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1 holographic livesets – NewTek TriCaster TC1 (2 RU) User Manual

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The

Location List

of the

Media Browser

lists any installed

LiveSet

groups under the heading “LiveSets”. Select

an entry beneath to show thumbnail icons in the Browser’s

File Pane

(Figure 185 shows the content of the

NewTek

location under the

LiveSets

heading).

I

NPUT

P

OSITION

We discussed

Positioning

controls for

M/E

video inputs

previously (Section

14.4)

. It’s worth adding here that

Position

options do affect the scale, rotation

and position for

LiveSet

video inputs. You can often use

Positioning

controls to

achieve

a ‘good fit’ and natural appearance of talent or

another source appearing

in your virtual sets (greatly reducing the need to fuss with physical camera
positions).

Hint: The Align group of LiveSet effects is specially provided to make it easier for you to adjust cameras and
position talent on your physical set to suit the design of typical virtual sets.

14.6.1

HOLOGRAPHIC LIVESETS

A special variant of LiveSet effects are referred to as ‘holographic’. These effects can be

amazingly lifelike

and convincing, and are relatively easy to create.

FIGURE 187

Holographic LiveSet effects

are loaded into an

M/E

in the same manner as any other effect. Simply move the

cursor over the effect icon and click the + sign (

Add

Media

button) that appears to open a

Media Browser

,

then choose the effect you wish to load (several examples are included with your system). Adjust the current
view for holographic

LiveSets

in similar fashion to standard effects using the

T-Bar

(

Zoom

) and associated

Positioner

controls.

The

Comp Bin

, discussed shortly, allows you to store and apply your favorite compositions.

Preset adjustments made using the mouse vary slightly for holographic effects. For a standard LiveSet effect,
dragging the mouse left, right, up or down changes the camera position in the frame. The right-mouse button
zooms in or out. In a holographic LiveSet, right-mouse operations are the same. However dragging the
mouse on the canvas modifies camera

rotation,

rather than position.

Hint: New holographic effects, like standard LiveSets, can be created using the optional Virtual Set Editor
application. A demo version of this utility is installed on your system, and its instruction manual can be located
using the Help link on the Home pa

ge TriCaster’s Launch screen

.

FIGURE 186