What Is The Difference Between Propresenter 6 And 7
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ProPresenter features a powerful render engine capable of outputting to multiple outputs and destinations at the same time. This functionality provides the option to add as many system outputs as your computer can handle to more advanced output types such as SDI, NDI, and Syphon.
The Configure Screens window is where you set up your Screens and Outputs. Open this window by pressing Command-Option-1 on Mac or Control-Alt-1 on Windows, or by selecting from the menubar Screens > Configure Screens.
ProPresenter has two types of screens: Audience and Stage. Generally speaking, an Audience screen is a screen that the audience will look at, and a Stage screen is a screen that people on the stage can see.
More specifically, the Audience screens have a full stack of Layers (as discussed in the Layer section) and is where your slides, media, and other content will be displayed. The Stage screens instead take the content that is being sent to the Audience screen, and, along with other content such as clocks, timers, and notes, is displayed in a user friendly way so that the people on stage can quickly see that information.
Tip: Screens that people on the stage can see have been called many things over the years. You might hear it referenced as a Confidence Monitor, Conference Monitor, Foldback screen, or, as in previous versions of ProPresenter, a Stage Display.
A Screen is the digital representation of your physical devices inside of ProPresenter. Think of a Screen as one render out of ProPresenter. Note that you can send one Screen to multiple devices (using the Mirror option), allowing ProPresenter to render something once yet drive multiple outputs.
An Output is the connection between a Screen (as defined above) and the physical device (or digital equivalent) that ProPresenter will be displaying on. That is, it is a property of a Screen that tells the rendered image where to go.
There are four types of Screens as described below. When you create a new Screen you can select which type it will be, or you can always change it later by selecting the dropdown at the upper left of the Screen Configuration window.
Selecting Mirror allows you to send one Screen to multiple Outputs. Each mirrored Output will be shown as a separate box in the center of the window. Click on a box to select it to control its properties. The Primary Output will be the leftmost Output that is shown. In the upper right corner of the Configure window, you can selected the number of mirrored Outputs you are seeing.
If you want for ProPresenter to output one Screen to a grid of multiple Outputs then you would select Grouped. The classic example of this would be a wall of TVs with one image stretched across all of the TVs.
Note that only System screens can be toggled on/off. SDI, Syphon and NDI screens cannot be toggled off and stay on perpetually once they are created. Click the + button to add a new Screen in the appropriate section.
Click on a specific Screen to be able to edit that Screen. Single clicking on the name of a Screen allows you to Rename the screen or you can right click on a Screen to be able to Rename or Delete that Screen. If you have a trackpad, you can also Delete a Screen doing a full swipe across the Screen name. A partial swipe will bring up a Delete option that you can click on.
On the bottom left of the Configure Screens window are two Identify buttons: Screens and Outputs. These buttons are useful for troubleshooting during setup.
This is specifically helpful when using an Output Target as the Output will show information on the full output of the hardware whereas the Screen will show each individual Screen that is rendering to the Output.
Across the top of the window you will see the name of the Screen as well as its resolution. Click on the name of the Screen to rename the Screen. Click on the check box next to Screen Color to enable that screen's Background Color; click on the color chooser to select which color you would like to use for the background of that Screen.
Below the name and resolution of the Screen is the Arrangement option; click the dropdown to select which type of Screen you would like to use: Single, Mirror, Grouped, or Edge Blend. To the right of the Arrangements dropdown is where you can edit the number of Outputs in your Screen (as covered in the Screen Types section).
In the center of the window you will see visual representations of all of your Outputs within the currently selected Screen. Click on an Output to select it and edit the properties below. If you are using an Edge Blend type, click the blend area between the screens to edit the properties for that blend area.
Across the bottom of the window you can configure the currently selected Output, including assigning your physical or virtual devices to that output. There are several tabs you can select to adjust different properties of your Output.
Click the dropdown menu under Output to select which device and resolution you will be sending the signal to. Below the dropdown it will show information about the Output; which information is shown depends on what type of Output you have selected, but it may have information such as Name and Resolution. Similarly, depending on what type fo Output you are using, you may be able to change some of these options, such as its Name.
On the right of the Hardware tab you can select the Output Target. Click the dropdown menu to choose if you want the rendered image to fill the entire screen or only fill a portion of the screen; you can select one of the defaults (such as 2 X 1, 2 X 2, or 3 X 1), or select Custom to specify a specific location on the Screen.
This tab allows you to adjust the color of your Output. You might use this feature if you have projectors or TVs whose colors don't match, or you are projecting onto a colored wall and need to compensate for it.
Toggle the checkbox on the left to Enable or disable the feature. Click and drag on the slider, type in a number between -1 and 1, or use the arrows to adjust each color as needed. Click Reset All to reset all of the properties back to zero.
If you are using a projector, the best case scenario is that the projector is completely perpendicular to what you are projecting onto, but this isn't always an option. For example your projector might be mounted off-center, or the "perfect position" might not be a realistic expectation to have.
Toggle the checkbox on the left to Enable or disable the feature. Type in a number into one of the text boxes, or use the arrows to manually adjust each corner as needed. Click Reset All to reset all of the properties back to zero.
Each number represents that corner's Delta (represented by Δ); this means that typing in a number will adjust that corner that number of pixels away from where that corner normally would be. Negative numbers are towards the center, positive numbers are away from the center.
Note: Each number is limited to one quarter of the overall resolution of that Output. For example, if your Output is 1920x1080, you divide these numbers by four to get your limits of 480x270, thus your X value is limited to a number between -480 and 480 and your Y value is limited to between -270 and 270.
Note: The Alpha Key tab is only available for NDI Outputs and SDI Outputs with Alpha Key supported hardware.When the Alpha Key is enabled on an SDI output, you can set what type of Key you wish to use (External or Internal) and also the percentage level of Blend that will be used. An External key would be used if you are sending separate key and fill outputs to your broadcast video switcher. It sends the key signal through the preview out of the BlackMagic device and the fill out of the program output. An Internal key would be used if you are using the Alpha Keyer as a downstream key, with a video input coming into the BlackMagic device and one going out of it.
When the Alpha Key is enabled on NDI, ProPresenter will send the rendered image out with an Alpha Key in place of the background color. This can be useful if you want to key your text on top of video, for example. There are no other settings when sending an NDI Alpha Key output, you simply can enable or disable the Key.
To access the Looks pane, go to the Destination Target button in the Presentation header and hit Edit Looks, use the keyboard shortcut of Shift-Command-1 on Mac or Control-Shift-1 on Windows or go to Screens>Edit Looks in the menubar.
The Looks Pane offers a column for each Audience Screen created in Screen Configuration. This allows you to set which elements go to each screen, and allows you to change the formatting of your slides if necessary.
The left side of the pane shows the currently Live Look at the top and then lists any Presets you've created below. To add a new Preset, click the + button and it will automatically appear at the bottom of this list. You can click on the Preset name to rename this preset to better describe what Look this is used for.
Once you select a Look Preset on the left, that preset's settings will appear on the right. At the top of the right side of the pane, the name of the preset will appear. The Enable Identify button allows you to visually see on your Audience Screen the layering of what components are enabled on that Screen for that particular Look Preset.
When adding or editing an Audience Look Action you will be able to select which Look you want to use when that slide is clicked. This will change the Live Look that is used until a new Look is selected either via an Action, through the Looks menu, or by clicking the Looks icon at the top right corner of ProPresenter.