• Wirecast™ Introduction
• Good presentations
• Usage Patterns
•   Overview
•   Presenter is Operator
•   Using an Engineer
•   AutoLive and usage
•   Main Window Layout
•   Edit Window Layout
•   Layer Windows
• Hardware
• Media Capabilities
• Titling Capabilities
• Logo Capabilities
• Broadcasting
• Editing Encoder Presets
• Desktop Presenter
• Media Management
• Menus
• Preferences
• Main Window
• Shot Editing
• Shot Element Panels
• Edit: Scene
• Edit: Title
• Edit: Media
• Edit: Effects
• Edit: Playback
• Edit: Motion
• Edit: Filter
• Edit: Chroma Key
• Acknowledgments

Definition

In this usage pattern, the person who is doing the presenting (speaking, etc), is the same person who is using the application (the operator/engineer).

Suggestions

Below are a set of suggestions for using Wirecast when you are both the presenter and operator.

Be simple

When you are going to both interact with Wirecast and provide content (i.e., be the presenter), you should set up Wirecast to make it as simple as possible for you to use while presenting.

Try to set up a "static" system -- set up your logo and titles in such a way that you don't have to change much (if anything) during the presentation

Use only a few shots, so that it's easy for you to see which to click between.

Keep Auto-live on

So that you only have to do "one-click" keep the AutoLive on.

Pre-configure your shots

Make sure that all the shots you are going to use are created up front.

Use as few titles as possible

Perhaps just use one title and use the Layer visibility to turn the title on and off instead of trying to select different titles during runtime.

Use key-equivalents for switching shots

Wirecast has a hidden feature -- if your shot has a number in it, you may use option-[number] to immediately bring that shot live.

So if you have a shot named "Me with title 1" and one called "iSight 2 No title", then pressing option-1 will bring "Me with Title 1" live and pressing "option-2" will bring "iSight 2 no title" live.