Navigation

Prism Player's user interface is organised into three main sections:

• Main Menu
  • App Logo
  • File
  • Edit
  • View
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Help
• View Tabs
• Status Bar
• Multi Selection

Main Menu

In this section it is possible to navigate the application menu, see the Project name, minimize, maximize or close the user interface.

App Logo

Clicking on Prism Player logo will hide all View Tabs, showing the selected Surface in fullscreen.

File

Item	Description
New Project	Resets application state and starts a new project.
Save	Saves the current project.
Save As	Save a new / replace project file.
Open	Open a project file.
Open Recent	Select to open from a list of previous projects.

More information found at Projects Management

Item	Description
Import	Imports either a Bank or Encode List.
Export	Exports either a Bank or Encode List.

More information found at Import/Export

Item	Description
Settings	Navigates to the Settings View.

Edit

Item	Description
Undo	Undo the last action. Note: Not all features have Undo actions.
Redo	Redo the previous action. Note: Not all features have Redo actions.

View

Item	Description
Enter Fullscreen	Toggle fullscreen mode on to fill the video display also toggle by pressing Fullscreen. Fullscreen mode can be exited either by pressing Minimise at the top right of the screen or by using the Esc button on your keyboard.

Audio

Item	Description
Audio Device	Sets the audio device output for Prism Player. This can also be configured via Settings.

Video

Item	Description
Aspect Mode	Changes the way the media fills the media player canvas.
Show Grid	Displays a reference grid over the media player / layer preview.
Transparency Preview	Toggles on the alpha channel showing a checkerboard in the transparent areas.

Help

Item	Description
Manual	Opens the Desktop Manual app.
Support	Shows a pop-up with company details.
About	Shows a pop-up with information about Prism Player.

View Tabs

In this section it is possible to navigate the following app Views:

• Play
• Encoder
• Settings

An underline will give visual feedback of the selected View.

Status Bar

This bar shows the following app informations at a glance.

• App performance metrics - The full performance metrics are shown in the System Info page in Settings.
• Prism Player release version.
• User interface connection status indicator - red when disconnected, green when connected to the Server.

Multi Selection

It is possible to select multiple elements by:

• Ticking element selection boxes.
• Holding Ctrl button and clicking on elements.
• Clicking on an element then Shift clicking another element to range select.
• Pressing Ctrl-A to select all elements in a list.

When multiple Bank Elements or Encode List entries have been selected, a Multiple elements selected orange label is shown in the Controls panel and changes will be applied to every selected element.

Any unchanged values in the Controls panel will initially display those of the first selected element.

If Undo and Redo are permitted, all selected elements will be affected.