Getting Started
The first hour with Backstage: one guided project from empty to content on screen, and the two interface habits worth picking up straight away.
The server comes first. Backstage runs on a Brainsalt server that has already been put on the network and had its outputs configured — that half of the job is Brainsalt Hub - Set Up and Manage the Server.
Do this first
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The shortest complete path — an empty project taken to media on a screen, with every choice made for you. Do this before reading anything else. |
Two habits worth forming early
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Backstage has a lot of windows and you will not want the same ones open for building a scene as for running a show. Workviews save each arrangement so switching tasks is one click, not ten. |
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Most controls explain themselves in place. Knowing that saves going back to the documentation for every field. |
Then
Once the first project runs, Workflow walks the same journey again with the choices spelled out — scene, output, warp and blend, content, playback — in the order a real installation is built.
Prefer to watch? Video: Get a Video on Screen fast is the same ground as a recording.