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Hide Wirecast Hides all of the windows.
Hide Others Hides all non-application windows.
Quit Wirecast Closes all documents and exits. If the broadcast is playing, you are asked
to stop the broadcast first. If a document has not been saved, you are asked to save it.
File Menu
New Creates a new, empty Wirecast document.
Open Displays the Open dialog window for opening a Wirecast document.
Open Recent Displays up to fifteen of the most recently accessed documents. Every
time a document is opened or saved it is entered into this list.
Import Media Enables you to import media into Wirecast. A new shot is automatically
created using the new media.
Save Saves the document. If the document has not already been saved, the Save As...
dialog window is displayed.
Note: Wirecast auto-saves your stream/recording every 20 seconds.
Save As Displays the Save As... dialog window so that the document can be saved using
a new file name.
Close Window Closes the currently active Wirecast window. If the window is a
document, all of its Shot Editor windows are closed as well. If Wirecast is still
broadcasting, you are asked to stop the broadcast. If the document has not been saved,
you are asked to save the document before closing.
Edit Menu
Undo Reverses your last change in Wirecast. Undo is only available in some windows
(such as the Shot Editor). Wirecast offers an unlimited number of undo actions (within
computer memory limitations). Undo information is stored on a per-window basis.
Also, if you close a window then reopen it, your undo information is lost.
Redo Reverses your last undo action. Redo is only available in some windows (such as
the Shot Editor). Wirecast offers an unlimited number of redo actions (within computer
memory limitations). Redo information is stored on a per-window basis. Also, if you
close a window then reopen it, your redo information is lost.
Edit Shot Opens the Shot Editor. (See Shot Editor). You can also double-click a shot, or
right-click and select Edit Shot, to open the Shot Editor. The Inspector window is a Shot
Editor window which always edits the last touched shot. (See Inspector vs. Editor.)
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