Thanks for the report. It will be fixed in the next update. ;)Do I report bugs here? The panel doesn't save the lower third color, it always resets to that reddish one after closing/reopening. Not sure if this is a limitation of how OBS handles these panels or what, it did save the data I put into the forms.
Yes I can. Would it be 4 for the 3 positions? Or just the first one as I did?Would you care to share how you did this? I need to add 2 more (have 4 total) to mine.
Hi, thanks for your comment. I find it very important what you tell me about the control of the lower thirds in different scenes. Your professional point of view is really interesting.This looks really cool. I'm new to OBS so pardon if this is a stupid question. It appears that if you want to use a lower third you have to set up at least one layer in a scene which will be that lower third. The problem is, if you have 4 cameras and want to put a graphic over any of the 4 cameras, do you need a whole lot of scenes defined? Four clean cameras plus 4 of the same cameras but with the graphics? Then what if there are several different graphics that might show up over each camera? If I'm going to have a double box but I don't know when I build it which camera will be on the right or the left, it seems like I have to build all possible scenarios. That seems like a whole lot of scenes and a complicated way of controlling it.
By trade I am a technical director in live sports television. A full blown Grass Valley K-frame is my tool of choice (look it up) but even the simplest switchers dating back to the 1980's have some extraordinarily simple constructs that add incredible flexibility and controllability to a production. So without going into what these are and how revolutionary they would be to OBS, let me ask if there is a simple way to add a downstream key (basically a layer such as a lower third) right over the program output. That way you can add a graphic, PIP box or anything to whatever you have on air at the moment. Or to think about it differently, the program output is itself built as a scene with the lowest layer being what we think of as program now and with a way to control the transitions of the other layered elements from invisible to visible and the reverse. Can OBS do this and I'm just missing it?
This looks really cool. I'm new to OBS so pardon if this is a stupid question. It appears that if you want to use a lower third you have to set up at least one layer in a scene which will be that lower third. The problem is, if you have 4 cameras and want to put a graphic over any of the 4 cameras, do you need a whole lot of scenes defined? Four clean cameras plus 4 of the same cameras but with the graphics? Then what if there are several different graphics that might show up over each camera? If I'm going to have a double box but I don't know when I build it which camera will be on the right or the left, it seems like I have to build all possible scenarios. That seems like a whole lot of scenes and a complicated way of controlling it.
By trade I am a technical director in live sports television. A full blown Grass Valley K-frame is my tool of choice (look it up) but even the simplest switchers dating back to the 1980's have some extraordinarily simple constructs that add incredible flexibility and controllability to a production. So without going into what these are and how revolutionary they would be to OBS, let me ask if there is a simple way to add a downstream key (basically a layer such as a lower third) right over the program output. That way you can add a graphic, PIP box or anything to whatever you have on air at the moment. Or to think about it differently, the program output is itself built as a scene with the lowest layer being what we think of as program now and with a way to control the transitions of the other layered elements from invisible to visible and the reverse. Can OBS do this and I'm just missing it?
Hi! I'm very happy to share this new update.
Video: https://youtu.be/cQ0_1GwpwB0
I've added a lot of new features:
- Each lower third has 10 memory slots.
- 4 lower thirds to use simultaneously.
- Hotkeys to turn on/off switches to show and hide the lower thirds (watch the video)
- Edit panel:
- They glow blue or red to know if they are active or inactive.
- Styles - At the moment there are only 2. but...
Nice update! Thank you so much for this amazing tool. God bless you!NoeAL updated Animated Lower Thirds with Dockable Control Panel with a new update entry:
Styles, hotkeys and more editable!
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Friend,NoeAL updated Animated Lower Thirds with Dockable Control Panel with a new update entry:
Styles, hotkeys and more editable!
Read the rest of this update entry...
This looks really cool. I'm new to OBS so pardon if this is a stupid question. It appears that if you want to use a lower third you have to set up at least one layer in a scene which will be that lower third. The problem is, if you have 4 cameras and want to put a graphic over any of the 4 cameras, do you need a whole lot of scenes defined? Four clean cameras plus 4 of the same cameras but with the graphics? Then what if there are several different graphics that might show up over each camera? If I'm going to have a double box but I don't know when I build it which camera will be on the right or the left, it seems like I have to build all possible scenarios. That seems like a whole lot of scenes and a complicated way of controlling it.
By trade I am a technical director in live sports television. A full blown Grass Valley K-frame is my tool of choice (look it up) but even the simplest switchers dating back to the 1980's have some extraordinarily simple constructs that add incredible flexibility and controllability to a production. So without going into what these are and how revolutionary they would be to OBS, let me ask if there is a simple way to add a downstream key (basically a layer such as a lower third) right over the program output. That way you can add a graphic, PIP box or anything to whatever you have on air at the moment. Or to think about it differently, the program output is itself built as a scene with the lowest layer being what we think of as program now and with a way to control the transitions of the other layered elements from invisible to visible and the reverse. Can OBS do this and I'm just missing it?
NoeAL updated Animated Lower Thirds with Dockable Control Panel with a new update entry:
Styles, hotkeys and more editable!
Read the rest of this update entry...
Right now you have ten for each. And I have changed the code to be scalable. If you need more slots just add another "<li>" below the last one:Friend,
What can I tell you? Thank you very much for the update. I had already modified the code, as I said before, to have more recording slots. I will already implement and test. I'll get back to you.
The RAR file seems corrupted, is it possible to release a .ZIP file?
Hi,Hi @NoeAL, excelent tool
I'm trying to do something that is not working well maybe it's not the way to do it.
I managed different shows for our fan page, so I use more than 4 lower third styles for each show, so I try to add 2 docks pointing to 2 different folders, but I think you are using something that is common because when I change in one dock it changes in the other one too, and when I show the Lower Third it starts blinking.
Maybe you can help with a solution as this is a great tool I want to use for every show.
You have to modify the "style-source.css" file. Search ".style-1 > .graph-2" (line 616 approx) and change this:Hi there,
great tool. Thanks a lot.
I just wonder, I'd like to expand the background bar across the complete screen (and or maybe with equal space on each side), but not dependant on the text only:
View attachment 60791
Since I'm not really good in HTML, CSS, etc. I couldn't find it directly in the files where to change it. Could you help me there?
Thx
You have to modify the "style-source.css" file. Search ".style-1 > .graph-2" (line 616 approx) and change this:
margin: -1em;
padding: 1em;
to this:
margin: -1em -5em;
padding: 1em 400%;
It's not ideal but it will work for you. ;)
Maybe I will implement it in the new styles.
Hope this can help you.