Set up Director for CG

This setup is based on our Recommended CG setup outputting fill and key channels.

2. One channel per engine. For multiple channel configurations, please go to the Multi-Channel Configuration section at the end of this guide. 

Add CG feature tag

1. In Director Go to SETUP > Configure > Machines

2. For each machine

   1. Click the Groups + button on the right to show the available groups

   2. Select the "CG" feature tag to add the machine to that group

Learn more about Render, feature and custom groups - AR, VS, AR+VS, XR

Set up routing

For each machine:

1. Make sure that the Lock is configured properly

Learn more about how to Configure lock/genlock

2. Add two Media Outputs

   1. Set the Source to "Engine CG"

   2. Set the Engine Source to "Channel 1"

3. For the first output: Set the Output type to "Fill"

4. For the second output: Set the Output type to "Key"

5. and set up their outputs correctly

Learn more about how to Route media outputs

Set up synced storage

Every time you are making changes to the project, make sure

• to push changes on one machine

• and that the other machine has Auto-pull enabled so the changes are merged automatically

Learn more about how to Sync projects and other files in Synced storage

Next step

1. Launch any of the levels in your project in Editor

2. Continue to Set up Editor for CG