Dataton WATCHOUT User's Guide

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Cues are the active objects of WATCHOUT. They control when media appear
on stage, as well as more dynamic behavior such as positioning and opacity.
Cues exist on layers in the Timeline window. The layers determine the back-tofront
stacking order of media on stage.
Adding Cues
Selecting and Positioning
Cues
To add a cue to a layer in the Timeline window, drag a Media window item,
or a media file, to the layer or the Stage window. Media files can be dragged
directly from your hard disk.
▼ IMPORTANT: Whenever possible, keep all media used in a presentation
in a sub-folder of the presentation file folder. Doing so allows WATCHOUT
to refer to the file using a relative path specification, making it easier to
move the presentation with all its media references intact.
When you drag media into the Stage window, the cue will appear on the
currently selected layer (as indicated by a red line under the layer’s name) and
at the current time position. When dragging into the timeline, the cue appears
at the layer and time you drag it to.
Click a cue to select it. Shift-click to select multiple cues. Alternatively, drag
from a point outside all cues to use the selection rectangle. Use “Select All” on
the Edit menu to select all cues on all layers. To de-select all cues, click in the
white space of any layer in the Timeline window.
You can also select a cue by clicking its preview image in the Stage window.
This allows you to determine which cue corresponds to a particular image on
stage.
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