Can I drag the video within a PIP type window to reposition it?

[kelemvor]

Hi,
I have a Picture-in-Picture type setup with a slideshow as the main screen and a camcorder feed as the small window. I have the camcorder window cropped and positioned to just show the person speaking at a podium. Every once in a while, the podium gets repositioned and I have to adjust the setup.
Currently, I use alt+Click & drag to reposition the visible part of the camcorder feed to match where the podium gets placed, but that's annoying. Is there a way I can actually click inside the PIP window and drag the video around to reposition it within the existing box within the scene?
Does that make sense?
Thanks.

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

Hi,
I have a Picture-in-Picture type setup with a slideshow as the main screen and a camcorder feed as the small window. I have the camcorder window cropped and positioned to just show the person speaking at a podium. Every once in a while, the podium gets repositioned and I have to adjust the setup.
Currently, I use alt+Click & drag to reposition the visible part of the camcorder feed to match where the podium gets placed, but that's annoying. Is there a way I can actually click inside the PIP window and drag the video around to reposition it within the existing box within the scene?
Does that make sense?
Thanks.

it does make sense, BUT I'm not aware of a native OBS Studio capability to do that. Maybe with a plugin?? or maybe a more recent OBS Studio version than I'm using.
I'll watch this thread to see if someone else responds.

 

[AaronD]

I wonder if there's a keyer plugin that uses a separate matte file, instead of the video source itself? Then you could apply that filter to the slideshow to make a transparent "hole" where you want the camera to be, and put the full camera frame behind it.

I imagine that the matte file would be a PNG or other image, that doesn't look like much on its own, because it only defines where that "hole" is. Most image editors should create that just fine.

 

[Suslik V]

Make a hole in the main picture (with mask filter) and place your source underneath. Don't forget to lock main source from movements.

 

[kelemvor]

The main screen is not just a picture. It's showing slides that come across from another computer through ndi. I don't know that I can put a mask in the middle of that source to then show the camcorder Source through it.

 

[Suslik V]

You can encapsulate any source into the Group and apply any filter to the whole group.
(Edit: of course, if you need original, unfiltered reference copy of the source in other scene)

 

[kelemvor]

That sounds like a neat option. I'm pretty new to obs. Do you happen to have a write-up or tutorial video or anything that I could use to make this happen? Thanks.

 

[Suslik V]

To learn about OBS:

Guides (OBS Studio)

Guides for OBS Studio

obsproject.com

Knowledge Base | OBS

OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.

obsproject.com

Some guides will show to you how to add filters, add masks etc.

In general, you making white picture with black hole in any image editor. Then you add Image Mask/Blend filter to your source in OBS. As Path (file) for mask (in properties of the Filter) you selecting this white picture with black hole. Thus, your source becomes transparent in the area where you draw black color (by default, you'll see black background of OBS itself through it). You placing this filtered source above your other source (camera).

 

[AaronD]

In general, you making white picture with black hole in any image editor. Then you add Image Mask/Blend filter to your source in OBS. As Path (file) for mask (in properties of the Filter) you selecting this white picture with black hole. Thus, your source becomes transparent in the area where you draw black color (by default, you'll see black background of OBS itself through it). You placing this filtered source above your other source (camera).

That's pretty much what I said with older terminology. :-)

Have the terms changed? Or is this another case where OBS was developed *outside* of the pro world, and is therefore awkward from that perspective?