2 PROJECT PAGE MANAGEMENT

182

9.2.1 THE PAGES PANEL

182

ADD PAGE

183

9.2.2 PROJECT

184

EXPORT OPTIONS

184

9.3 THE TOOL PANEL

185

9.3.1 TEXT AND DRAWING

185

GRAPHIC SHAPE TOOLS

186

OBJECT MANAGEMENT

188

9.3.2 ALIGNMENT

189

HORIZONTAL JUSTIFICATION

189

VERTICAL JUSTIFICATION

189

DEPTH CONTROL

190

GROUP /UNGROUP

190

9.4 THE MOTION PANEL

190

9.4.1 SPEED CONTROL

191

9.4.2 END BEHAVIOR

191

9.5 CONTROL PANEL TABS

192

9.5.1 VIEW

192

DISPLAY

193

9.5.2 TEXT AND DRAWING

194

FONT AND ORIENTATION

194

ORIENTATION

195

ARC/LINE

195

9.5.3 THE COLOR TAB

196

COLOR DESCRIPTION

197

THE GRADIENT PANEL

198

GRADIENT PRESETS

198

9.5.4 THE STYLE TAB

199

9.5.5 THE FILEBIN

200

IMPORT TEXT

200

9.5.6 THE LAYERS TAB

201

Figure 207

202

Figure 208

202

10.1 LIVEMATTE

204

LIGHTING

204

Analog Connections

205

CALIBRATION AND MONITORING

206

10.2 LIVESET

206

10.2.1 EASY AS 1-2-3

206

Figure 210

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Figure 211

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Figure 212

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Figure 213

208

Figure 214

208

10.2.2 MULTI-CAM LIVESET

209

LIVESET FOR TITLES AND CG

210

11 ADMINISTRATION

211

11.1.1 RESET CONFIGURATIONS

212

11.1.2 DEFRAGMENT HARD-DRIVE

213

11.1.3 CHECK FOR ADD-ONS

213

11.1.4 SOFTWARE UPDATE

214

11.1.5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT

214

11.1.6 LAUNCH TRICASTER

214

11.1.7 CONFIGURE TRICASTER

215

11.2 SYSTEM RESTORE

216

11.2.1 LIMITING USER ACCESS

216

11.2.3 DEFAULT FOLDERS

217

PART III (APPENDICES)

219

A.1.3 CONNECT A PROJECTOR?

224

11.3 iVGA

226

A.2 LIVE PRODUCTION

227

QUICKTIME

228

A.3 RECORD/CAPTURE

230

A.4 AUDIO

231

A.5 STREAMING

232

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A.6 FILES

235

A.7.1 IMPROVE PERFORMANCE?

237

A.7.3 UPDATE TRICASTER?

237

TRICASTER?

239

A.8.1 REGISTER TRICASTER?

240

A.9 MISCELLANEOUS

242

PRODUCTION DESKTOP?

242

11.4 STREAMING STRATEGIES

243

11.4.1 ON DEMAND, OR LIVE?

243

ON DEMAND HOSTING

244

LIVE STREAMING

244

BANDWIDTH CONSIDERATIONS

245

11.4.2 STREAMING PROTOCOLS

246

PULL BY END USERS

246

PUSH TO PROVIDER

247

11.4.4 OTHER RESOURCES

249

11.5 TRICASTER STREAMING

249

11.5.1 PULL PROFILES

249

Figure 226

250

Figure 227

250

Figure 225

250

WRITE TO DISK

251

11.5.2 PUSH PROFILES

252

OTHER FACTORS

254

11.7.1 TESTING YOUR STREAM

254

TESTING WITH PING

255

Figure 231

256

Figure 232

257

Figure 233

258

Figure 234

258

PULL CONNECTION ISSUES

259

Figure 235

260

SPEED TESTS

262

C.1 

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C.2 IVGA AND PERFORMANCE

263

C.3 IMAG AND LATENCY

264

D VIDEO CALIBRATION

269

WAVEFORM MONITOR

271

D.2.2 ADJUSTING COLOR

272

VECTORSCOPE

272

D.2.3 COLOR METRICS

273

USING COLOR BARS

273

Figure 239 (NTSC)

274

Figure 240 (PAL)

274

D.3.1 COMPUTER MONITOR

275

Figure 241

276

Figure 242

277

D.3.4 COLOR ADJUSTMENTS

278

E KEYSTROKE SHORTCUTS

281

E.1 LIVE PRODUCTION

281

E.1.1 SWITCHER

281

E.1.2 T-BAR

281

E.1.3 DDR 1 & 2

282

E.1.4 VGA OUTPUT

282

E.2 CAPTURE MEDIA

283

E.2.1 CAPTURE

283

E.2.2 DV DECK CONTROL

283

E.3 EDIT MEDIA

283

E.3.1 CAPTURE

283

E.3.2 DV DECK CONTROL

284

E.3.3 PLAYBACK

284

E.3.4 DRAG AND DROP

284

E.3.7 IN/OUT POINTS

285

E.3.8 MISC

286

E.3.9 TIMELINE TOOLS

286

E.4 EDIT TEXT

286

E.4.1 FONT

286

E.4.2 TEXT

286

E.4.3 CLIPBOARD

287

E.4.4 FILE

287

E.4.5 TEXT ENTRY

287

E.4.6 MODIFY TOOL

288

E.4.7 ALIGNMENT

288

E.4.8 LAYOUT

288

E.4.9 PAGE

288

E.5.3 SELECTION

290

F SIGNAL FLOW

291

F.1 TRICASTER STUDIO

291

F.2 TRICASTER BROADCAST

292

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CREDITS

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