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ukcpw  
#1 Posted : Saturday, September 14, 2019 12:07:07 AM(UTC)
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Hi all,

I was wondering how I can do this :
I have a 12 photos with 12 names of people coming onstage, and I'd like to trigger each photo when the speaker calls them, then have all of them at the end.
GT Designer seems to be the right way but I'm having a hard time to find out how to do it without using 12 shortcuts…

Another great way would be to use Apple Keynote on a second machine and key out a colour, but it affects the photos, and the names are not nicely displayed. Do you know if there is a way of having a sort of alpha channel from Keynote or PPT to vMix ?

Thanks all and great Community !
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#2 Posted : Saturday, September 14, 2019 2:55:41 AM(UTC)
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select from data source
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#3 Posted : Saturday, September 14, 2019 3:06:44 AM(UTC)
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Thanks doggy, but I don't get how I would do that. With the shortcuts ?
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#4 Posted : Saturday, September 14, 2019 4:24:12 AM(UTC)
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But you said you didn't want 12 shortcuts so with datasource you click on an image reference in a list ;-)

(Or in title presets)
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#5 Posted : Saturday, September 14, 2019 11:21:41 PM(UTC)
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Hi doggy

I'm not sure that we're talking about the same thing.
I'd like to display 1 photo, then trigger a second one while the first is in place, then a third… until having 12 photos. I Don't need to cange the photos or names, just add new ones to have them all at the end on the screen.

In fact the PageXX function with TitleBeginAnimation shortcut works well, except that there are only 10 pages and I would need at least 11, and I need 12 different shorcuts on my pad. What would be great is a sort of "next item" button, like in a Powerpoint presentation when you hit a key and it triggers the next stuff each time...
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#6 Posted : Sunday, September 15, 2019 12:05:28 AM(UTC)
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Guess we were not :-)

the 10 page limitation doesn't help
What about imagevisibility on/off and a little script or based on a value when hitting one shortcut (values can be stored in a hidden field )? (not tried)
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#7 Posted : Sunday, September 15, 2019 12:40:24 AM(UTC)
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ok could work (with some refinement)

have a title with all your images
Have them all set to visible toggle
Have one textfield (you can hide it) that will hold your position state starting with 0

as basis , have all images hidden and set the value of the text field to zero

have a shortcut trigger this script

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Code:
dim i As string = ""
i  = Input.Find("images.gtzip").Text("TextBlock1.Text") 
API.Function("SetImageVisibleOn",Input:="images.gtzip",SelectedIndex:=i )
i = i+1
API.Function("SetText",Input:="images.gtzip",SelectedName:="TextBlock1.Text",Value:=i )


first time triggered it will show the first image , and the value in the textblock will increase by one
next time you trigger the second will become visible and so on
The way it is now you can manually make each image hidden/visible, or adjust the image number to trigger

its up to you now to refine this, have the images in correct order or like add another script with a loop through to clear them all and such
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#8 Posted : Sunday, September 15, 2019 8:22:07 PM(UTC)
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Thanks a lot !

I'm not really used to srcipting (not at all in fact) but I try. I Don't think it would work with layers instead of images ? That would be awesome cause each time I have an image displaying, I should have a rectangle and a name below it…
Anyway great stuff !
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#9 Posted : Monday, September 16, 2019 12:09:23 AM(UTC)
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Same thing , just create your rectangles and textblock and hide them too
unhide them the same way by copying the line of code making the image visible and adjusting the i values ( now there is some math involved LOL)

you know like x; x+12 ; x+24 :-)

(to keep it simple)
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#10 Posted : Monday, September 16, 2019 12:49:03 AM(UTC)
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Ah ok so you mean that ImageVisibleOn will work with a rectangle and a text ?
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#11 Posted : Monday, September 16, 2019 7:59:49 AM(UTC)
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Hi doggy,

Do you think I would be able to do the same with the PageX function for TitleBeginAnimation instead of the number of my image ? In this way I could trigger consecutive pages with one shortcut

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#12 Posted : Monday, September 16, 2019 8:57:54 PM(UTC)
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@ukcpw

I don't know , haven't tried and i normally do not make GT titles , have you tried at least ?

you were given a option/solution , whats wrong with it? at some point you will have to take and focus on one option

There are several ways to cross a river, just have to pick one
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#13 Posted : Monday, September 16, 2019 9:39:49 PM(UTC)
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Thank you doggy,

I'm just not really at ease with Scripting. So with this whole form+text+image stuff, it's confusing for me…
I've tried the PageX incrementation but I might be wrong with the Scripting.
Anyway, I'll cross my river, but I'll bring a boat next time ;)
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#14 Posted : Monday, September 16, 2019 10:33:44 PM(UTC)
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create the titles as videos and put them in order in a list and use a shortcut to cut to next in the list
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#15 Posted : Tuesday, September 17, 2019 12:51:05 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Barney Box Lane Go to Quoted Post
create the titles as videos and put them in order in a list and use a shortcut to cut to next in the list


Thanks Barney,

Since I want to keep my Freedom to change the names or images in case, that won't work, but could be a great way.
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#16 Posted : Tuesday, September 17, 2019 6:35:02 AM(UTC)
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Hi,

I'm not sure what you want to do. As I understand it, you want to display images, one at a time. Is that correct?
I tinkered on the fast something.
Create a graphics transparency png with a graphic software. Size eg. 300x300px. Then use graphic software to create the images of the people with the title or name.
In the GT Title Designer you create the GT Title. Rectangle create according to your choice (size, color etc.) Import transparent PNG. See video. Drag image 1 onto the created rectangle, adjust the size. Pull all the way to the left and align - up-down. Then click with the right arrow 5x. Place second Tranparent png, drag to the left until the green line lights up. Move right again with the right arrow key. Click 10x. Then the third and so on. Load in vMix GT Title. Then view the pictures as in the video.
I do not know if that's what you're looking for. At least it brought me back to an idea.

Greeting

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#17 Posted : Tuesday, September 17, 2019 5:58:49 PM(UTC)
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Hi Elvis

Your video seems to be in private mode...
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#18 Posted : Tuesday, September 17, 2019 7:19:25 PM(UTC)
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Hi Elvis

Your video seems to be in private mode...


Sorry, ist jetzt frei.


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#19 Posted : Tuesday, September 17, 2019 10:44:27 PM(UTC)
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Hi Elvis,

Thanks for the video ;)

This is a great way too. I wanted somehow to automatize all this with only one shortcut, sort of "next event" button that would display the photos one by one when the MC calls people on stage.
I found a kind of workaround with displaying images 3 by 3 with a different delay on each in 4 pages of animation Inside GT, then call the 4 pages with 4 shortcuts (which is still less than 12).

Thanks a lot for helping
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