ION Displays

Hi Graham.  Interesting.  At the moment, in a dual monitor system, you can't currently put the live/blind and PSD (playback status display) on the same screen.  To do that, we'd need to turn those two displays into a dockable element, just like all of the virtual controls.  No reason we can't do it.  I see where you are headed though.    Will talk to the GUI gurus.

We didn't implement snapshots on Ion ... and the fact that you can see a snapshot button on your direct select options is because SOMEBODY forgot to suppress them!   Our initial thought was a) didn't seem snapshots were critical on a desk as small as Ion, b) we didn't have any buttons left.  We've been discussing putting them back in, but haven't reached a firm conclusion yet.  We are trying very hard to not exceed two pages of softkeys - and with new functions rolling into 1.4, that is providing to be quite tough to stick to.   So, the jury is still out on snapshots.   Will ponder it some more.

Thanks much!

Anne 

Anne Valentino:

We didn't implement snapshots on Ion ... and the fact that you can see a snapshot button on your direct select options is because SOMEBODY forgot to suppress them!

 *sigh*

No cookie for me.
 

I would like to see snapshot be put back into the ION. Since we do not have the touch screens for direct selects, and we do not have a tabbed display, and there are no hard macro keys; snapshot would be a useful function.

I have seen that the virtual direct selects are a useful programming tool on the ION, but they take up so much room on the screen that they are unpractical. If we had a tapped display or a snapshot function that could be used in a few key strokes it seams that the virtual direct selects would become more a useful tool. 

On a side note will we ever see a hard/soft set of macro keys? It would be really useful on the ION.    

Thanks Anne, I'd really appreciate having those options available. I think at the moment I'm trying to make my ION into an EOS!

I am a big fan of the Direct Selects, and coupled with Snapshots they are such a great feature it's a shame not to have full flexibility. I have every confidence that you'll bring it in soon!

Our ION's will be getting a good work out over the next few weeks, so I look forward to discussing further when I've had more of a chance to play.

I have my direct selects in the CIA for the current show I am doing so that all the channels for the show can be seen on the other monitor. This becomes an issue when I need to do anything in the CIA as is gets rid of the direct selects. Is there any chance in the future that the [Displays] key (or another key) can be used to toggle the CIA and any virtual controls that are shown in the CIA?