Pixotope Director - Interface

Left side menu

The menu on the left is divided into 3 different views which are based on specific steps in a production:

• The START view is used to handle your shows and machine settings

• The SETUP view is used for setting up camera, tracking and video for your open show

• The PRODUCTION view is used for adjusting running levels and also controlling them through your control panels

Show/Hide menu

The visibility of the left side menu can be toggled by

• clicking on Show/Hide menu icon (all the way to the left) in the header

• OR pressing Ctrl+/

• reducing your window width to 725px or lower (around a quarter of a standard desktop monitor’s size)

Panels - main area

Via the left side menu you get access to a number of different panels:

Common panels in all views

Help

Documentation

Provides a link to our online documentation at → https://help.pixotope.com and an option to download it as a PDF.

FAQs

Links to our Frequently Asked Questions on → https://support.pixotope.com

Report issue

Opens a form which will create a support ticket.

Status bar/ Status panel

The Status bar is at the bottom of the screen

• shows all connected machines and the status of their main services

  • Engine

  • Tracking

  • VideoIO

Click the Status bar to show more details. The status panel shows

• all connected machines

• if multi-machine syncing is enabled

• the state of their primary and secondary timecode sources, allowing to

  • grab a timecode sample by clicking on it

  • grab and hold to grab continues timecode samples

• shows all running levels, allowing to

  • close and reload levels

• shows all running main services, allowing to

  • restart and stop the main services

User menu

The user menu can be accessed by clicking the username in the upper right-hand corner. It provides:

• License information:

  • license type - more information

    • expiry date

    • the ability to switch between types

  • Online/Offline mode - more information

    • duration

    • the ability to switch between modes

• Access to your user account on Pixotope Cloud

• The option to log out

Windows menu

The Windows menu, accessed from the three vertical dots in the upper left-hand corner, provides access to:

• File options:

  • Open a new Director window

  • Quit Director

• View options:

  • Toggle full screen

  • Toggle left side menu

  • Zoom controls

• Help options:

  • Above mentioned Help options

  • End-User license agreement (EULA)

  • Privacy Policy

  • Subscription agreement

  • About Director

  • Pixotope version