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Chapter 10 MONITORING YOUR VIDEO
The word “monitor” comes from the Latin “monēre”, meaning ‘to warn’, but has taken
on additional meaning since Roman times. As a verb, these include such connotations
as ‘keeping an eye’ on something, and ‘checking continually’. As a noun, we understand
it to mean devices that permit one to do just that.
As you would expect, your NewTek system provides extensive and versatile monitoring – just what is needed
to control your live productions. Monitoring features can also warn you of conditions that might affect output
quality, as well as providing access to adjustments providing quality control and creative alternatives.
Among others you will find Proc Amp, LiveMatte, Hotspot, Tracking and Edge controls. (To give some of these
the attention they deserve, they are treated individually in Section 7.5 and elsewhere.)
SECTION 10.1 INTERFACE AND MULTIVIEW
Really, the Live Desktop provides a number of multiview monitor displays – one on the Live Desktop (a.k.a.,
the “Interface”), normally comprising its upper third, and the others consisting of fully independent displays
presented on secondary monitor outputs on the rear connector panel.
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SECTION 10.2 LIVE DESKTOP MONITORS
Because the Live Desktop provides various control features along with a multiview pane, and controls can
consume a greater or lesser amount of the screen, the multiview on the Live Desktop is adaptive.