Epiphan Pearl Mini Live Video Production System User Manual

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Pearl Mini User Guide

Channel layout examples

Layout example

Description

Two video sources (one cropped to a new
aspect ratio

Crop a video source

), a

background image, and a logo. Make sure
the background image has the correct
aspect ratio.

To get this look:

Upload your background

and logo images (you can do this from the
Media page or the Layouts page for the
channel). Using the custom layout editor,
add the background image to the layout
and stretch it to fill the entire layout area.
Then add your two video sources to the
layout, adjusting their size and position as
needed. Lastly, add the logo to the layout
and move it in to position. For the second
video source, use the

Crop tool

to crop the

second source to a square aspect ratio.

Examples including a 4x3 video source.

Layout example

Description

One 4x3 video source at the full size of the
channel.

To get this look:

Using the custom layout

editor, add one video source to the layout,
select

keep aspect ratio

and stretch to fill

the entire layout area.

The channel broadcasts in 4x3 if you have

Use current signal resolution as frame
size

selected on the encoding page.

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