Video Transcript
Setting Up Basic Tracking
5m 20s
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Welcome back.
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In this part of the training,
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we're going to be covering basic tracking,
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which means creating some trigger zones,
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some tracking zones and containers in Seervision and linking all of that together,
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using the Q-SYS plug in. Let's get started.
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Let's begin by moving the camera to a home position.
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From this position,
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we can trigger zones and tracking zones
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and we’ll return to this position when tracking stops.
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Just use the controls underneath the camera preview to move the camera.
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And when you're happy at a position container,
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it's a good idea to save this position as a home position increases as well
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so that your camera goes to the same place.
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Whether it's recalled from Seervision or Q-SYS.
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Back in Seervision lets add a trigger zone
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and this will be the zone that starts tracking once someone enters it.
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First, press the plus button next to the trigger zone section on the left.
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This will add the new zone.
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Then you can click on the pencil icon to edit the zone.
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Next, resize the zone in the camera preview window.
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You can have it cover the entire presentation area like this,
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but it's a good idea to have it cover somewhere more specific
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so that tracking doesn't begin inadvertently.
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I'm going to set it up to cover the presenter's desk.
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Rename the zone to something memorable and then hit save.
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Next, we're going to add a tracking zone.
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And a tracking zone notifies Q-SYS when someone who is being tracked leaves the zone.
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So we can use that to stop tracking and return to our home position
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because I want the presenter to be able to walk anywhere along the front wall.
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I'm going to make sure the tracking zone covers that area,
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rename the zone and hit Save.
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So now we can start and stop tracking using the zones we just made.
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But we need to choose what kind of tracking we want to do.
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This.
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Let's add a shot container which can include all the tracking settings we want to use.
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Let's choose one of these presets and then right click and choose edit.
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This is the container edit window and it contains this little stick person.
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By moving this person around and adjusting the relative size property.
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We can change how the person is going to be framed when tracking begins.
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If you like, you can also control the camera's zoom directly,
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which means that the container will always go to the same focal length
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regardless of the size of the presenter within the frame.
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By adding the zoom component and removing the relative size component,
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you can see that the preview just gives a circle for the position of the presenter's head
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within the frame and then we can adjust the zoom directly.
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However, in this example,
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I'm going to leave it set to relative size.
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Once you set up your container with the desired settings,
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rename it to something meaningful and then hit save.
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While we're here, let's also rename the position container that we made earlier.
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Great.
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Now let's head back to the Q-SYS plugin where we can link the trigger zones,
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tracking zones and the containers will go to the tracking camera's page in the save is in plugin,
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even though there's quite a lot of controls here,
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it's fundamentally quite straightforward.
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In the events tab,
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we're just going to choose a trigger zone and the type of
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event we want to look out for within that zone.
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Then we're linking that to the container we want to recall in the actions section.
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Let's begin by choosing the presenter's desk trigger zone
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and we want to look out for when the presenter enters the zone.
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Now, in the action section, we're going to choose our full body tracking container.
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That's it.
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Now, when someone enters that zone,
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it will recall a kind of tracking we set up in the container.
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Let's try this out with my colleague George and pay attention to the LEDs in the plugin.
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As George enters the trigger zone,
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we see the trigger that LED lights up and the running LED light up
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and that running LED stays lit until Seervision is happy that it's
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met the parameters set inside the container.
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Now George is going to leave the tracking zone and we expect tracking to stop
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and the camera to go home.
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But we've actually got one more step we need to do before that happens.
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At the top of the events section,
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you can see there's a row reserved for the fallback event.
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The fallback event is when the presenter leaves the tracking zone
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so it doesn't relate to a specific trigger zone.
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By choosing the home position as the container here,
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we're telling the system that we want to go to the home position.
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When the presenter leaves the tracking zone.
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Be sure to activate the enable toggle button on the left as well.
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And with that event enabled,
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we can see that when George leaves the tracking zone,
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the fallback event is triggered and the camera returns to the home position.
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So you know how to link triggers zones,
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tracking zones,
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containers in the Q-SYS plug in to create basic tracking.
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Now, in the next part of the training,
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we'll be heading downstairs to the auditorium to cover a few topics that
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allow you to refine the tracking to make it perfect for whatever use case you're working on.
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I'll see you there.