Hi Freddy

It's possible using Expression Blend from Visual Studio suite for making your xaml files.

But I already do that only with Title Editor and vMixUTC ( http://forums.vmix.com/d....aspx?g=posts&t=6468 ) which allows to control independently all elements in XAML files.

For example you create your xaml with 2 boxes and then in vMixUTC you create buttons that will show or hide these boxes.

Hope this helps.
Guillaume

Yes Doggy, this is exactly what I'm talking about



Yes it can be done also using vMix shortcuts, not only with vMixUTC

Yes Gregory

You design your xaml with all text fields AND also images and then you can hide or show any element on demand.

With vMixUTC (my favorite method) you can do this by using SetText and SetImage commands where an empty value will make the element(s) disappear and obviously make them appear when you fill the values.

Also it's possible to use the Zindex feature in your xaml to overlay multiple elements at the same position (so you can have an image that comes over another one when you decide)

In this video , you can see how I use this to have a sponsor logo coming over my scorebug for 2 sec and then disappears and also later when I press the Goal score button, it displays a GOAL image over the score. All this in a single xaml title.

I'm not sure, you'd better ask Elgarf who designed this program.

vMixUTC allows to use external data like datasources. I guess if you compile a dll for your application maybe you can interface with any type of source. But check with Elgarf...

I've just uploaded a new demo video for my current work in progress with vMixUTC. It shows better many options for the use of a single XAML file, like I said before activating/deactivating elements, using Zindex and adding "boxes" with data next to each other.

here it is :

I didn't use Blend for this, only a mix of UTC data sources and functions with vMix features (transitions, other datasources...) and Title Designer for generating my XAML.

I think vMix UTC is an powerful and promising tool for managing complex titles from a second PC with an operator. If you want to operate everything on a single machine, maybe you should consider another option (or vMixUTC in a separate monitor)

My 2 cts
Guillaume

In Title Designer you find Zindex at bottom right of parameters.
It allows to define what is in front or behind when many elements are at the same position.

If image is Zindex=0 and text Zindex=1 you see them both
If image is Zindex=1 and text Zindex=0 you don't see the text
Background is usually Zindex=-1

If you want smooth animation to do this, I guess Doggy is more able to help as I think Blend is required. I can't use blend right now.

If animation is not required, I guess you can prepare your XAML so that it contains the final step of your presentation with all images and all text fields.

Then using vMixUTC:
- you create your datasource and map the fields
- you create a button to set all values to blank for a start
- then 2 options :

- 1 . you create a button with SetImage and SetText commands with a timer command in between rows
> image1 + text1
> command timer 2 sec
> image2 + text2
> command timer 2sec
etc...

- 2 . or you create 6 buttons. The first button pushed reveals 1st swimmer, the 2nd one swimmer #2, etc...

These are just leads... It's difficult to answer with no example of what you have in mind.

If you want to test you can already use XML datasources, there are many available on the web. I first used http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_examples.asp before doing my own...

There are only 4 individual overlays in vMix (unless you use multiview input) and I guess you'll also need to overlay other elements like logos or else... So 6 different xaml at the same time is a real challenge...

It's difficult to say what you can do... I usually design things according to the possibilities of the tools I use, not the contrary...

I guess you should try vMixUTC to see how that works so that you can design your xaml in order to make it work

This is exactly what I suggested you can do with a single xaml using a single overlay

Animations in xaml have to be created in Blend

I see that sportzcast also uses Dynamic .XML files for data ingestion over IP. Maybe you can use this instead of a serial interface