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Intro to Auto-Framing
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We have lots of tools in the toolkit to deliver intelligent Q-SYS video solutions.
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Today, we're looking at a feature called
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auto-framing to see how it works in tandem with our
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existing automatic camera preset recall plugin to better keep the action of your subjects in frame.
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Auto-framing takes advantage of the 4K sensor in your Q-SYS camera to digitally identify
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your subject in the front frame and then automatically zoom or pan the frame to reduce
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a fair amount of unused padding around your subject.
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Let's take a look.
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We start off with a fairly wide shot of our meeting goer.
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When I enable auto-framing,
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the camera is going to identify that person and then automatically digitally zoom in on them.
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First of all, I wish I had written about this when I was first hired.
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If this person shifts around a bit,
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auto-framing pans from one side to another to keep them comfortably centered in the frame.
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Similarly, if the camera detects a second person,
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it adjusts to keep both of those subjects in frame.
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Auto-framing works very well on its own,
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but it really hits its stride when paired with the automatic camera preset recall plugin or ACPR.
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ACPR uses the microphones in the room to determine where a person is speaking
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and can manage multiple cameras and multiple presets to aim the
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best camera at the appropriate place.
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But using auto-framing and ACPR together means you can set far fewer,
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more general presets in ACPR, then allow auto-framing to handle the rest.
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In this scenario,
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we have people sitting on opposite sides of the table and multiple Q-SYS cameras at play.
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Let's only use ACPR for right now, and we'll toggle auto-framing on in just a minute.
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"I agree, pencils are not permanent enough for me.
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I don't know how you feel on the topic, but I 100%--"
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As expected, when someone speaks,
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the ACPR plugin uses the proximity data from the microphone to recall a camera preset
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in the general vicinity of the speaker and then switch to that camera angle.
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The same happens when someone on the other side of the table begins to speak too.
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But those two presets have been programmed relatively wide.
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Why did we do that?
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Well, we want to account for basic human
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stuff like if someone shifts from one side of their chair
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to another or maybe they happen to be sitting a little bit further back than we had anticipated.
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So, we can let auto-framing take us that final mile.
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We'll turn on auto-framing and see how this same scenario plays out on chairs
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and then people going to sit down on those chairs.
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It's a danger.
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We can see that even though our original preset was quite wide,
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auto-framing is giving us a tighter shot of each participant regardless of where they've moved to.
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And just a quick side note when auto-framing is enabled on the NC PTZ cameras,
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the HDMI and SDI outputs will be disabled.
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Auto-framing is a software feature that works with your existing NC series cameras.
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Just make sure you're using Q-SYS Designer version 9.9 or higher,
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configure it through your preferences, and you're done.
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Thanks for watching.