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# Cue & take, live

Run the show: cue graphic layers in order, update their values from live data, search for the next graphic fast, and roll replays.

This is the operator’s chapter during the live show. Every article assumes the project is already built and the data is already wired; it covers what you press, type, and search for once the broadcast is rolling. Read the cue-and-take article first; the others extend it.

## What’s in this chapter

* [Play graphic layers in a specific sequence](/control-your-show/chapter-index/cue-and-take-graphics.md) — use this when you need to cue and take layers in a fixed order on air.
* [Live Values tab](/control-your-show/chapter-index/live-data-tab.md) — use this to change values on a graphic that is already on air via the Live Values tab.
* [Update variables in live graphic layers (Values Grid)](/control-your-show/chapter-index/values-grid.md) — use this to change values on air via the Values Grid.
* [Animate updates from live data](/control-your-show/chapter-index/animate-updates-from-live-data.md) — use this when value changes need to animate in, not snap.
* [Select graphic layers and spreadsheet data with Instant Search](/control-your-show/chapter-index/select-with-instant-search.md) — use this to find the next graphic or row without scrolling.
* [Operate a media sequence on air](/control-your-show/chapter-index/operate-a-media-sequence.md) — use this when running a designed media sequence at showtime.
* [Instant Replay during the show](/set-up-your-production/chapter-index-4/instant-replay-during-show.md) — use this to roll back the action live.

## Related

* [Control your show — section overview](/control-your-show/branch-index.md)
* [Shot Layouts & Shot Launcher](/control-your-show/chapter-index-1.md) — for staging combinations of layers as a single take.


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