From 8331f52af68a9dcd930cb97d515f68ece6c15f7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Steinar H. Gunderson" Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 23:55:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add a simple intro to M/E. --- index.rst | 6 +----- meintro.rst | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) create mode 100644 meintro.rst diff --git a/index.rst b/index.rst index 08e67d1..c34c577 100644 --- a/index.rst +++ b/index.rst @@ -1,8 +1,3 @@ -.. Nageru documentation master file, created by - sphinx-quickstart on Sun Nov 6 23:31:54 2016. - You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least - contain the root `toctree` directive. - Welcome to Nageru's documentation! ================================== @@ -11,6 +6,7 @@ Contents: .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 + meintro Indices and tables diff --git a/meintro.rst b/meintro.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0fa2822 --- /dev/null +++ b/meintro.rst @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +Introduction to the M/E workflow +================================ + +Nageru, like most hardware video mixers, is based on the **mixer/effects** +workflow, or just M/E for short. (Don't ask why “mixer” or “effects”; +the name is confusing and mostly historical.) + +The basic idea of M/E is that you have two main displays, *preview* and *live*. +Every time you want to change what's shown to the viewer, you first bring it +up on the preview display, verify that it indeed contains something you'd like +to show to your viewers, and only then start a transition to move the preview +display onto the live display (which mirrors exactly what the viewers see). +After the transition is done, the preview and live displays switch, allowing +the operator to either switch back or to pull a new source onto the preview +display. + +In Nageru, the available transitions at any time are governed by the +:doc:`theme `. However, generally a simple cut (moving immediately +from live to preview) will nearly always be an option. Other effects include +fades and zooms, but availability will depend on what sources are involved in the +transition. + +The mixer can be controlled by the mouse or keyboard, but most operators will prefer using both hands +on the keyboard. Like on a real mixing console, you use your left hand to select +sources for preview (using the 1–9 keys) and the right hand to choose a transition +(using H, J or K). -- 2.39.2