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8.3.2 MAIN CONTROLS
In large measure, TriCaster’s main Transition controls ( Take , Auto and the T-Bar ) behave
similarly to their local sidekicks. What makes them special is the Transition Delegate button
group located just above the main T-Bar.
TRANSITION DELEGATES
An executive maxim suggests “Don’t do anything yourself when
you can delegate it.”We briefly examined the Utility Delegate
tools back in Section 8.1.1, where we discovered that delegating
controls can multiply their functionality.
The familiar main T-Bar , Auto and Take controls occupying the
left half of TriCaster’s Transition control group are now joined by
a set of Transition Delegate buttons. Let’s see how applying the
concept of delegating controls affects their use:
1. Assign something suitable to both DSK layers, using the Utility row with FX delegated.
2. Click the local Take buttons to hide both DSK layers, if they are visible on output.
3. Click the BKGD button in the Transition Delegate group.
4. Click the main Auto button (below the T-Bar).
The result of the last operation is identical to what would have occurred had you pressed the
local
BKGD layer Auto button at right instead.
5. Now, hold down the Ctrl key and click the delegate button for DSK 1 (if you have
TriCaster TCXD850 CS, press both the BKGD and DSK 1 buttons in its Transition Delegate
group at the same time instead).
You have just delegated the controls below to two video layers . You can likely guess what comes
next.
6. Press Auto or Take , and observe the result.
7. Now add DSK 2 to the delegate selection, and switch again.
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