TriCaster™ Virtual Set Editor (VSE)

TriCaster Virtual Set Editor lets you:

• Change the color and tone of set elements
• Apply custom logos and artwork directly to sets
• Replace backgrounds with video or your own images
• Show or hide select set furniture and fixtures
• Add custom backgrounds and frames to double-box effects
• Set start and end framing position of virtual zoom
• Adjust placement (position, scale and rotation) of live video inputs
• Add your own artwork to Layer Sets to create custom virtual sets
• Use 32 or 16-bit PSD (Photoshop® document) files for real warped mapping layers

TriCaster Virtual Set Editor includes TriCaster VSE-compatible virtual set content files, Layer Sets, double-box effects, 48 double-box frames, more than 30 backgrounds and PSD examples.

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The Difference

Now, all you need to get the look of a realistic network-style studio is a three foot wide space and a simple green or blue background. No more need for special hardware, expert technicians, complicated lighting rigs, a room full of cameras, and a huge space.

Your TriCaster virtual set studio lets you produce live, while delivering realistic results that include real-time reflections, glass refractions, specular highlights and more. You can also move your on-camera talent within the set without adjusting the cameras. Plus, you have the ability to add video, stills and graphics to the virtual monitors.

TriCaster virtual sets include background and foreground images designed to be viewed from multiple angles. Without ever moving the camera or modifying the set, you can change camera shots, and transition from close-up to medium, to medium-wide, to wide angle shots, all in real time. Place your talent in two different virtual sets and make quick transitions from "Studio A" to "Studio B."

TriCaster TCXD850 and TriCaster TCXD300 have virtual inputs that let you create options for your virtual set production. You can set up animated zooms, scale and position elements, such as live cameras, stills, titles and motion graphics and save them all as a pre-set. Once you have your pre-sets saved you can activate them with the push of a button.
 

The Styles

TriCaster portable live production systems include multiple virtual sets that feature morning and evening network-style studios and sports sets; plus, standup virtual sets that can be tailored for your event. Expand your options and add variety to your program with one to two person sets, for on-camera interaction. You can also add reporters or guests from secondary stations, while running background video on the virtual monitors. Select set designs also include a variety of double-box effects.

The Steps

TriCaster Virtual Sets are simple to use. First, position your on-camera spokesperson in front of your backdrop, then add lights and connect cameras to your TriCaster system. Next, pick the virtual set of your choice, the camera angles you like, and shots from wide angle or midway, to close-up. Once you begin your video production, you can transition from one camera shot to another, using cuts, fades or any one of the hundreds of video effects available. On-camera talent will be able to interact with the surrounding virtual environment, including virtual monitors that display your video or imagery.

Talent is placed within TriCaster virtual sets easily, using proprietary NewTek LiveMatte™ technology. Position them in front of a simple green or blue backdrop; with LiveMatte activated, the backdrop is then replaced with the foreground and background imagery from the selected TriCaster virtual set. Use the LiveMatte controls to fine-tune color selection, smoothness, edge detail and light spill around the talent, so you get a clean key. There's also a garbage matte feature, providing the ability to mask out areas not covered by the backdrop.

The Options

TriCaster Virtual Set Editor (VSE) lets you customize specially designed TriCaster HD virtual sets to meet your production needs. Compatible with TriCaster TCXD850 and TriCaster TCXD300, VSE Sets provide real-time reflections and specular highlights, and have a wide
variety of elements that you can edit.

With TriCaster VSE, you also have the option to create double-box effects and your own original virtual sets by populating Layer Sets with your artwork, or composing layers in Adobe® Photoshop®, and then importing the layers into TriCaster VSE, which instantly transforms the PSD file into a Layer Set for use in VSE.

Once a TriCaster VSE Set has been customized with Virtual Set Editor, you can easily export it for immediate use in your TriCaster live production.

Note: Virtual Set Editor requires TriCaster VSE-compatible virtual set content files. Additional content may be sold separately.

In addition, NewTek LiveSet Constructor™, available as a free download for all TriCaster BROADCAST and
TriCaster STUDIO owners, allows you to use your own photography, foreground and/or background artwork to create TriCaster virtual set effects, easily. LiveSet Constructor is as easy as adding a background image and foreground matte, placing your talent within the set, and adding the new virtual set to your list.

Note: NewTek LiveSet Constructor is only available for TriCaster standard definition (SD) systems.

The Results

With TriCaster virtual sets, you can easily get the look of a network-quality production with customizable sets, while saving on set construction, lighting, on-set playback monitors, and production crew. Plus, TriCaster virtual sets are easy to use, and let you be more creative with your unique programming.

With the power of TriCaster virtual sets you can make a big impresion with your own professional set, on the road or in your studio, just like the networks, even in a small space.