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# Working with Viewports and a Broadcast Monitor

The View menu displays options for broadcast monitor settings if your workstation includes one.

Use the Broadcast Monitor buttons to control what is sent to the broadcast monitor. The settings displayed here mirror the ones available in the Preferences menu. See Broadcast Monitor .

Use the Broadcast Multiview buttons to control the behaviour of the broadcast monitor. The Broadcast Multiview options are available only if Show Selected Item is selected in the Broadcast Monitor option box.

Viewport Monitoring toggle button
  Switch between using the broadcast monitor as a mirror of one of the displayed viewports, and using the broadcast monitor as an independent viewport.

By default, the broadcast monitor mirrors the upper-right viewport. However, you can set any viewport to be sent to the broadcast monitor.

Hide Broadcast Toolbar toggle button
  Enable to hide the Broadcast Toolbar. Use the toolbar to control the broadcast monitor as you would any other viewport. The toolbar is displayed in the top-right corner of the graphics monitor. Even if the toolbar is disabled, you can always control the displayed image data type using the Image Data Type buttons displayed below.

Tip Spacebar+Click the broadcast monitor toolbar to move it.

Image Data Type option box
  Select the type of image you are displaying in the broadcast monitor. Your selection determines the type of transformation applied so that the broadcast monitor displays the colours accurately

Select: | To:
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Logarithmic | Apply a transformation to a logarithmic film scan.
Video | Apply a transformation to a video clip.
Linear | Apply a transformation to a 16-bit floating point image, with a high dynamic range.

Bypass button
  Enable to deactivate the image data type display settings in the broadcast monitor.

To send a viewport to the broadcast monitor:

1. Select Show Selected Item from the Broadcast Monitor option box.
2. Enable Viewport Monitoring.
3. Click the Monitor symbol in the viewport you want to send to the broadcast monitor.

To use the broadcast monitor as a viewport:

1. Select Show Selected Item from the Broadcast Monitor option box.
2. Disable Viewport Monitoring.
3. Use the broadcast monitor toolbar to control the broadcast monitor like any other viewport. See Controlling Image Display Gesturally.