Home Screen (Broadcast Center)

Overview

The Home Screen is the central command center of LiveLens. From here, you can manage your visual layout, monitor your audio levels, and control your live broadcast or recording session.

The interface is designed for maximum efficiency, providing all essential controls in a single, organized dashboard.

📺 Live Canvas Preview

The top half of the screen features a large Live Preview of your scene. This shows exactly what your viewers will see in the final stream or recording.

  • Real-time Rendering: Any changes you make to sources (moving, resizing, filters) are reflected here instantly.
  • Canvas Aspect Ratio: The preview area automatically adjusts based on your selected output resolution (e.g., 16:9 for landscape or 9:16 for portrait).
  • FPS Indicator: If enabled, a real-time FPS counter appears in the top-left corner to help you monitor performance.

🏗️ Sources Panel

The Sources section on the bottom-left allows you to manage the layers of your scene.

🎛️ Post Processing (Tune Icon)

Located in the header of the Sources panel, the Tune icon opens the Post Processing Popup.

  • Visual Effects & Adjustments: Apply real-time post-processing effects and image adjustments (such as Sharpness, Color Grading, Bloom, Denoise, Vignette, and LUT Presets) to enhance your overall stream rendering.
  • Detailed Guide: For a full breakdown of effects and GPU performance load, see Post Processing Deep Dive.

🎬 Scene Management (Clapperboard Icon)

Located in the header of the Sources panel, the Clapperboard icon opens the Scene Selection Popup.

  • Switch Scenes: Quickly switch between different pre-configured layouts (e.g., "Gaming", "Just Chatting", "BRB").
  • Manage Layouts: Create, rename, or delete scenes to change your entire stream's look with one tap.

➕ Add Source (Plus Icon)

Tap the Plus (+) icon to open the Source Selection Popup.

  • Add new elements like Camera, Screen Capture, Images, Text, Web widgets, VTuber avatars, and Sound sources to your current scene.

🖐️ Source Controls

Each source in the list features a set of quick-access tools:

  • Visibility (Eye): Show or hide the source on the canvas.
  • Lock: Prevents accidental movement or resizing of the source.
  • Delete (Trash): Removes the source from the scene.
  • Z-Order (Arrows): Move the source Up (forward) or Down (backward) to manage overlapping layers.
  • Settings (Gear): Opens the source-specific configuration panel (e.g., Chroma Key for Camera, URL for Web, Presets for Chat Box).

🎚️ Audio Mixer Panel

The Audio section in the middle provides real-time control over your sound mix.

  • MIC (Microphone): Control the volume of your voice input.
  • SYSTEM (Internal Audio): Adjust the volume of game sounds or other apps.
  • Volume Sliders: Smoothly adjust levels from 0% to 100%.
  • Mute Toggles: Tap the speaker icon next to a slider to instantly mute or unmute that specific channel.
  • Level Meters: Animated bars show the active loudness of each channel to help you avoid audio clipping.

🚀 Controls Panel

The Controls section on the bottom-right handles the technical operation of your session. For a detailed breakdown of each button and its functionality, see the Controls Panel Deep Dive.

↕️ Panel Toggle

Between the preview and the control panels is a Navigation Bar with an arrow icon.

  • Tap to Hide: Collapses the bottom control panels to give more room to the live preview.
  • Tap to Show: Brings back the Sources, Audio, and Control panels for active management.

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