Grass Valley iTX Desktop v.2.6 - Manual (Page 121)

The Event Editor
Creating a picture-in-picture effect
You may add a secondary event to a schedule by dropping a video clip onto a primary event on
a video track on the Timeline Display. The result is a picture-in-picture effect: iTX displays one
item on top of the other in an arrangement that you select. The primary event may feature a
video clip, a still image or a live feed.
You can create the same effect by dropping a video clip onto a primary event in the Schedule
Grid. This creates a primary event, which you can convert into a secondary event (by selecting a
Plus or Minus time mode for it in the Event Editor).
We call the content of the asset in the primary event the primary video; we call the content of
the asset in the secondary event the secondary video.
This illustration shows an example of a picture-in-picture effect:
On the Timeline Display, iTX shows the events side-by-side on separate tracks.
In the Schedule Grid, iTX displays a plus sign in front of the primary event. Clicking the plus sign
expands the event to show the secondary event. When you select the secondary event in the
Schedule Grid, the Event Editor displays a panel with buttons that enable you to set the picture-
in-picture properties:
You can:
• Select a preset format for the picture arrangement.
• Display the picture-in-picture format dialog; through this you can modify the selected
format and the background audio level.
• Store the modified format in a preset-format selection button.
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