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31 - Live View Display in Flair 7 & Focus Assist

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so I'm going to cover the live view so I'm going to cover the live view window next um window next um window next um this is very useful obviously to be able this is very useful obviously to be able this is very useful obviously to be able to see your camera but there are many to see your camera but there are many to see your camera but there are many buttons and settings on here that may be buttons and settings on here that may be buttons and settings on here that may be useful or you may need to change from useful or you may need to change from useful or you may need to change from time to time to time to time firstly to get a picture up in the time firstly to get a picture up in the time firstly to get a picture up in the first place you have to select the video first place you have to select the video first place you have to select the video source so down here is a menu called the source so down here is a menu called the source so down here is a menu called the live view menu and it has many options live view menu and it has many options live view menu and it has many options on it so firstly there's the source here on it so firstly there's the source here on it so firstly there's the source here you can select where the the video you can select where the the video you can select where the the video source is coming from you can have source is coming from you can have source is coming from you can have nothing which is what it looks like it nothing which is what it looks like it nothing which is what it looks like it just puts a logo on there or you can just puts a logo on there or you can just puts a logo on there or you can have some test color bars or in my case have some test color bars or in my case have some test color bars or in my case I'm using a decklink uh card and I'm I'm using a decklink uh card and I'm I'm using a decklink uh card and I'm feeding video into it and therefore I feeding video into it and therefore I feeding video into it and therefore I get the video from that okay this is to get the video from that okay this is to get the video from that okay this is to automatic but you can depending on your automatic but you can depending on your automatic but you can depending on your decklink device you may have to change decklink device you may have to change decklink device you may have to change it to use something else at the moment it to use something else at the moment it to use something else at the moment it's automatically detecting whether it's automatically detecting whether it's automatically detecting whether it's using the SDI input or the HDMI it's using the SDI input or the HDMI it's using the SDI input or the HDMI input okay and this is if you have uh input okay and this is if you have uh input okay and this is if you have uh again different settings on your deck again different settings on your deck again different settings on your deck link this normally doesn't need to be link this normally doesn't need to be link this normally doesn't need to be set just leave it at device set just leave it at device set just leave it at device zero zero zero okay okay okay um next useful thing I'm going to leave um next useful thing I'm going to leave um next useful thing I'm going to leave that one alone is to flip the image so that one alone is to flip the image so that one alone is to flip the image so if your camera is upside down obviously if your camera is upside down obviously if your camera is upside down obviously you can change the image on your camera you can change the image on your camera you can change the image on your camera but you can also flip it here so this but you can also flip it here so this but you can also flip it here so this will actually flip your image upside will actually flip your image upside will actually flip your image upside down down down okay okay okay um next this is to do with the focus um next this is to do with the focus um next this is to do with the focus assist so I'll come back to that in a assist so I'll come back to that in a assist so I'll come back to that in a minute minute minute uh this down uh this down uh this down here is the cartisian control buttons here is the cartisian control buttons here is the cartisian control buttons cartisian control buttons are these cartisian control buttons are these cartisian control buttons are these colorful buttons along the side and by colorful buttons along the side and by colorful buttons along the side and by carians we mean it's a method of carians we mean it's a method of carians we mean it's a method of controlling the camera in space along controlling the camera in space along controlling the camera in space along the cartisian axes which are axes at 90° the cartisian axes which are axes at 90° the cartisian axes which are axes at 90° to each other so that's in x y and Zed to each other so that's in x y and Zed to each other so that's in x y and Zed so if I uncheck this they disappear if I so if I uncheck this they disappear if I so if I uncheck this they disappear if I uncheck this one the cartisian pan tilt uncheck this one the cartisian pan tilt uncheck this one the cartisian pan tilt buttons disappear but I like having them buttons disappear but I like having them buttons disappear but I like having them because they're incredibly useful um because they're incredibly useful um because they're incredibly useful um just to explain just to explain just to explain these buttons here move the camera in these buttons here move the camera in these buttons here move the camera in the direction shown by the arrow so for the direction shown by the arrow so for the direction shown by the arrow so for example this one will move it in a example this one will move it in a example this one will move it in a perfectly straight line vertically okay perfectly straight line vertically okay perfectly straight line vertically okay it's going to go it's going to go it's going to go down okay now it actually does it along down okay now it actually does it along down okay now it actually does it along the axis of the camera based on the mode the axis of the camera based on the mode the axis of the camera based on the mode it's set to currently it's doing it in a it's set to currently it's doing it in a it's set to currently it's doing it in a straight line along the axis of the straight line along the axis of the straight line along the axis of the camera this one will take it sideways camera this one will take it sideways camera this one will take it sideways in a straight line and you don't have to in a straight line and you don't have to in a straight line and you don't have to switch from one side to the other to switch from one side to the other to switch from one side to the other to change direction using your left and change direction using your left and change direction using your left and right Mouse buttons you can go in One right Mouse buttons you can go in One right Mouse buttons you can go in One Direction or the other Direction or the other Direction or the other direction direction direction okay and this one moves it along the okay and this one moves it along the okay and this one moves it along the optical optical optical axis okay if I just take it back to my axis okay if I just take it back to my axis okay if I just take it back to my start position of my move that I had start position of my move that I had start position of my move that I had here so it points at my object okay again this goes up and okay again this goes up and down okay and it does it it just moves down okay and it does it it just moves down okay and it does it it just moves everything up and down everything up and down everything up and down okay but if you're looking at Target okay but if you're looking at Target okay but if you're looking at Target it's useful to keep looking at that it's useful to keep looking at that it's useful to keep looking at that Target so that's what these kind of Target so that's what these kind of Target so that's what these kind of orbital arrows are for this one goes in orbital arrows are for this one goes in orbital arrows are for this one goes in a straight a straight a straight line or sorry an orbital move around the line or sorry an orbital move around the line or sorry an orbital move around the object so if I just look at this object so if I just look at this object so if I just look at this sideways and see it's moving it's sideways and see it's moving it's sideways and see it's moving it's tilting as it goes to keep looking at tilting as it goes to keep looking at tilting as it goes to keep looking at the objects and if I switch to my camera the objects and if I switch to my camera the objects and if I switch to my camera view so my full view so my full view so my full view you can see that's what it's kind view you can see that's what it's kind view you can see that's what it's kind of doing okay this one will move in an arc doing okay this one will move in an arc around the object okay and this one will move in a object okay and this one will move in a straight line along the optical axis straight line along the optical axis straight line along the optical axis okay if I want to slow these okay if I want to slow these okay if I want to slow these down I use my slider here to slow them down I use my slider here to slow them down I use my slider here to slow them right down this is the handheld control right down this is the handheld control right down this is the handheld control and this applies both to any handheld and this applies both to any handheld and this applies both to any handheld device that you're using and any Mouse device that you're using and any Mouse device that you're using and any Mouse controls as I'm using now I'm using the controls as I'm using now I'm using the controls as I'm using now I'm using the mouse controls so this slows it right mouse controls so this slows it right mouse controls so this slows it right down if you want to speed it up or slow down if you want to speed it up or slow down if you want to speed it up or slow it down you can adjust the slider you it down you can adjust the slider you it down you can adjust the slider you you can also use the plus and minus you can also use the plus and minus you can also use the plus and minus buttons on your keypad to speed up and buttons on your keypad to speed up and buttons on your keypad to speed up and slow down slower slower okay okay okay so that's what these do and then this so that's what these do and then this so that's what these do and then this basically adjusts my pan and tilt so if basically adjusts my pan and tilt so if basically adjusts my pan and tilt so if I want to adjust where it's looking it I want to adjust where it's looking it I want to adjust where it's looking it just adjusts that because it knows where just adjusts that because it knows where just adjusts that because it knows where my target is based on the Move I've my target is based on the Move I've my target is based on the Move I've entered already as I move in and out entered already as I move in and out entered already as I move in and out closer and further closer and further closer and further away it automatically focuses as away it automatically focuses as away it automatically focuses as well and therefore as I get closer and I well and therefore as I get closer and I well and therefore as I get closer and I orbit around it the orbit gets smaller orbit around it the orbit gets smaller orbit around it the orbit gets smaller and smaller and okay so that's what the cartisian okay so that's what the cartisian controls on here do controls on here do controls on here do uh and there is also a button here for uh and there is also a button here for uh and there is also a button here for turning these cartisian controls off turning these cartisian controls off turning these cartisian controls off because effectively when I'm in this because effectively when I'm in this because effectively when I'm in this mode even if I go to my mode even if I go to my mode even if I go to my Axis down here and I try and rotate it's Axis down here and I try and rotate it's Axis down here and I try and rotate it's still trying to do it as a cartisian still trying to do it as a cartisian still trying to do it as a cartisian rotation rather than just moving my rotation rather than just moving my rotation rather than just moving my individual axis if I don't want that individual axis if I don't want that individual axis if I don't want that which is quite rare but if I don't want which is quite rare but if I don't want which is quite rare but if I don't want it I just press carts off and now I can it I just press carts off and now I can it I just press carts off and now I can use my use my use my rotate to move my individual axis so now rotate to move my individual axis so now rotate to move my individual axis so now only the Rotator is moving only that one only the Rotator is moving only that one only the Rotator is moving only that one motor is moving and nothing motor is moving and nothing motor is moving and nothing else okay to turn it back on all you do else okay to turn it back on all you do else okay to turn it back on all you do is you just hit one of these buttons and is you just hit one of these buttons and is you just hit one of these buttons and now it's on okay now if you have a focus assist on okay now if you have a focus assist you will have this display here you will have this display here you will have this display here okay um okay um okay um firstly this button here shows what the firstly this button here shows what the firstly this button here shows what the focus assist sensor or camera is seeing focus assist sensor or camera is seeing focus assist sensor or camera is seeing this is what it's seeing it has its own this is what it's seeing it has its own this is what it's seeing it has its own little camera that it's little camera that it's little camera that it's seeing and you'll see there is a green seeing and you'll see there is a green seeing and you'll see there is a green box box box here here here okay when okay when okay when you touch anywhere on the screen in the you touch anywhere on the screen in the you touch anywhere on the screen in the focus assist uh window or display it automatically uh window or display it automatically measures at that point where your mouse measures at that point where your mouse measures at that point where your mouse is the is the is the distance and shows it here so if I click distance and shows it here so if I click distance and shows it here so if I click here it shows the distance that it here it shows the distance that it here it shows the distance that it measured okay if I click measured okay if I click measured okay if I click here it's a very similar distance if I here it's a very similar distance if I here it's a very similar distance if I click here that's only half a meter click here that's only half a meter click here that's only half a meter away okay so wherever I press it away okay so wherever I press it away okay so wherever I press it automatically automatically automatically measures and if this is highlighted measures and if this is highlighted measures and if this is highlighted it'll also automatically adjust my focus it'll also automatically adjust my focus it'll also automatically adjust my focus to it for example if I click on to it for example if I click on to it for example if I click on here and then show my can is out of here and then show my can is out of here and then show my can is out of focus and this is in Focus if I go back focus and this is in Focus if I go back focus and this is in Focus if I go back and click on and click on and click on here and here and here and show now my can's in show now my can's in show now my can's in Focus now instead of having to do that Focus now instead of having to do that Focus now instead of having to do that all the time you can actually set a all the time you can actually set a all the time you can actually set a region okay and that's what this green region okay and that's what this green region okay and that's what this green box here is it's a region if I click set box here is it's a region if I click set box here is it's a region if I click set region okay I can highlight this here region okay I can highlight this here region okay I can highlight this here let's say it can be anywhere on the let's say it can be anywhere on the let's say it can be anywhere on the screen and I unset it this is now set it screen and I unset it this is now set it screen and I unset it this is now set it as my region and what happens is that if as my region and what happens is that if as my region and what happens is that if I set the focus to use the sensor this I set the focus to use the sensor this I set the focus to use the sensor this is the focus assist sensor to focus is the focus assist sensor to focus is the focus assist sensor to focus automatically it will look only in this automatically it will look only in this automatically it will look only in this green box green box green box okay and determine there what it should okay and determine there what it should okay and determine there what it should focus at okay so for focus at okay so for focus at okay so for example if I go and to my focus example if I go and to my focus example if I go and to my focus axis and right click I have this option axis and right click I have this option axis and right click I have this option here Focus follow here Focus follow here Focus follow sensor sensor sensor okay okay okay and once that's and once that's and once that's on it'll focus on whatever is in that on it'll focus on whatever is in that on it'll focus on whatever is in that region now that can wasn't in that region now that can wasn't in that region now that can wasn't in that region so it won't focus on region so it won't focus on region so it won't focus on it it it um but if I make that bigger let's say like bigger let's say like that show it's now in that show it's now in that show it's now in Focus because it's using the sensor and Focus because it's using the sensor and Focus because it's using the sensor and in in in fact you can see it's con ly slightly fact you can see it's con ly slightly fact you can see it's con ly slightly adjusting it ever so small ever such adjusting it ever so small ever such adjusting it ever so small ever such small amounts small amounts small amounts okay now you might not want to focus on okay now you might not want to focus on okay now you might not want to focus on whatever is closest so there are some whatever is closest so there are some whatever is closest so there are some options here here uh depth region method so when I'm using uh depth region method so when I'm using uh depth region method so when I'm using a a a region to measure the depth what will it region to measure the depth what will it region to measure the depth what will it use I can use the use I can use the use I can use the closest I can use the furthest closest I can use the furthest closest I can use the furthest or it may be that I'm looking at a table or it may be that I'm looking at a table or it may be that I'm looking at a table with lots of objects on it and I don't with lots of objects on it and I don't with lots of objects on it and I don't want to look at what is closest and I want to look at what is closest and I want to look at what is closest and I don't want to look at what's furthest I don't want to look at what's furthest I don't want to look at what's furthest I want to look at something that's kind of want to look at something that's kind of want to look at something that's kind of average so that's the average so there average so that's the average so there average so that's the average so there you can set what it uses within that you can set what it uses within that you can set what it uses within that region generally speaking closest works region generally speaking closest works region generally speaking closest works for a lot of different applications okay so just a reminder applications okay so just a reminder when it's not set to focus Fus Target when it's not set to focus Fus Target when it's not set to focus Fus Target you can still use the focus assist to do you can still use the focus assist to do you can still use the focus assist to do your your your measurements measurements measurements so if so if so if I for example highlight this box and I I for example highlight this box and I I for example highlight this box and I click here it measures the distance and click here it measures the distance and click here it measures the distance and it automatically puts it in that box it automatically puts it in that box it automatically puts it in that box okay if I also highlight this goto it okay if I also highlight this goto it okay if I also highlight this goto it means that it won't just store that means that it won't just store that means that it won't just store that position it'll also at that whenever I position it'll also at that whenever I position it'll also at that whenever I click on it also move the focus to that position there's no reason to generally position there's no reason to generally turn this off you can just leave it turn this off you can just leave it turn this off you can just leave it on okay so that's the focus on okay so that's the focus on okay so that's the focus assist then back to my live view menu assist then back to my live view menu assist then back to my live view menu okay so Auto hiide cartisian buttons I okay so Auto hiide cartisian buttons I okay so Auto hiide cartisian buttons I personally find very annoying but personally find very annoying but personally find very annoying but basically if you're not on that screen basically if you're not on that screen basically if you're not on that screen after a few seconds they after a few seconds they after a few seconds they disappear and then they disappear and then they disappear and then they appear and disappear appear appear and disappear appear appear and disappear appear disappear okay disappear okay disappear okay and then this is the center there it's not there it is that's center there it's not there it is that's the center cross actually I'll make that the center cross actually I'll make that the center cross actually I'll make that larger just so you can see it so again larger just so you can see it so again larger just so you can see it so again F10 there's the F10 there's the F10 there's the cross there it's gone there it isn't cross there it's gone there it isn't cross there it's gone there it isn't okay now you can also have a 3D okay now you can also have a 3D okay now you can also have a 3D overlay this will mix the background overlay this will mix the background overlay this will mix the background with the live with the live with the live view so if I go back to view so if I go back to view so if I go back to my display my display my display okay here is my okay here is my okay here is my move okay and you can see the background move okay and you can see the background move okay and you can see the background is changing if I actually run this is changing if I actually run this is changing if I actually run this together together together with by running the move okay and now I'm just going to make move okay and now I'm just going to make it it it larger and in fact just for Simplicity sake I'm and in fact just for Simplicity sake I'm going to going to going to remove the uh cage I'm going to Auto remove the uh cage I'm going to Auto remove the uh cage I'm going to Auto hide them okay okay let me just just remove them okay okay let me just just remove them actually just so you don't get in the actually just so you don't get in the actually just so you don't get in the way okay so now if I shoot it shows me what the background shoot it shows me what the background looks like looks like looks like together it isn't a perfect mix but it together it isn't a perfect mix but it together it isn't a perfect mix but it does give you a good indication of what does give you a good indication of what does give you a good indication of what the move is going to be so if you have a the move is going to be so if you have a the move is going to be so if you have a good 3D model you can show it together good 3D model you can show it together good 3D model you can show it together and this is a quite a fast move lastly we lastly we have the serve rtsp stream which is a have the serve rtsp stream which is a have the serve rtsp stream which is a basically a fancy way of saying this basically a fancy way of saying this basically a fancy way of saying this video image we can actually shoot out of video image we can actually shoot out of video image we can actually shoot out of flare down the network to another device flare down the network to another device flare down the network to another device in this case when you use the flare in this case when you use the flare in this case when you use the flare Tracker app on an iPhone it's useful to Tracker app on an iPhone it's useful to Tracker app on an iPhone it's useful to be able to see the video image from the be able to see the video image from the be able to see the video image from the camera so if you turn this on you'll get camera so if you turn this on you'll get camera so if you turn this on you'll get a whole bunch of other things here and a whole bunch of other things here and a whole bunch of other things here and this basically gives the iPad or the this basically gives the iPad or the this basically gives the iPad or the iPhone the address of where to get this iPhone the address of where to get this iPhone the address of where to get this video feed from so that as you move the video feed from so that as you move the video feed from so that as you move the rig the video feed on the iPad is rig the video feed on the iPad is rig the video feed on the iPad is updated as updated as updated as well right now we don't need it so we're well right now we don't need it so we're well right now we don't need it so we're going to turn it off okay um there are some other buttons on okay um there are some other buttons on here that I haven't covered so my focus here that I haven't covered so my focus here that I haven't covered so my focus assist it may be that it was mounted assist it may be that it was mounted assist it may be that it was mounted upside down on my rig for whatever upside down on my rig for whatever upside down on my rig for whatever reason it was more convenient to have it reason it was more convenient to have it reason it was more convenient to have it mounted that way than the right way up mounted that way than the right way up mounted that way than the right way up in which case in my live view I can flip in which case in my live view I can flip in which case in my live view I can flip the focus assist image takes a few the focus assist image takes a few the focus assist image takes a few seconds and then it will flip it like like that okay there is also a depth map that okay there is also a depth map that okay there is also a depth map which is a very colorful display showing which is a very colorful display showing which is a very colorful display showing you the depth of you the depth of you the depth of everything um it's there in case you everything um it's there in case you everything um it's there in case you find it useful but generally speaking find it useful but generally speaking find it useful but generally speaking it's not necessary going to flip that it's not necessary going to flip that it's not necessary going to flip that back uh and largely there you can adj back uh and largely there you can adj back uh and largely there you can adj adjust the depth map adjust the depth map adjust the depth map opacity so that you can see things more opacity so that you can see things more opacity so that you can see things more clearly so for example uh if example uh if I adjust I adjust I adjust this you can this you can this you can see the live image from the depth map see the live image from the depth map see the live image from the depth map camera and the depth map okay so oh I'm going to turn that off okay so oh I'm going to turn that off because I don't want to look like because I don't want to look like because I don't want to look like that okay that okay that okay and I'm going to go back to my live and I'm going to go back to my live and I'm going to go back to my live screen and make it small now just going screen and make it small now just going screen and make it small now just going to cover these buttons to cover these buttons to cover these buttons here which covered in some of the other here which covered in some of the other here which covered in some of the other on some of the other uh lessons but it on some of the other uh lessons but it on some of the other uh lessons but it is quite useful this allows you to is quite useful this allows you to is quite useful this allows you to reconfigure where this display is I can reconfigure where this display is I can reconfigure where this display is I can effectively remove it completely I can effectively remove it completely I can effectively remove it completely I can change it to a different change it to a different change it to a different view okay or I can undock view okay or I can undock view okay or I can undock it okay and put it on a different screen it okay and put it on a different screen it okay and put it on a different screen if I have another monitor or I can put if I have another monitor or I can put if I have another monitor or I can put it anywhere else I want I'm going to it anywhere else I want I'm going to it anywhere else I want I'm going to let's say I want to swap it with this let's say I want to swap it with this let's say I want to swap it with this one so wherever the Blue Line one so wherever the Blue Line one so wherever the Blue Line appears that's where it will put it so I appears that's where it will put it so I appears that's where it will put it so I can put it here I can put it oh not over can put it here I can put it oh not over can put it here I can put it oh not over there I can put it over here I'm going there I can put it over here I'm going there I can put it over here I'm going to put it over here and basically swap to put it over here and basically swap to put it over here and basically swap it with my 3D rig display and then I'm it with my 3D rig display and then I'm it with my 3D rig display and then I'm going to make it going to make it going to make it larger so that's how I move it around larger so that's how I move it around larger so that's how I move it around now I'm going to undo here and make it larger now I've undone here and make it larger now I've undone it any of these by the way any of these it any of these by the way any of these it any of these by the way any of these display uh settings the the layout can display uh settings the the layout can display uh settings the the layout can be saved in the view menu you can save be saved in the view menu you can save be saved in the view menu you can save it give it a name save layout and then it give it a name save layout and then it give it a name save layout and then you can recall it anytime you want if you can recall it anytime you want if you can recall it anytime you want if you ever get uh really confused in terms you ever get uh really confused in terms you ever get uh really confused in terms of how the layout is you can also reset of how the layout is you can also reset of how the layout is you can also reset the view and it'll go back to the the view and it'll go back to the the view and it'll go back to the default view so are you sure you want to default view so are you sure you want to default view so are you sure you want to reset the view to default yes and this is my default view the only yes and this is my default view the only thing I do need to do is I do need to thing I do need to do is I do need to thing I do need to do is I do need to select that I have select that I have select that I have an input it doesn't necessarily know an input it doesn't necessarily know an input it doesn't necessarily know that I have an