Our company works with PIPs a lot, which we create via the overlay functions (more design options than multi view).

One thing we can't wrap our heads around;
How to instantly switch OverlayInput1 with OverlayInput2. Thus the input of the big bottom overlay (Overlay1) pip, becoming the small top overlay (Overlay2) and vice versa.

Question 2 would be creating a shortcut that takes the "zoom" animation to another level;
Active output zooms to become Overlay1 and preview window animates (probably wipe up) to become Overlay2

Anybody that sees how shortcuts/scripts could make this work?

Thanks!

btw , what more design options are you referring to?

There are a few Shortcuts available to change multiview inputs and order so that might work specifically SetMultiviewOverlay to start with

in scripting one can check what layers have which input an switch them with SetMultiviewOverlay intruction for example and so on

No you wouldn't, just one , maybe 2 if you want nicer transitions .

just flipt the back to pip and pip to back in one go, might need multiple buttons to trigger them though ;-)

been checking with script and is possible by reading the API xml for whats in the multiview and swap them
From there there are lots of ways one can go

But hey if the main reason to use overlay PIP is the border around it well then there is no shortcut (so can't use scripting ) to do it

Veel geluk

Hmmm,

As i always try things out i had a go at scripting to switch multiview layers of an input regardless of what these layer inputs were.
As such i think i will have to swallow some of my statements as i think there might be a way to swap output and overlay PIP in a similar fashion


Edit: .... got it !

Turned out to be pretty straightforward ... by checking with an xpath the API xml

see which input is currently in (PIP) overlay
If there isn't any exit the script

See which input is currently active

Make the overlay input an active one (API.Function("Cut",Input:=overlayinput))
Make the active input the overlay one (API.Function("OverlayInput1In",Input:=activeinput))

connect the script (scriptstart) to a shortcut and flip to your heart's content

Similar for the second part of your idea, the second PIP, check which is preview and put in overlay with a slide effect in it or similar

The zooming to PIP will have to be done with multi view and merge and maybe replace with as overlay when zoom done

btw to easily create a frame for an input: have a color input and multi view that with your regular input , zoom it out a little , use that in other multi views or overlay etc

Your company should be happy ;-)

Here are our two situations, mayyybe this makes it easier to understand what I mean haha..
https://imgur.com/a/3xb8Psx

This is amazing! Still having troubles with the script unfortunately.. I've tried renaming both script, as inputs etc. but it keeps saying "Name: "overlayinput" is not declared", and I know what this means, but not how to properly fix this :S

Dozens of different varieties. Key is I don't know which parameters vmix uses in/to speak to .NET, and there appears to be 0 documentation for this? Also

API.Function("OverlayInput1In",Input:="OverlayInput2")
API.Function("OverlayInput2In",Input:="OverlayInput1")
Doesn't work. No ideas what syntaxes Input could have etc..

Other variation:
API.Function("OverlayInput1In",Input:=Overlay2)
API.Function("OverlayInput2In",Input:=Overlay1)
Doesn't work. Same problem.

Dim X as Integer = Overlay.Find(1).Number
Dim Y as Integer = Overlay.Find(2).Number
API.Function("OverlayInput1In", Input:=Y)
API.Function("OverlayInput2In", Input:=X)
Doesn't work. As I don't know what else I should use for "Number" etc..

Also tried the same, but with :
Dim X as Integer = Overlay.Find(overlay number="1")
or
Dim X as Integer = overlay number="1"


Etc. etc. Obviously I don't have enough experience in coding. But even when I talked to programmers here, they say "where's the documentation to see what we can work with"...

Haha! The programmers were friends, not coworkers ;) I asked them as a quick favor over a coffee

I know how to read the API xml, output says:

Example A

<overlays>
<overlay number="1">5</overlay>
<overlay number="2">2</overlay>
<overlay number="3"></overlay>
<overlay number="4"></overlay>
<overlay number="5"></overlay>
<overlay number="6"></overlay>
</overlays>

But, two minutes later Example B

<overlays>
<overlay number="1">3</overlay>
<overlay number="2">4</overlay>
<overlay number="3"></overlay>
<overlay number="4"></overlay>
<overlay number="5"></overlay>
<overlay number="6"></overlay>
</overlays>

I need to be able to flip all of them. So in example A 5 and 2 need to flip, and in example B 3 needs to switch with (cam) input 4 etc.

You talk about "ovl2input", you named this variable yourself I presume. So my problem is I don't know with what code I should "fill" that variable with the right input number, and then how I execute that variable afterwards.

Thanks and good luck at work!