THE INTERFACE

The WATCHOUT 7 Producer interface is a modern, flexible workspace designed for efficient show creation, with independent windows that adapt to your workflow. Every aspect of your show — stage layout, timeline editing, asset management, properties, device configuration, and network monitoring — is accessible through dedicated windows that can be rearranged, resized, docked, and saved as layout presets. This chapter is your reference for every window in the application.

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 visual canvas that represents your displays, showing how content appears spatially across your output surfaces
  • The Timeline Window - the central editing workspace for arranging media, adding tweens, 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, tweens, assets, or show preferences)
  • The Nodes Window - discovery, monitoring, and management of all WATCHOUT computers 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