Frequently asked questions
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- 1. What is the Current Version of Watchout?
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The Current Version of Watchout is V5 and was released at Infocomm in the USA in Late June 2011, Upgrades are avaliable from V4 to V5.
- 2. How many outputs can be run from 1 Watchout Display Machine
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As of Version 5 , Watchout can support upto 6 Outputs from 1 Display machine (please note this is hardware dependant).
- 3. Watchout Keyboard Short Cuts?
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More Information to Come Soon 3.Ctrl A = Select all (in any window) Ctrl+Shift A = Remote manage display Ctrl B = Standby mode (toggle) Ctrl C = Copy Ctrl D = Update Ctrl E = Select to end of timeline Ctrl F = Find/Replace Ctrl G = Find/Replace again Ctrl I = Insert layer Ctrl+Delete = Delete layer Ctrl J = Timeline settings Ctrl K = Preferences Ctrl L = Online (toggle) Ctrl M = Move Ctrl N = Snap (toggle) Ctrl O = Open (opens existing show file) Ctrl P = Add play control cue Ctrl+Shift P = Add pause control cue Ctrl Q = Quit program Ctrl R = Refresh Ctrl 5 = Save show file Ctrl T = Click jumps to time (toggle) Ctrl X = Cut Ctrl Z = Undo Ctrl +Shift Z = Redo Ctrl 1 = preview 1 :16 Ctrl 2 = preview 1 :8 Ctrl 3 = preview 1 :4 Ctrl 4 = preview 1 :2 Ctrl 5 = preview 1 :1 Ctrl 6 = preview wireframes Ctrl 7 = preview thumbnails Ctrl 8 = preview video as thumbnail Ctrl 9 = preview best quality Ctrl 0 = preview masked by displays Tween tracks: Alt P = Position Alt O = Opacity Alt S = Scale Alt R = Rotation Z-Axis Alt C = Crop Alt L = Color Alt T = Wipe (Tiles) Alt V = Volume Alt B = Balance Alt E = Wipe (tiles) Alt K = ? Gone Alt W = Wipe (gradient) Alt N = Wipe (venetion) Alt H = Hue & Saturation ENTER = open specifications dialog Spacebar - starts/pauses timeline (toggle) Escape = pauses timeline (no toggle) Numeric keypad ( O ) = starts timeline (no toggle) ( * ) = jump to current time on last start ( + ) = magnify timeline scale ( - ) = reduce timeline scale Hold Alt while dragging tail of cue in Timeline to expand/condense tween points Arrow keys in Timeline window: Up/down = select layer Left/right = select next/previous cue in layer Arrow keys in Stage window: with Ctrl = move position 1 pixel with Ctrl+Shift = move position 10 pixels In Stage window: Ctrl-drag zooms to rectangle Ctrl-click zooms in Ctrl-Shift-click zooms out Ctrl-Alt-drag to pan
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- 5. More to come Soon 6?
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More Information to Come Soon 6b.
- 6. More to come Soon 7?
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More Information to Come Soon 7b.
- 7. More to come Soon 8?
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More Information to Come Soon 8b.
