Most teleprompter software inverts black and white. Generally, white text with a black background is easier to read for the speaker. For the editor, black text with a whit background is easier. Being able to invert the prompt display is a basic teleprompter need.
But there is a small problem that comes up when scripts use color.
Many teleprompter programs invert everything. They invert the black and white, but they also invert any other colors in the script. That can lead to strange and unexpected results.
For example, if a script has yellow highlighting, inverting the whole display may turn that yellow into some other color. The exact result depends on the software, but the point is that the color no longer means what it was supposed to mean. A highlight that was chosen for clarity can become distracting, ugly, or hard to read.
It may mark a speaker change. It may show a producer note. It may indicate a section that needs special attention. If the software changes that color automatically, it can make the script less clear instead of more clear.
In my experience, I choose font color and highlight color when editing (black text white background) and when I click ‘invert’ I only want the black and white inverted.
That’s why we made Promptosaurus handles this differently.
When you invert the prompt display in Promptosaurus, it inverts black and white, but it does not invert the other colors. Black becomes white. White becomes black. But yellow highlighting stays yellow. Red text stays red. Blue stays blue.
It is a small feature, but it is important
The purpose of inversion is to make the prompt easier to read, not to scramble the meaning of the script. If a color was put into the script intentionally, the software should preserve it.
This is one of those details that may not sound dramatic, but on a real job it matters. The operator gets the display mode they need, while the script keeps the visual information that was already built into it.
