How CueForge works

Welcome

How a show works · The main window

Getting Started

Create a show · Add cues quickly · Run the show · Basic cue types to know first

Terminology

The show · Running it · Audio words · Video words

The Cue List

Columns · Selecting and editing · Arming the playhead · Reordering and nesting

Cue Types — Media

Audio · Video · Image · Text

Cue Types — Timing & Flow

Wait · Fade · Stop · Devamp

Cue Types — Control

Start · LOAD · Reset · Arm / Disarm

Cue Types — Network Video

Syphon In · NDI In · Choosing between NDI and Syphon

Groups & Playlists

Group cues · Playlist cues

Triggers

Continue mode (Continue column) · Pre-wait and post-wait · Keyboard hotkey · Timecode (MTC chase)

Show Files

Saving and opening · Show bundle format · Media import · Autosave & recovery

Audio & Routing

Audio Devices (set up first) · Output channels · By-device view · Patch Matrix

Video Outputs & Routing

Video Routing window (Window menu, ⌘⌥V) · Per-output controls · Mirror NDI to Virtual Monitor · Video cue routing

Video Geometry & Projection

Video Output Geometry window (Video menu, ⌥⌘G) · Test patterns (per-output) · Lens correction · Edge blending

Cue Types — Network Video

Syphon In · NDI In · Choosing between NDI and Syphon

Lighting (DMX)

Output — DMX cues · DMX cue fade · Output — Art-Net vs sACN · Input — DMX triggers

MIDI, OSC & Timecode

Sending MIDI · Sending OSC · Sending timecode · Receiving / chasing MIDI

AppleScript & Scripting

Basic verbs · Cue-specific verbs · Reading and writing cue properties · Object graph access

Surface Mapping

Bindable actions · Binding sources · Value transform · Tips

Firing & Transport

GO · Transport controls · Auto-follow and auto-continue · Pre-Roll (delay before a cue starts)

Show Mode

Entering and exiting · The operating layout · What is restricted in Show Mode · What still works in Show Mode

Status Window

Warnings tab · Logs tab

Presenter View

Entering and exiting · Presets · Customising the layout · Saving named layouts

Redundancy & Sessions

Concepts · Setting up a session · What stays in sync · Media transfer

Keyboard Shortcuts

File · Transport (global, works anywhere in the main window) · Cue list · Audio windows

Web Remote

Turn it on · What you can do from the remote · Multiple operators

USB Remotes (Stream Deck)

Supported devices · Before you start · Default layout · Playhead following vs. paging

Web Remote Commands

Commands sent from the remote to CueForge2 · Messages sent from CueForge2 to all connected remotes · HTTP endpoint

OSC Commands — Input

Transport · Selection & navigation · Discovery (Zeroconf / Bonjour) · Cue control

OSC Commands — Output

Cue status · Progress (sent periodically while a cue is playing) · Timecode · Active group

Licensing

Sign in and activate · Running offline · Seats and moving between Macs · Renewing and billing