Specifications

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Merely adding all six displays to the stage will not work as desired for the
following reasons:
• The large plasma display overlapping the three projectors in the center will
cause WATCHOUT to attempt to edge blend all these four displays (over-
lapping displays automatically get an edge-blend gradient).
• Panning large images sideways on the large center area, or on the side
screens, will make those images intrude on the adjacent display areas.
That’s OK while using all five projectors as a single, large canvas, but
undesirable when using the side displays independently.
You can overcome these problems by placing each set of displays on their own
stage tier. Stage tiers act as independent, named levels on the stage. Edge
blending occurs only among displays on the same tier. Furthermore, timeline
layers can be associated with specific tiers only, preventing their images from
spilling onto displays on other tiers.
To create additional tiers, choose “Tier: Add” on the Stage menu (see
page 133). To add displays to a specific tier, first select that tier on the Tier
sub-menu of the Stage menu. To associate a timeline layer with a stage tier, see
“Stage Tiers” on page 105.
Tier “Main” with the three over-
lapped projectors.
Tier “Sides”.
Tier “Plasma” with the single
plasma display.