User`s guide

User Interface
Layout Menu
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External Display Output Selects an external display for the output of Wirecast. For
example, if you have a projector connected to your computer using S-Video, select it
from this menu to display the output of Wirecast to the projector.
If you have a dual-head graphics card, you can select the second monitor to display
Wirecast Output. However, if you have two graphics cards, Wirecast may not be able to
display to any devices (monitors) on the second graphics card.
Virtual Camera Out Enables you to present the output of Wirecast as if it were a
camera (a virtual camera), allowing it to be automatically detected by other
applications when they are launched.
Layout Menu
Preview Shows (or hides) the Preview area in the Main window. You can also click the
Preview icon in the Main window tool bar.
Master Audio Shows (or hides) the Master Audio controls.
Main Shot List Shows (or hides) the main shot list.
Output Statistics Shows (or hides) the output statistics.
Layer Panel Shows (or hides) the layer panel.
Go to Layer Displays the selected layer. The currently selected layer is always
highlighted in the Layout Panel. You can also press Control + Shift keys with the T, F, N,
B, or A keys to select a layer. Each of these letter keys represents a layer name: Title,
Foreground, Normal, Background, and Audio.
Window Menu
Inspector Opens the Inspector window. There is only one Inspector window for each
document. The Inspector is very similar to the Shot Editor, except it always edits the last
shot touched.
Encoder Presets Opens the Encoder Presets window.
Audio Inspector Opens the Audio Inspector window.
New Layer Window Opens a new Master Layer window for the layer selected.
Camera Preview Shows a preview of all cameras currently connected to your
computer. Click the Add Camera button to add a camera to the preview window. Use
the Adjust FPS (frames per second) slider to adjust how realistically the camera image
responds to motion. (Keep in mind that the greater the FPS the greater the processing
power required to render the preview.) Use the Adjust Size slider to change the size of
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