This shows you a preview of what is being recorded. There may be a slight delay between your movement and what appears on screen. However, the recording will be perfectly fine.
Scenes are compositions or arrangements of elements on screen. Some contain a presenter (e.g. ‘Selfie’) and some don’t (e.g. ‘Title’). You can change to a different scene at any time by pressing a scene button. When you do, one scene blends smoothly into another.
This scene creates a title card. You can type in a main title and/or a subtitle.
You can choose from a range of City School backgrounds, or use your own background in a curved template, which also allows you change the colour of the curve (black or white) and colour of the text.
The presenter can be resized but remains central. They are superimposed over a background, which can be a screen capture or an image.
The presenter can be moved and resized. They are superimposed over a background, which can be a screen capture or an image.
The presenter can be moved and resized. They are superimposed over a studio background with a TV screen, which contains the screen capture.
The presenter can be moved and resized. The capture source is above all the other elements. If there is any green on this source, it is removed, and the underlying layers can peep through.
A screen capture is shown, but no presenter. However, the presenters voice is recorded.
The presenter appears in a circle or rectangle, which can be moved and resized. This placed over a screen capture.
A coloured black screen, useful for fading out. The default colour is black, but you can also choose from White, Grey, Blue or Red.
This button brings the settings panel for your chosen scene.
This shows the notes from the current slide.
A professional autocue system. You can change the text, it's size and the speed it scrolls up the screen.
A simple text editor for putting down notes. You can change the text size and colours.
Simple guidance for using the system.
Current version number of the software.
This moves to the next slide on your PowerPoint.
The button will only work if the presentation has started.
As you change slides, any notes on them will be displayed.
This moves to the previous slide on your PowerPoint.
The button will only work if the presentation has started.
As you change slides, any notes on them will be displayed.
This button starts and stops you presentation.
In PowerPoint, make sure you are in Presenter by a Speaker (Full Screen) mode and Presenter View is OFF.
This toggle button can be switched on / off
When on, when you change to a new scene, the slideshow will automatically advance to the next slide. This can avoid delays when you present
When you press record, you will be given a 3-second countdown before the recording actually starts.
Once recording, the length of the recording will be shown on the record button.
This pauses the recording. Press again to start recording again
This stops the recording
This brings up a gallery of your recordings in date order, which you can view
This meter shows your microphone level as you speak. Ideally, when speaking normally the volume should peak between the two while lines. If the outer bar flashes at the top of the meter in bright red, then it means your volume is so high it is overloading the system and distortion will occur.
To change the microphone level, use the AUDIO SET-UP button on the main interface.
This allows you to change audio settings.
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This flips the presenter horizontally (a mirror image), making it easier to point as you present.
Resets all the scenes and other settings to their default settings.
Closes down the DIY Production Studio.
The blinking green eye is designed to keep your eyeline directly forward, so you are looking straight at your audience. As long as you stand on the mat, look roughly at the eye as you present, then the recording should be fine.
