NewTek TriCaster 855 - Manual (Page 94)

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4.10 VIRTUAL INPUTS
Virtual Input buttons sit innocuously on TriCaster’s Switcher rows just like other video inputs, but
in fact they possess very powerful features. They can be likened to the M/E (Mix/Effect) rows of
a traditional video switcher, in that they permit a composition to be prepared from multiple
sources. In addition to the two sources just considered (Inputs A and B), Virtual Inputs provide
an integrated Overlay channel, as well.
COMPOSING INPUTS A AND B 4.10.1
When we ended the previous section, the simple ‘weather map’ setup (Figure 70) we created
was on Program Out. Again, remember that LiveMatte is already enabled for the greenscreen
shot from our previous exercise.
We can use a few of the unique features of Virtual Inputs to dress up our production. For
example, we might want to transpose the greenscreen talent shot to one side, placing it off-
center in the result.
Figure 74
1. Click the Position button just to the right of the Input A row to open the Position panel
(Figure 74) for Input A.