Inspector
The Inspector shows the properties of whatever is currently selected. It has no content of its own — the window you last selected something in decides what appears, so the same panel edits a surface, an output, an asset or a sequencer event depending on where you are working.
What it shows, by source
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Selected in |
The Inspector shows |
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Scene Objects or Scene View |
The properties of the selected scene node — surface, display, projector, group or label |
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Outputs |
The selected output slot's options; or, when one is open, the audio group or audio mixer configuration |
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Assets |
The asset's properties, which differ per asset type |
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Sequencer |
Properties of the selected sequence, channel or event |
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Stepper |
Options for the selected step — right-clicking makes the selection first |
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Broadcast Scheduler |
Options for the selected schedule entry |
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Sequence Arranger |
Options for the selected arrangement |
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Web Consoles |
Options for the selected Web Console |
Nothing selected means an empty Inspector. It is not a window you open and browse — it is where the settings of the current selection appear.
Sections for a scene object
Which sections appear depends on the kind of object selected. A surface used as a display carries the display-only sections as well.
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Section |
Covers |
Appears for |
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Surface Properties / Display Properties |
Dimensions, tessellation and the shape-specific values. The heading reads Display Properties when the surface is used as a display |
Surfaces and displays |
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Mapping |
The mappings on this surface, and the editor for the selected one |
Surfaces and displays |
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Interactivity |
Whether the surface responds to interaction |
Surfaces and displays |
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Default Asset |
The asset shown when no sequencer is driving the surface |
Surfaces and displays |
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Calibration Markers |
Reference points that align the surface with a camera, for camera-based calibration |
Screen surfaces |
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Split & Rasterization |
How the display's content is divided and rasterised |
Display surfaces |
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LED Simulation (UI) |
The on-screen LED preview — a UI-only aid, not part of the output |
Display surfaces |
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Projector Properties |
Aspect ratio, horizontal field of view, lens shift and the rest of the optics |
Projectors |
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Custom Viewports |
Additional viewports defined on this projector |
Projectors |
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Masking |
Masks applied to a viewport |
Viewports |
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Show View, Resolution, Color Filter |
Preview, resolution and colour filtering of a display model |
Display models |
The second Inspector
The Inspector Window is an independent copy that does not follow the focus. A dropdown at its top pins it to one source:
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None — pinned to nothing
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Scene Objects
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Assets
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Outputs
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Sequencer
The choice is saved per user, so the window comes back pinned to the same source. Use it to keep one thing visible — an output's settings, say — while working on something else in the main Inspector.
Selecting an object in the pinned source still updates that window, so it tracks the selection within its source; what it does not do is jump to a different kind of object when you click elsewhere.
Common Mistakes
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The Inspector looks empty — nothing is selected, or the selection was made in a window the Inspector does not serve. Select an item in Scene Objects, Assets, Outputs or the Sequencer.
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Edits go to the wrong object — the Inspector follows the last selection, and clicking in another window moves it. When two objects have to be compared or edited together, pin one in the second Inspector.
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A section is missing — sections are per object type. Calibration Markers exist only on screen surfaces, LED Simulation only on display surfaces, Masking only on viewports.
Related
Scene Objects — the window most Inspector selections come from
Edit Mappings — the Mapping section in use
Surface Default Properties — the values behind Surface Properties
Outputs — output slots, audio groups and mixers