Lower Thirds

A configurable view meant for Lower Third overlays on video feeds

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

Lower third view

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

The ontime view is not able to composite video

URL Modifiers

The Lower Third views are configurable by using URL parameters

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)

Notes

*Useful for keying and compositing workflows

**Value depends on screen size

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 to help.