I have one PTZoptics camera available and am working on various ways to shift between a closeup of the pulpit and a wider angle view of the choir.

So far my best effort (pending a second camera) is to fade to an image of the cross at the front of the sanctuary, then shift the camera, then after the shift is complete fade back to the live camera. This works pretty well but occasionally I click on the wrong button and all my viewers get to see the camera jerking around. Slowing the PTZ movement to a crawl helps but is less than ideal.

Is there a way to automate this process, perhaps with a script, wherein pressing or clicking one button would make this three step transition?

Thanks many times over. You have been very helpful as I move up the learning curve and your time and knowledge greatly appreciated.

John

one option

create 2 virtual PTZ positions, clicking on either one of them will move the camera to the preset position.
https://youtu.be/pI4uRkzO_TQ?t=194

As you don't want to see the movement create a shortcut to overlay the image of the cross
under same shortcut key tell it to PTZMovetovirtuaInputposition (= the other position)

(duplicate this to a shortcut to go back to the other view)

in your Cross Image put in a OnOverlayIn trigger to turn off the overlay after a certain delay


Scripting would then basically be similar and could also be called with a shortcut
- overlay image
- move camera position
- delay a bit
- remove overlay

As you are working with PTZ you can not check in your script which position is actie but and as you said one cannot store a variable but

you can simulate this by having a unused title and store a variable in a textbox & read/write your variable there and IF it from your script
Could use a text file too but above is quicker and simpler not to mention that one can see the variable in your inputs (especially helpful if you use a word ;-) )