Wirecast™
version 2.0
May 10, 2005
Logo Capabilities — Shot Logo

Logos always exist in Shots.

In fact, Wirecast treats logos exactly the same way any other static media is treated.

A 'Shot Logo' is just a shot with your logo in it

To create one, you simply take an existing shot and add your company logo to it.

Step-by-step directions

  • Double click on a shot

    Here we pick the shot "Ripples" from our tutorial. (You can open the tutorial by selecting "Create Document from Tutorial" from the Help menu).

  • Select the Foreground shot element

    After double-clicking, click on the "Foreground" text in the bottom left of the screen. Your window should look like this:

  • Add your logo

    You can drag and drop your logo to the list shown at the bottom, or you can use the button.

    In this example, we'll just selected "logo.png", and we get the following in the preview at the top of the edit window:

  • Position your Logo

    Most likely, you won't want the Logo direclty in the middle, so to position it, you need to select "Position" from the tab in the middle of the edit window, as shown below. Below, we have positioned the logo to the top-left, and doubled it in size.

    • Move Media -- Use the mouse in the Preview area.

    • Resize Respect Aspect -- Hold the command key while moving the mouse in the Preview area.

    • Resize Media -- Turn off Respect Aspect Ratio. Hold the shift-command key while moving the mouse in the Preview area.

    • Rotate Media -- Hold the option key while moving the mouse in the Preview area.

  • Select your Logo for the Broadcast

    Close the edit window, and select the shot in the "Foreground" Layer:

  • Change shots on the Normal layer

    You can see that changing shots on the Normal layer does not affect the Logo you have put on the Foreground.

  • Usage pattern hint: Turn off Foreground Layer

    One way that you can use Wirecast is to turn on and off layers.

    In this case, we can turn off the (and turn back on) the Foreground layer by clicking on the icon next to the world "Foreground", as shown below.

    This very powerful way of using Wirecast allows you to have a Logo (or other graphic) on stand-by in another layer, ready to go.