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Workspace & scenes
Organize scenes, layouts, transitions, and your production view.
Step-by-step workflows
- How do I add a transition between scenes?Follow this workflow to add a transition between scenes.
- How do I create a layout for my show?Follow this workflow to create a layout for my show.
- How do I create and switch scenes?Follow this workflow to create and switch scenes.
- How do I group sources together?Follow this workflow to group sources together.
- How do I organize and reopen a production collection?Follow this workflow to organize and reopen a production collection.
- How do I place one scene inside another?Follow this workflow to place one scene inside another.
- How do I position, crop, and resize a source?Follow this workflow to position, crop, and resize a source.
- How do I preview a scene before taking it live?Follow this workflow to preview a scene before taking it live.
- How do I reuse a source in another scene?Follow this workflow to reuse a source in another scene.
- How do I save or restore my workspace arrangement?Follow this workflow to save or restore my workspace arrangement.
- How do I use a stinger transition?Follow this workflow to use a stinger transition.
- How do I watch several scenes on a projector or multiview?Follow this workflow to watch several scenes on a projector or multiview.
Feature guides & settings
- CollectionsA collection holds the scenes, sources, layouts, and production items for a show. Use separate collections for separate productions.
- Layouts and render settingsA layout sets the canvas format and render settings for a collection. Multiple layouts let you prepare different output shapes for the same show.
- Workspace, docks, and displayArrange the panels you use during a show. A dock is a panel that can be displayed with the workspace.
- Custom Browser DocksKeep a web page beside the production workspace in a reusable dock.
- Create and organize scenesA scene combines sources into a shot. Prepare separate scenes for your camera, slides, and closing screen.
- Add, reuse, and manage sourcesA source supplies a picture, sound, text, or another production input. Add sources to scenes, then arrange visual sources in Preview.
- Position, crop, order, and boundsArrange a selected visual source on the canvas. Bounds define the rectangle used to fit, fill, or stretch an item.
- Source groupsOrganize several sources as a group and optionally let only one group member be visible at a time.
- SceneReuse a complete scene inside another scene, or edit another scene in Scene Mix while keeping the main scene selected.
- Preview, Program, and Studio ModePreview is the shot you prepare; Program is the shot supplied to Program outputs. Studio Mode lets you prepare a change before taking it live.
- Prepare edits in Studio Mode without changing ProgramUse Studio Mode duplication settings when you need to prepare the next look separately from the live picture.
- Saved transitions and Quick TransitionsChoose the visual change between shots and save reusable transitions for a collection.
- Transition BoardSet a transition for a specific pair of scenes.
- Set up a Stinger transitionUse a media clip to cover a scene change at a chosen transition point.
- Configure Move Transition source matchingAnimate matched, appearing, and disappearing scene items during a scene change.
- Use a Browser transitionRun a selected web page or local web file as the transition visual.
- Configure a visual transition presetChoose a preset and adjust its offered visual parameters before using it between scenes.
- Fade To Color and Luma Wipe transitionsUse a color interlude or an image pattern to move between scenes.
- Projectors, Multiview, scopes, and screenshotsShow production pictures on another display or in a separate window. Multiview combines views; scopes help judge brightness and color.
- Preview, projectors, and Multiview preferencesChoose how editing boundaries, display windows, and Multiview interactions behave.
- Preview guidesShow composition guides in the layout Preview.
- Scene/source card previews and existing-source previewsChoose whether scene, source, overlay, and underlay cards show picture previews.
- Choose which sources Scene Zoom affectsUse the Scene Zoom position in the source stack to control the zoomed part of the scene.
- Collection OptionsManage Dynamic Groups, Audio Buses, Audio Monitor Channels, Overlay Channels, Underlay Channels, and Smart View for the selected collection.
- Scene and source notesKeep operator notes alongside a scene or source.
- Scene ZoomMagnify visible sources below this source in the scene stack.
- Smart ViewBuild a selected scene view for monitoring or scene selection.
- Source visibility transitionsAnimate a source when it is shown or hidden.