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A quick tour: from project to on-air graphic

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A quick tour: from project to on-air graphic

This walkthrough takes you from an empty workspace to a running on-air graphic in about ten minutes. It does not explain every option; use the linked pages in each step if you want more detail.

You need editor or admin access to follow this.

1. Create a project

Projects group everything that belongs together — templates, datasets, productions and outputs.

  • Open Projects in the navigation.
  • Click New project and give it a name. "Demo" is fine.

See: Projects / Creating a project.

2. Build a template

The template is the visual design.

  • Open the project, then Templates → New template.
  • Set a width and height that match your output (for example 1920 × 1080).
  • Add a text object, type "Hello world" and position it.
  • Save. Auto-save runs in the background too.

See: Templates / Creating a template and Editor.

3. (Optional) Bind the text to data

If you want to change the text without re-editing the template:

  • Open the project's Data Schemas and create a simple object schema with one text field, for example name.
  • In the template, select your text object and bind it to name.
  • Create a Dataset that provides a value for name.

See: Project Data Schemas, Datasets and Editor — Data Binding.

4. Create an output

The output is the URL the broadcast tool will capture.

  • Open Outputs in the project and create one.
  • Note its public URL — this is what you give to vMix/OBS/TriCaster as a browser source.

See: Outputs.

5. Build a production

The production ties templates, datasets and the output together for a live show.

  • Open Productions → New production and pick the output you just created.
  • Add a layer, choose your template and (if you made one) the dataset.

See: Productions.

6. Drive it from the control panel

  • Open the production's Control panel.
  • Click Take — the graphic appears on the output.
  • Click Out — it animates off.

You can open the output URL in a second browser tab to see the rendered graphic while you click.

What to read next

  • Editor for the design basics.
  • Project Data Schemas and Datasets for the data side.
  • Productions and Control panel for operating a live show.