One Button Studio (OBS)

Preparing to record

Avoid green clothing or patterns/text which contain shades of green. The chroma key (green screen) processes green colors to be transparent.

Slide preparations

Format slides to a 16:9 ratio.

  • PowerPoint: Design > Slide Size > 16:9
  • Google Slides: Page setup > Custom > 16:9
  • Keynote: More > Document Setup > Slide size > new size > Custom > 16:9

In the studio

Use the white on/off button to turn on all the equipment and lights.

Monitors

Left monitor – Flex Monitor: displays an audience for live calls or reference information while facing the camera. This is a computer monitor to use at the user’s discretion.

Right monitor - Confidence Monitor: displays the final product of the studio. This is what you look like to your viewers, whether using the studio for a live synchronous presentation or recording a video.

Recording to USB Drive

**Make a test video to ensure everything is working properly.

  1. Insert the USB drive into the Record USB port (side of user interface): 
  2. Wait until the WHITE record icon appears:   
  3. Press the record icon to start recording.
  4. To stop:  press the STOP button (record icon turns white).
  5. Remove the USB drive.

Choose Presentation Option

You have several options for presenting yourself and your material.

  1. Backround
    1. Picture – Select Below – default images or stills.
    2. Studio PC – the PC in the studio.
    3. Laptop – User-provided laptop plugged into the HDMI cable.
    4. None – shows the green screen only.
  2. Overlay Option
    1. Full camera – share content full frame with presenter in front.
    2. PiP (Picture in Picture) – content full frame. Presenter in reduced size either lower left or lower right.
    3. Camera off – screen only videos with audio capture.
  3. Over-Shoulder Share
    1. PC Display – provides view of studio PC screen behind presenter
    2. Laptop Display – provides view of user laptop behind presenter
    3. None – turned off
  4. Other
    1. Logo On – Ursinus logo on your presentation.
    2. Logo Off – no logo on your presentation.

Use the white on/off button to turn all the equipment and lights off when you have finished recording.

Digital Annotation

PowerPoint

If using with a PowerPoint, the digital annotation ink tools are built into the Presentation mode. The tool panel is typically located at the bottom-left corner of the presentation interface.

Other Programs 

If using a PDF, Notepad, web browser, etc., these programs may not have built-in annotation abilities. For these situations, use the One Button Studio's Epic Pen. This can be found by choosing the shortcut on the Desktop or search for Epic Pen on the bottom search bar.

Once open, Epic Pen has a toolbar with many different tools. Use the mouse to click and drag on the top icon to move the toolbar. You can move it from the Flex monitor to the Confidence monitor (to see it on the tablet), or just leave it on the Flex monitor. If you see the toolbar on the Confidence monitor it will appear in the recording or live view.

Video Conference Calls (Teams, Zoom, etc.)

  1. In the call platform/window
    1. Select BlackMagic Design as the video source
    2. Select BlackMagic Design as the microphone source
    3. Select Realtek® Audio as the speaker
  2. Select your preferred back to start. This can be changed during the call.
  3. You do not need to be recording while on the call. You CAN record at the same time. The OBS recording will be only of you, not the other participants on the call. Use the call software's options for recording.

 

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