Lower Thirds

A configurable view meant for Lower Third overlays on video feeds

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https://MY.IP.ADDRESS:4001/lower > Lower Thirds

Lower third view

URL Modifiers

The Lower Third views are configurable by using URL parameters

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This workflow is thought and tested to be integrated with video servers capable of rendering a webpage such as OBS Studio or disguise d3.

You can chain parameters using the & character

eg: /lower?bg=ff2&text=f00&size=0.6&transition=5

Parameter

Options

URL

Action

Preset

0-1

/lower?preset=1

Selects a style preset

Size

0.0 - n

/lower?size=0.8

Scales the current style (0.5 = 50% 1 = 100% 2 = 200%)

Transition

0 - n

/lower?transition=3

Transition in time in seconds (default 5)

Text

FFAA00

/lower?text=ffaa00

Text colour in hexadecimal

BG

FFFFFF

/lower?text=ffffff

Text background colour in hexadecimal

Key

00FF00

/lower?key=00ff00

Screen background colour in hexadecimal*

Fadeout

0 - n

/lower?fadeout=3

Time (in seconds) the lower third displays before fading out

x

0-1920**

Horizontal position of titles (in pixels)

y

0-1080**

Vertical position of titles (in pixels)

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Notes

*Useful for keying and compositing workflows

**Value depends on screen size

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Note on hexadecimal colours

The colours in lower thirds are defined in hexadecimal. In short, we use 3 sets of hexadecimal values to define values for Red, Green and Blue.

eg: FF0000 would generate a full red colour with no green or blue present

One neat trick is the ability to use a third set to set an alpha channel value. This is very useful for compositing

eg: FF000055 would generate a 30% transparent red.

In doubt, use a colour picker arrow-up-rightto help.

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