Overview

Shot Editing — Overview

All of the information that Wirecast uses to display a shot is accessed through the shot editor window (or Inspector window).

How to edit a Shot

There are several ways of opening the shot editor:

Double click on a shot in the main window
Select "Edit Shot" from the "Edit" menu
Right-click on a shot and select "Edit Shot"

To open the shot Inspector, you can:

Select "Inspector" from the "Window" menu
Click on the "Inspector" button in the Main window Toolbar

Once the shot inspector is open, selecting (single-clicking) on the shot in the main window will allow you to edit it.

When are my changes made active?

Wirecast always makes your changes available in the preview.

However, your changes only become Live when you specifically tell Wirecast to Go.

NOTE: The exception to this occurs in the Playback Panel where you can specifically make your changes live.

You can make your changes live by pressing the Go button or by using Command-G. Command-G is very useful when you are editing a shot and want to make your changes immediately live.

The AutoLive feature does not apply to the shot editor.

How to find information about the Shot Editor

These pages describes the bigger picture of shot editing:

Inspector vs. Editor -- a description of the difference
Window Layout -- a description of the different parts of the window
Optional Views -- the optional parts of the edit window
Live LED -- a description of the "live" LED
Shot Elements -- the elements that exist within a shot

If you're looking to find documentation from the perspective of a shot element:

The rest of the chapters of the book address specific panels of the edit window. Each shot element uses one or more of these panels:

Edit: Scene -- the scene to use
Edit: Title -- title configuration
Edit: Media -- media selection
Edit: Effects -- where on the screen parts of a shot exist
Edit: Playback -- audio, movie in point, output, etc
Edit: Motion -- how the parts of a shot move as they build in and build out