Specifications

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Best Quality. Renders high quality preview of all cues except those explicitly
set to “Stage Preview: Reduced” (page 175).
◆ HINT: As an alternative to selecting global thumbnail preview for images or
video, you can set individual cues to preview as thumbnails by selecting
“Reduced” on the “Stage Preview” pop-up menu in each cue.
Perspective In general, you want the Stage preview to match what you see on screen in
terms of image placement and perspective. However, the perspective view can
make some editing operations harder. If so, you can turn off the perspective
preview using this command, causing the Stage window preview to appear in
an ortographic mode.
◆ NOTE: The amount of perspective applied to images rotated or positioned
in 3D space is controlled by the Perspective slider in Preferences (see
page 124)
Masked by Displays. Masks images to the areas inside the displays. This provides a more accurate
representation of what is actually shown by the display computers. However, it
also makes it harder to edit the presentation, since images positioned outside
the displays disappear.
Outline Dimmed Images When an image is dimmed using an opacity tween track, it may become hard
to see and manipulate in the Stage window. Selecting this option causes a thin
frame to be displayed around such images, making them easier to see.
Play Audio Media By default, the production computer plays audio cues for all displays. You can
turn off this behavior using this menu option, thereby reducing the processing
overhead associated with audio playback.