How CueStudio works
The same manual that ships inside the application, so it always describes the build you are running. New to it? Read Welcome, then Getting Started, which covers the words and windows that come up everywhere else.
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Start
Building a show
The Cue List
Columns · Selecting and editing · Arming the playhead · Reordering and nesting
Cue Types: Media
Audio · Video · Image · Text
Cue Types: Timing & Flow
Wait · Picking a target cue · Fade · Stop
Cue Types: Control
Start · LOAD · Reset · Arm / Disarm
Cue Types: Network Video
Syphon In · NDI In · Where an incoming feed can be displayed · Choosing between NDI and Syphon
Groups & Playlists
Group cues · Playlist cues
Triggers
Trigger mode (TRIGGER column) · Delays around a cue · Keyboard hotkey · Timecode (MTC or Art-Net chase)
Show Files
Saving and opening · Show bundle format · Media import · Autosave & recovery
Audio
Video
Video Outputs & Routing
Video Routing window (Video ▸ Video Routing…, ⌘⌥V) · Per-output controls · Mirror NDI to Virtual Monitor · Video cue routing
Video Geometry & Projection
Video Output Geometry window (Video ▸ Video Output Geometry…, ⌥⌘G) · Test patterns (per-output) · Lens correction · Edge blending
Cue Types: Network Video
Syphon In · NDI In · Where an incoming feed can be displayed · Choosing between NDI and Syphon
Lighting and control
Lighting (DMX)
Output: scenes (played by Light cues) · Output: Art-Net vs sACN · Choosing the lighting network interface · Input: DMX triggers
MIDI, OSC & Timecode
Sending MIDI · Sending OSC · Sending timecode · Receiving / chasing MIDI
AppleScript & Scripting
Basic verbs · Cue-specific verbs · Reading and writing cue properties · Object graph access
Surface Mapping
Bindable actions · Binding sources · Value transform · Tips
Running the show
Firing & Transport
GO · Transport controls · Automatic chains (the TRIGGER column) · Pre-Roll (delay before a cue starts)
Show Mode
Entering and exiting · The operating layout · What is restricted in Show Mode · What still works in Show Mode
Status Window
Warnings tab · Logs tab · Diagnostics tab · Reporting a problem (Help ▸ Report a Problem…)
Presenter View
Entering and exiting · Presets · Customising the layout · Saving named layouts
Redundancy & Sessions
Concepts · Setting up a session · More than two machines · Choosing which network port the session uses
Keyboard Shortcuts
File · Transport (global, works anywhere in the main window) · Cue list · Audio windows
Remotes
Web Remote
Turn it on · What you can do from the remote · Multiple operators
USB Remotes (Stream Deck)
Supported devices · Before you start · Default layout · Playhead following vs. paging
Web Remote Commands
Commands sent from the remote to CueStudio 2 · Messages sent from CueStudio 2 to all connected remotes · HTTP endpoint
OSC Commands: Input
Transport · Selection & navigation · Discovery (Zeroconf / Bonjour) · Cue control
OSC Commands: Output
Cue status · Progress (sent periodically while a cue is playing) · Timecode · Active group
Your licence
More
Command Cue Language
The shape of a line · Transport · Changing cues · OSC
Show Settings
OSC · MIDI · Timecode · Audio
USB Presenter Clickers
What a clicker actually sends · In the normal console (cue list mode) · In Presenter View (⌃⌘P) · Choosing the mode
Trademarks & Third-Party Software
Third-party software · Trademarks
Prefer it in the app? Help ▸ CueStudio 2 User Manual, where it is searchable and available offline mid-show.