Transitions

The Switcher panel, top to bottom: Quick Play, Cut, TRANSITIONS with five numbered buttons, FTB, STINGERS with eight keys, and the clocks. The T-bar runs full height beside them.

The Switcher panel (header SWITCHER) holds, from top to bottom: a green Quick Play key with its transition under the name, Cut, TRANSITIONS with five numbered rows, FTB, STINGERS with eight keys, the T-bar curve key and a clock well. The T-bar is drawn beside them for the full height of the column. In a short window the column goes compact: smaller keys, no section labels and no line under Quick Play.

Right-click the key, or click the small chevron on it (tooltip "Transition n settings: effect, direction, duration, curve"). A popover opens with the same form as the inspector, and an Assign Shortcut, MIDI or OSC... link at the bottom.

Morph moves the layers that two scenes share from where they are to where they will be. With nothing shared it fades. It works the same on a screen's Take. See Scenes and looks.

Click the chevron beside a row (it shows the transition's curve symbol), or the chevron inside the right edge of the Quick Play key. A flyout opens to the right with the settings below. Quick Play keeps its own transition, edited the same way.

The T-bar curve key at the foot of the Switcher keys lights green when it is on. It makes the manual T-bar follow the curve of the first numbered transition.

Without the feature the Effect list shows "Alpha Fade, needs upgrade" with a lock, and choosing it is refused.

Without the feature the Alpha Fade key is greyed out, and a note with an Upgrade button sits under the Effect keys.

Tooltip: "T-bar: drag to mix Preview into Program. Right-click for its curve." Grabbing the cap never makes it jump. Right-click the T-bar for: Curved T-bar (a tick toggle), Assign Shortcut, MIDI or OSC..., Cut and Quick Play. The T-bar is dimmed and ignores drags while switching is locked.

The T-bar is drawn by Cliqer: a recessed slot with a ribbed cap, and the part you have travelled lit red. Drag the cap (tooltip "T-bar: drag to mix Preview into Program"); grabbing it never makes it jump. It snaps back to the top when the take ends, and it takes the arrow keys when it has focus. There is no right-click menu on the T-bar; the T-bar curve key in the Switcher column sets its curve.

• Click an unset key (tooltip "Stinger n: not set. Click to choose a media input.") and pick from Set Stinger n from the media or list inputs. With none, the menu says "Add a video or image sequence input first".
• Or open a media input's inspector and use Use as Stinger > Stinger 1 to Stinger 8. Clear Stinger n removes it.
• The cut point is half way through the clip and the duration is the clip's length.
• A set key is lit red while it plays (tooltip "Transition with stinger n"). Right-click it for Clear Stinger n.

• Click an unset key (it is a drop-down named "Set stinger n") and pick from Set stinger n from the media inputs. With none, the menu says "Add a video input first".
• Or open a media input's menu and use Use as stinger > Stinger 1 to Stinger 8. Pick the ticked entry again to clear it.
• The cut point is half way through the clip and the duration is the clip's length (an image runs for one second).
• A set key shows its number and lights red while its stinger plays (named "Stinger n"). Press it to run the stinger. An unset key is dimmed; click it for the "Set stinger n" menu.

Channel settings: Program monitor menu Overlay Channels..., the Overlays key in the bottom bar, or the toolbar Inspector. The panel has Channel (Overlay 1 to Overlay 8), On air (what is on the channel, or "Off"), Turn Off, a Transition section (Effect, Duration 0 to 5000 ms), and Auto close: never or Auto close: n s (0 to 600 s) to take the overlay down by itself. Overlay transitions have no direction or curve.

Tools bar Overlay button (Overlay channels): pick a channel (Overlay 1 to Overlay 8) in the flyout. It shows what is on air and on Preview for the channel, a Turn off button, the transition effect, direction and duration, and Auto close after (seconds, 0 never). Overlay transitions have no curve.

The PlayList key in the bottom bar runs a timed sequence of your inputs. Click the cog (Play list items) to edit it in the inspector: each row has an input and a time in seconds (0 to 600; 0 waits for the clip to end, or for Next), and Add Item adds one (5 seconds, Quick Play transition). Use Previous, Start / Stop and Next. The key lights red while running. With no items the key opens the editor.

The PlayList toggle in the Outputs bar starts and stops a timed sequence of your inputs. It is lit while it runs. The cog beside it opens the list: each row has an input and a time in seconds (0 to 600; 0 waits for the clip to end, or for Next), and Add item adds one (5 seconds, Quick Play transition). Use Previous and Next to move along.

Studio keys come from your External Control configuration, so you can rebind them (see External Control). The shipped Default configuration:

These stay fixed: Option+Command+0 (Open Studio), Option+Command+M (Audio Mixer), Shift+Command+K (Lock Switching), Command+F (search inputs), Command+Z and Shift+Command+Z (undo and redo scene edits while Studio or a Scene Editor is the front window). The Studio menu lists the current keys beside each action. Right-click a switcher control and choose Assign Shortcut, MIDI or OSC... to bind your own.

Studio keys come from your External Control configuration, so you can rebind them with Edit shortcuts... in the ? list, or by choosing Assign Shortcut, MIDI or OSC... on a control (see External Control). The ? list shows the active configuration's keys. The shipped Default configuration:

Under the stingers is a large red clock: recording time while recording, otherwise the event clock, or --:--:-- when neither runs. Below it is the wall clock in HH:mm:ss.

A well at the foot of the column holds a red clock and the wall clock in HH:mm:ss under it. The red clock shows recording time while recording, otherwise the event clock, or --:--:-- when neither runs.