Adding a PiP
In the Live timeline, drag & drop the NDI source Camera 1.
Scale it down to 60% and position it on the right part of the main screen.
In the Editor panel, in the Advanced tab, Border subtab tick Enable and set the Size to 50.
In the subtab Soft Crop tick Enable and for each value (Left, Right, Top, Bottom) set the Length to 100.
Animating PiP positions
In the Timeline, open the layer’s properties and set the locator at timecode 00:00:01:00.
Activate the keyframes on the position.
Set the locator at timecode 00:00:03:00 and move the position so the media is on the left part of the main screen.
Set the locator at timecode 00:00:05:00 and input the same position as the first key frame.
Add a Command layer and add two Pause commands for the first two keyframes, and a Loop command for the last keyframe.
Animating border color
We’ll change the color of the border while the PiP is changing position.
In the Timeline, open the layer’s properties and set the locator at timecode 00:00:01:00.
Activate the keyframes on the border.
In the Editor panel, Advanced tab, Border subtab set the R to 255 and both the G and B values to 0.
Set the locator at timecode 00:00:03:00 and set the B value to 255 and the other values to 0.
Set the locator at timecode 00:00:05:00 and set the R value to 255 and the other values to 0.
Automating with tasks
Create the following tasks :
- PiP Right position: Fade out the Live timeline, set the locator on the PiP’s right position and fade in the Live timeline.
- PiP Left position: Same mechanic as the previous task but with the PiP’s left position.
- PiP moves: Play the timeline so the position will get animated, either from left to right or from right to left depending on where the PiP currently is.
- PiP OFF: Fade out the Live timeline.
Tasks can be launched automatically from within a command layer in a timeline.
In the timeline Show drag & drop the PiP Right position into the *Command layer at timecode 00:00:36:00.
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