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TippyToe  
#1 Posted : Saturday, December 28, 2019 9:19:52 PM(UTC)
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Thank you for looking into this !

Assume the following situation please:
Discussion Panel - 6 participants.
3 Cameras ( 3 inputs )
6 Titles ( Name / Description )

Any camera can film any of the 6 panelists.

What I want is to be able to overlay at any time any of my 6 tiles on any camera currently on PGM.

Creating 3 x 6 = 18 inputs for each cam and title combo using multiviews or virtual views is not practical.
I know I can use overlays but there's only 4 available afaik.

So I picture something like this:

PGM Cam 2
Panelist 3
>>> add Tile 3 > Title out

cut to

PGM Cam 3
Panelist 3
>>> add Title 3 > Title out
Pan to Panelist 6
>>> add Tile 6 > Title out

Hope I was clear, if not I am happy to clarify.

Thank you for your suggestions !

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#2 Posted : Saturday, December 28, 2019 9:49:37 PM(UTC)
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I know I can use overlays but there's only 4 available


Might work with multiviewing your titles and control their visibility with shortcuts

On the other hand i would say you need only one title and have its data content changed (Data source comes to mind )
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#3 Posted : Sunday, December 29, 2019 1:03:10 AM(UTC)
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@ Tippy Toe

I am not sure I understand the issue.
This can easily be done with a single Overlay channel. In fact, the scenario you present can be done with vMix Basic HD (3 camera Inputs and 1 Title Input) and use title presets or Data Sources as doggy suggests.
Unless, there is something I am missing about your requirements, but as near as I can tell, there is no need for each title to have its own Overlay channel since they will never all be on screen at the same time...


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TippyToe  
#4 Posted : Monday, December 30, 2019 7:23:19 PM(UTC)
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I will give it a try, dig into your suggestions, and see how it works.
Very well could be that I don't know how to use all the options and features vMix has to offer.
Will get back with the results.
I am using vMix HD

Thanks !
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#5 Posted : Monday, December 30, 2019 8:01:20 PM(UTC)
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Very well could be that I don't know how to use all the options and features vMix has to offer.


Why the helpfiles and many video tutorials are there for ;-)

one would not want 350 different name titles if one can just change the text content of 1 title , hide title , change name , show title again (or even changing without hiding )

at later stage when can automate a lot by means of shortcut or scripts say one instruction covers hide title, change cam to specific speaker, change name to that of the speaker , show title again and so on (basically what you do manually packed in one shortcut) and so on per speaker so thats only 6 buttons to choose from to cover the situation ultimatly
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TippyToe  
#6 Posted : Tuesday, December 31, 2019 3:43:17 PM(UTC)
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Thank you !

I think I figured it out.

So I got my 3 cameras setup and 6 titles (as 6 inputs).
I was able to bind those 6 titles to 6 keys.
SHORTCUTS
Key: e.g. 1 to 6
Function: Overlay 4 ( any overlay 1-4 works, fades in 0.3, stays for 5sec )
Input: N (whichever my titles happen to land on)

Good point doggy, thank you, I can use title presets.
Titles Shortcuts v02.jpg (242kb) downloaded 4 time(s).
I figure out that I can assign 2 keys to go through the presets on a title ( previous, next )
This way I can save myself some inputs and room on the panel, by using one input, cycle through the tile presets in preview, and when I got the right one, push it to PGM.

Hurray.

It would be cool if I could assign a shortcut to a specific title preset on an input.
Am I pushing it ?

Thank you all !
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#7 Posted : Tuesday, December 31, 2019 6:30:17 PM(UTC)
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It would be cool if I could assign a shortcut to a specific title preset on an input.
Am I pushing it ?


Yes you are LOL
What about SelectTitlePreset ;-)

Does each person needs a different title (graphically) ?
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TippyToe  
#8 Posted : Tuesday, December 31, 2019 7:19:21 PM(UTC)
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OMG @doggy
Thank you for the patience to point me in the right direction.

I even figured out what the Preset Index Value does !

To illustrate what happened:

*any key shortcut works, elgato stream deck is just my xmas toy of choice.

DUPLICATE THIS with different index and a different key shortcut and you are set !

Titles Shortcuts 02 v01.jpg (186kb) downloaded 1 time(s).
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#9 Posted : Tuesday, December 31, 2019 7:42:22 PM(UTC)
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Your welcome

Still wondering why you are using 6 different title backgrounds instead of just one (based on the image)
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