NewTek TriCaster TCXD300, User Manual

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4 LIVE PRODUCTION WALKTHROUGH
This chapter provides a quick hands-on tour of the major
components and functions of your NewTek TriCaster. In a very
short time, these basics will be second nature to you.
More detailed reference material on all aspects of TriCaster follows
in Part II (Reference).
Having made the essential external connections in the previous section, let’s start your first
TriCaster session, and skim through the fundamentals:
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Startup and Import
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Monitoring and related features.
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Network sources.
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Switching between video sources and using transitions.
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Mixing audio (and the Audio Follow feature).
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Recording a/v clips and Program Output.
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Playing stored clips using the DDR (‘Digital Disk Recorder’) .
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Adding (and editing) title pages and graphics.
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Using LiveMatte to create a simple chromakey effect.
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PiP (Picture in Picture) effects – superimposing one video source on top of another.
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Creating a LiveSet (virtual set) shot.
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Using Virtual Inputs.
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Streaming your program to the Internet (and recording the stream).
4.1 CREATING A SESSION
We ran through the basics of starting new sessions and configuring devices back in sections 3.8
though 3.12. If you need to review this information, go ahead and do so now. We’ll look at
these items individually again later in Part II (Reference), too.
1. In the initial Startup Screen , create a new 1080i session - name it “ Practice Session ”.