The EVS Home Tab

The EVS Home Tab provides access to a huge amount of functionality in the software. Understanding the various sections is critically important to your successfully mastering the software.

 

Some of the sections are very simple to explain and will be addressed in this topic whereas others are deserving of their own topic.

 

CLIPBOARD: The Clipboard is the simplest and could be replaced by remembering CTRL+C (for copy) and CTRL+V (for paste). However, it is important that we remind you of the power that Copy & Paste provides in the Application window. Not only can you copy and paste one-or-more modules, but you can paste into a text editor to save modules as a text file for later use.

 

LAYOUT: The Layout section has only two parts/topics. Presentation engages "Presentation Mode", which will eventually allow application designers to create applications that can have all data packaged and encrypted so that the application (with limited functionality) will run without needing a License. Windows Layouts provides access to your saved Windows Layouts to allow you to quickly select any previously saved arrangement of windows. Note: Layouts are saved under File...Options.

 

APPLICATION: The Application section has 4 functions:

  1. Z Scale: The master parameters for both Z Scale and Explode should be set only here or in the Application Properties window. All modules with these parameters that are "Linked" will inherit these values and will update when these values are changed.
  2. Explode
  3. Origin: Reset or Edit. This allows you to view or change the Application Origin. This is an important concept in EVS that maintains precision and makes web viewing possible. Typically the first data file you read will be used to determine the origin by finding the centroid of that data.
  4. Output Quality: The master parameter for output quality is set here. This refers to the selection of a low or high quality EVS Field File in one or more read evs field module in your application.

CONNECTIONS: The Connections section has 6 functions:

  1. Connections to Show: Include Minor Ports is recommended
  2. Connection Checking: The various levels are there to provide some protection against inappropriate connections which can cause application crashes. However, less restrictive levels (e.g. Allow Unsafe Connections) do allow users to make connections between modules before modules have run so that the appropriateness of the data types can be confirmed.
  3. Connection Style: The two styles are Curved and Straight. Curved is recommended.
  4. Display Minor Ports: is a toggle. It is blue when on.
  5. Snap to Grid: is a toggle. It keeps your modules more aligned in your application .
  6. Hide Viewer Connections: is a toggle. All red viewer connections are converted to a short red "tail" on the module being connected to the viewer only. It reduces clutter.

 

SCRIPTING: This section opens up the Python scripting functions.

 

ANIMATION: This section opens up the Animation functions.

 

WINDOWS: The Windows section has 7 functions all of which are toggles which control the visibility of a major EVS Window:

  1. Modules
  2. Properties
  3. Options
  4. Overview
  5. Output Log
  6. Information
  7. Packaged Files

 

HELP: The Help section has only two functions: Contents exposes the main EVS Help Table of Contents, and Module Help opens up the help for the currently selected module.