THE USER INTERFACE

This chapter is the reference for every window in Producer. Each major task — stage layout, timeline editing, asset management, properties, device configuration, and network monitoring — has its own window that you move, resize, and save as a layout preset.

Overview

Start with the big picture of how the interface is organized.

  • Main Window Overview - the menu bar, status indicators, window system, and how Producer organizes its workspace

Window Reference

Detailed reference for each window in the Producer interface.

  • The Stage Window - the spatial view of your displays, showing where content appears across your output surfaces
  • The Timeline Window - the central editing workspace for arranging media, adding effects, and controlling when things happen, plus the Timelines management window
  • The Cue List Window - a flat tabular view of all cues across every timeline for quick search, selection, and bulk operations
  • The Assets Window - the media library showing all imported images, videos, audio files, and other resources available for your show
  • The Properties Panel - the context-sensitive inspector displaying settings for the current selection (displays, cues, layers, effects, assets, or show preferences)
  • The Nodes Window - discovery, monitoring, and management of all WATCHOUT nodes on the network, including service roles, hardware performance, and system operations
  • The Devices Window - management of output devices in your show: displays, virtual displays, audio devices, and capture sources

Customization

Tailor the workspace to your production style.

  • Customizing Your Workspace - moving and resizing windows, docking, snapping, saving and loading layout presets, and keyboard shortcuts for workspace navigation