Ftb And Alt; Fade All & Take All - NewTek TriCaster LC-11 Installation And Instructions Manual

Twirling the FX knob changes the selected Transition effect, cycling back and forth through the
representative thumbnail icons loaded in the onscreen Transition Bank.
TRICASTER TCXD300 & TCXD850
For these models only, press LC-11's FX knob (as though it were a button) to toggle the
Reverse (Transition) switch. Press ALT + FX to toggle the Ping Pong (Transition) switch.

3.3.3 FTB AND ALT

FTB stand for "Fade to Black". Unlike the two buttons discussed earlier, FTB is an action button;
pressing it does perform a transition, in this case to a computer-generated black background.
There are some exceptions to note, however:

VT[5] , TriCaster Studio, and TriCaster Broadcast – when operating in 6-camera mode,
these models do not feature a dedicated Black generator. Instead, FTB uses the
background you design in the system's internal Color Background tab (VT - BG
Generator).

TriCaster TCXD300 and TCXD850 – the Fade to Black feature on these models does not
require TriCaster to perform a switch between the sources assigned on Program and
Preview. Instead, the display on Program output simply fades to or from black.
ALT is used with other buttons to provide alternate operations as noted occasionally in this
manual.
3.3.4 FADE ALL & TAKE ALL
Fade All and Take All perform much like the standard Auto and Take respectively (see Section
3.2.2), with one additional aspect – they simultaneously perform either a Fade Overlay or Take
Overlay, timed to match the established transition speed.
The total effect then, is to swap the Next/Main video source with the Preview one, at the same
time either removing or displaying the assigned Overlay (called Downstream Key in VT[5]),
depending on its display status at the moment. (This is, of course, very useful for introducing a
new scene with an identifying lower third graphic, for example.)