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Chapter 21 • Preview
An optional preview monitor is useful for live titling applications,
allowing you to change titles without disrupting the live output.
About Preview
Imagine a restaurant with monitors that normally play sports videos. A
TitleMaker 2000 is used to add phone messages, menu specials, and an-
nouncements to the screens, using superimposed scrolling and crawling
titles. As dinner service begins, the manager wishes to change the specials.
Without the Preview feature, the patrons would see the titles being changed.
They would see the same thing the manager sees, including the Editing
Screen, typing in progress, etc.
Instead, the manager uses a separate monitor, connected to the PREVIEW
output. When the manager presses NEW LINE/OK, the Editing Screen ap-
pears only on the PREVIEW monitor. The normal output displays the sports
video without titles and changes can be made privately.
Once the changes are complete, the manager presses PLAY and the titles
play, as usual, on all monitors.
Using a PREVIEW Monitor
Preview is automatic. If a cable is plugged into the PREVIEW OUT jack,
TitleMaker 2000 automatically uses it, displaying the Editing Screen only on
the PREVIEW monitor. When you play titles, they are always displayed on
both screens.
Forcing Preview Mode
You can also switch Preview on and off, regardless of whether the PRE-
VIEW OUT jack is in use, by pressing COMMAND + P.
VIDEONICS TITLEMAKER 2000
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