NewTek TriCaster 2 Elite (3 RU) User Manual

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The

Priority

setting in

DSK

and

KEY

layer

Positioning

panels allows you to revise the default layer order on a

selective basis. This feature was specially implemented to provide additional flexibility for use with the

Comps

feature.

For example, imagine an

M/E

set up with 4

KEY

s supplying a quad-box setup for four remote interviewees

over a background supplied by the

M/E

. You might want to use

Comps

to zoom the top-left input up to fill

the screen while the moderator chats with that person. Normally,

KEY

s 1-3 would always appear

behind

KEY

–

not what you want at all. The

Priority

feature lets you move any KEY to the front (and the setting is stored

in your

Comps

The range of

Priority

settings runs from -10 to +10; the default is 0. A layer with a higher index is shown in

front of those with lower indices. When two layers have the same layer priority, they are rendered in their
natural (

DSK/KEY

layer) order.

PPLY WITH

OMP

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We will discuss the powerful

Comp

system a bit later (Section 9.9), but

we’ll mention it in passing here to

highlight the

Apply with Comp

switch provided in the

Position

control group. At the lowest level,

Comps

can

be thought of as presets that store complete

Switcher

M/E

setups.

By default, the settings stored in a

Comp

include the

Position

Crop

and visibility state for each

DSK

KEY

layer. Disable the

Apply with Comp

feature if you want to exclude a given DSK/KEY channel from

Comp

control, handling it manually instead.

Hint: You might find this useful, for example,

to ensure that a station ID ‘bug’ shown over output is not

accidentally removed by application of a Comp.

OURCE

RACKER

We discussed the video

Tracker

back in

Section 8.1.4). The

Use Source Tracker

feature lets you assign motion data output
from the

Tracker

for any video source to

modify the position of the current

DSK

KEY

layer by selecting it in this menu.

Position

settings enabled above in the

DSK/KEY

tab continue in force but will be applied relative to

Tracker

output. (For example,

and

Y Position

settings entered in the upper part of the panel result in an offset from the co-ordinates supplied by the

Tracker

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