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Piece Types

Parts in the demo blueprints can be comprised of one of 10 Piece types.

Camera​

A Camera Piece shows the specified camera on-air.

Video​

A Video Piece shows the specified video clip (VT) on-air.

Remote​

A Remote Piece shows a remote video feed, such as a Skype interviewee or on-location reporter, on-air.

Lower Third​

A Lower Third Piece overlays a lower third graphic on top of the on-air content.

Split / DVE​

A Split Piece is used to set up a DVE to show more than one camera, remote, or VT at a time.

Ticker​

A Ticker Piece overlays a ticker graphic along the bottom of the on-air content.

Studio Guest​

A Studio Guest Piece is used to automatically unmute and re-mute a guest's microphone via Sisyfos.

A Head Piece overlays a headline graphic on the bottom left of the on-air content.

Live Strap​

A Live Strap Piece overlays a two-line informational graphic in the top left, often used to show the current location as well as a "LIVE" indicator.

Fullscreen​

A Fullscreen Piece displays a fullscreen image.

Graphic​

A bare-bones graphic piece type only used as an example in the code.

Stepped Graphic​

A bare-bones graphic piece type extending the piece type above to demonstrate the stepped graphic features of Sofie UI.