Vizrt’s Preview Server manages a pool of Viz Engines. Clients, such as Viz Multichannel, Viz Pilot and Viz Trio, can send requests to the Preview Server, asking for available Viz Engines, which may provide frames for thumbnails and snapshots in an ongoing preview process.

As the name implies, the Preview Server provides snapshots of scenes for the clients during the creative preview process. The preview snapshots provide the user an idea about the looks of the graphics when finally played out in high resolution on a Viz Engine.

The Preview Server provides load balancing, and it can be used to create a redundant renderer pool.

The Preview Server is a Windows service. Upon installation, the service is started, and the startup type is by default set to Automatic. The service will then start every time the operating system is started, and it will run in the background for as long as Windows is running. For more details, see To see the status of the Preview Server service.

This section contains information on the following topics:

• New Features in This Version

• Basic Workflow