Preview only mode

[jordibouman]

Feature request


As the output is in front of you (on the stage you're performing on), doesn't it make more sense to hide the output and maximize your preview space?

[Empyfree]

I wish I could see the screens! Half the time I’m sitting in the dark behind it “out of the way”...

[Oaktown]

Just like you, but for a different reason, I'd like to have the output and preview monitors in two different tabs that can be moved independently from each other. I'd like that so that I can size them and place them where I want to minimize the black space on my screen.

For now, you could hide your output monitor and use the panel monitors to preview your work.

[jordibouman]

You can, but then your effect section per layer would fall under the screen. I just thought it would make more sense to prioritize the preview screen over the output, as the output is usually right in front of you.

[Oaktown]

You can, but then your effect section per layer would fall under the screen.

I put my comp/group/layer/clip section on the right of the screen so I can see everything.

I just thought it would make more sense to prioritize the preview screen over the output, as the output is usually right in front of you.

Just like Empyfree, I can't always see all the screens so output is key for me but rather than prioritizing one over the other, I think if the output and preview were is separate windows, we can both have our cake and eat it

[jordibouman]

I LOVE CAKE!

[drazkers]

+1 for these guys ideas.

[Shamai]

i just route 1 copy of the output to spout and watch it on an external monitor
i set up the slices so it looks like the physical shape of the walls
i also setup another slice on the spout screen that inputs my bottom layer (i turn on bypass and put the opacity all the way down) so i can preview how a clip will actually look on the wall without going live yet