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Use a layer setup

Fill an open show from Standard or a setup you saved, beside the show's layers or in their place.

Put a ready set of layers, shots and stand-ins into the show that is open, for example after you started from Blank. What a setup holds and what Add and Replace do is explained in Layer setups.

Before you start

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  • Open the show you want to fill.
  • To use your own setup, save it first from another show; see Save a layer setup.

Step 1: Open Use Layer Setup

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Choose Layer › Use Layer Setup…, or click Use Layer Setup… under the layer strips.

The bar under the layer strips: Add Layer, Use Layer Setup… and Layer Display

Step 2: Choose the setup

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Choose a setup in Setup: Standard, or one you saved. The sentence under it says what the setup has.

The Use Layer Setup sheet with Standard chosen, the sentence on its layers and stand-ins, and the buttons Cancel, Replace Layers and Add to This Show

Step 3: Add or replace

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  • On a show without shots or sources, click Use. The setup goes in as it is.
  • On a show that already has layers, choose:
    • Add to This Show to put the setup’s layers beside the show’s. A layer with the same name gets the shots it lacks.
    • Replace Layers to put the setup’s layers in place of the show’s.

No source is removed either way. Nothing on the program changes until your next Take.

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Standard’s sources are stand-ins that show a drawing. Link each one to your real camera, file or input; the Warnings key counts the ones left. See Link a stand-in.

Verify

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  • The layer strips show the setup’s layers and shots.
  • To go back, choose Edit › Undo: the whole setup comes out in one step.
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Describes Live Producer 0.305 · 29 October 2026

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Release notes

Release notesLive Producer 0.305: the two ways to use Live ProducerLive Producer 0.304: new stand-in drawingsLive Producer 0.303: a new look for the documentationLive Producer 0.302: tooltips in one sentenceLive Producer 0.301: the inspector and the sheets get the ⓘLive Producer 0.300: a small ⓘ beside what it explainsLive Producer 0.299: quieter SettingsLive Producer 0.298: a Help menuLive Producer 0.297: sharper pictures of the inspectorLive Producer 0.296: the documentation, first versionLive Producer 0.295: the documentation site