This section contains information on the Controls Buttons, which include the Play and the On Air buttons.

• Clapper Board: Shows or hides the Director Control Panel window.

• Back: Jumps to the beginning of the animation in the scene.

• Play: Starts the animation of the scene.

• Stop: Stops the animation of the scene.

• Continue: Continues the animation after it stopped at a stop point.

• Render Preview: Shows or hides the VGA Preview window (only available on machines with video cards). The keyboard shortcut for activating or deactivating this window is SHIFT + BACKSPACE. The state of the VGA Preview window depends on how the Render preview default setting in the Video Output section of Viz Config is configured:

  • Inactive: Does not display by default.

  • Active: Displays by default.

  • Fullscreen: Sets the On Air window to screen size.

    Note: Preview is always enabled on Viz Artist machines without a video card.

• Performance Editor: Shows or hides the Control Buttons.

• System Information: Shows or hides the On Air Information window.

• Lens File Editor: Shows or hides the Lens File Editor. Use to adjust the lens files for virtual studios. Adjust the field of view, lens distortion, nodal point and center shift. It is mainly used for lens calibration.