User Guide

Chapter Basics
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Tour de Pinnacle Liquid
The Taskbar
The taskbar appears at the bottom of the desktop. On the left, you find the Start button that you
use to access the Pinnacle Liquid Start menu.
Taskbar functions
Additional functions (from left):
Error/fps Indicator
The “thumbs up” sign tells you that the system started correctly.
If a problem occurs, a flashing explanation point is displayed that is either yellow, orange or red,
depending on the severity of the problem. Left-click the symbol to obtain detailed information
on the current problem.
Right-click the symbol to display a shortcut menu with the following options:
w Show current playback speed -
During Timeline playback, indicates the current number of frames per second (fps; sta-
dard PAL: 25 fps, standard NTSC: 30 fps). Its main purpose is to allow you to check com-
puter performance for realtime software effects.
w Show minimum playback speed -
Indicates the lowest fps value reached.
w Show latest line of error log -
Opens a text box in the taskbar displaying the latest message.
w Show error log -
Opens the list box with all the lines.
w Reset error indicator -
Deletes all lines.