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How it works

What the software does for the shot.

Each page describes what you get and what you see, in the order the work happens. Where a part is not shipped yet, the page says so on its own line.

How it works

Flights and the virtual rail

A flight is an authored camera move, with a planned route, framing and pace from departure through landing.

How it works

Scene Scan

Each camera maps your room once, and from then on you compose by drawing on the room itself.

How it works

Rehearse and prove

A move is checked against your actual camera before the show, and a refusal names its reason.

How it works

Jog

When the moment needs a human hand, take the timing and keep the shot you composed.

Available with Blackmagic ATEM

Tally-aware

With a Blackmagic ATEM, the software reads which camera is on air, and holds that camera still.

How it works

Keep your video path

The software never touches your video pipeline. Your program picture goes where it always went.

How it works

Motion planned around your camera

A gentle departure, no visible speed steps, and a landing that settles where you asked.

How it works

Camera profiles that travel

A camera measured on one install flies on the next without being measured again.

How it works

Set up in minutes, honestly

The software measures your camera and says whether it can fly it. If it cannot, it says why.

How it works

Safety

Soft limits, a stop command that holds, and a controlled stop when the software lets go.

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