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What's new?

Upgrading to 26.1

Overview of Pixotope

Concepts of Pixotope

Network roles - Stand-alone, Client or Server
License types - AR/VS, XR, Control, Artist and more
License modes - online and offline licensing
Single machine and multi-machine example setups

Views - START, SETUP and PRODUCTION

What is stored where

Show files - where your SETUP is stored
Permissions - affecting SETUP
Render, feature and custom groups - AR, VS, AR+VS, XR

Compositing in Pixotope

Linear light and compositing

Color management in Pixotope

OCIO and ACES in Pixotope
SDI signal range
HDR in Pixotope
Make your own OCIO configuration

Adjusting levels - Live changes and Group overrides
Presets - save and apply values
Running Pixotope in the background
SMPTE 2110 in Pixotope Graphics

Components of Pixotope

Pixotope Director - Interface

Director - Open multiple panels
Director - Input components, change indicator
Director - Keyboard shortcuts
Director - Notification center

Pixotope Control Panel - Interface

Control panel - Widget types
Control panel - System actions and property types
Control panel - Keyboard shortcuts

Pixotope Engine

Compositing and rendering

Reflections in Pixotope
Lumen Compositing in Pixotope - Recommendations

Object types and render layers

Masking and feathering
AR Shadow, Reflection & Light Catcher

Supported media formats
Useful console commands
Third-party plugins
Unreal - Hair and Fur, Atmospheric Effects, Water
Using NVIDIA DLSS
Pixotope Engine vs Unreal Engine

Pixotope Editor - Interface

Run levels in Edit, Preview Live and LIVE mode
WYSIWYG broadcast workflow
Color managed preview in Editor
Project settings
Pixotope World Settings
Pixotope Essential Actors

Place Actors panel

BPE Compositing Mesh
Chroma Screen
Compositing Plane
Real World Reference
URL Image Actor
XR Wall - Digital Twin XR

Utilities panel
PostProcessHandler vs PostProcessVolume
Pixotope specific blueprint nodes
Network status
Preview - show cameras of other engines
Licensing status
Pixotope Plugins
Bisect Actors - Level Debugging Tool

Pixotope Keyer

Pixotope Tracking Service

Lens files in Pixotope

Camera tracking setup

Mapping axis directions
Mounting and nodal offsets
Network setup
Creating a tracking calibration level

Supported Tracking Protocols

Pixotope Asset Hub
Pixotope Plotter
Pixotope Lens file editor - Experimental

How to use Pixotope

Manage accounts, licenses and users

Cloud roles and permissions

Getting started with Pixotope

Plan your virtual production
Install Pixotope

Starting Pixotope - START

Get a license for an offline machine (air-gapped)
Create, open and manage shows
Change machine settings
Check the network health

Setting up a show - SETUP

Launch levels and control panels
Use Pixel Streaming
Sync projects and other files in Synced storage
Change show settings

Configure color pipeline

Calibrate your monitor
Color manage your textures
Convert non-color managed Unreal content
Change Unreal engines working color space

Configure machines

Set up render machine backups (failover)

Configure camera systems

Use Unreal Live Link

Configure routing

Configure camera input switching
Configure lock/genlock
Configure timecode (LTC)
Configure precision time protocol - PTP (2110)
Configure ST2110 - Matrox
Configure audio output and pass-through
Configure using an external keyer
Configure external compositing
Configure stream output (using WebRTC)
Configure multi-camera preview
Supported video formats and frame rates
Supported input and output types
What is NDI?

Calibrate tracking offsets

Calibrate delays

Use automatic delay detection
Configure and calibrate multi-machine syncing

Calibrate color matching
Manage holdouts - Digital Twin XR

Calibrate XR alignment - Digital Twin XR

Create a Tracking Twin - Digital Twin XR
Create a Manual Twin - Digital Twin XR
Check alignment - Digital Twin XR

Preparing levels in Pixotope Editor

Use source control in Engine - Pixotope Asset Hub plugin
Create level and set up color-managed viewport
Set up an AR level
Set up a VS level
Set up an AR+VS level

Set up an XR level (virtual window)

Set up a virtual set extension with translucent holdouts
Manage asset living in both or moving between AR/XR
Playback 2D media on the LED wall
XR Projector - VIOSO
Camera Switching for XR/LED Workflows: A Practical Guide

Set up Body Pose Estimation (BPE)
Set up TalenTrack
Set up a virtual camera move
Add a virtual monitor or other video feeds

Set up video playback

Set up synchronized video playback

Set up Pixotope Living Photo
Set up DMX lights
Remote editing - broadcast changes from the Editor
Set up data integration
Render UMG widget
Make performance optimizations
Set up timecode synchronized levels
Managing different level behaviour on different machines
Do advanced video relighting

Making adjustments - PRODUCTION

Use the video keyer
Use IO effects
Adjust composite
Adjust camera effects
Adjust color grading
Adjust objects
Adjust XR

Monitoring machine health - PRODUCTION

Creating a control panel - PRODUCTION

Find the property to control
Add widgets and actions
Edit and layout widgets
Trigger actions sequentially with the playlist widget
Control properties of the current show - Service Explorer
Replicate any Pixotope functionality - API Log
Add custom logic with the expression editor - EXPERIMENTAL
Use dynamic data in control panel
Create animation trigger using Blueprint functions
Control DMX lights
Remote control the control panel
Control panel library

Running live production

Recording and playback of video with tracking

Recording and playback of tracking data

Importing ptrk into Sequencer

Using the Pixotope API

How to control a Pixotope service

How to use Pixotope Gateway

How to create your own Pixotope service
Pixotope API - Message Schema
Pixotope API - State concept

Pixotope API - Services

Pixotope Asset Hub - API

Asset Hub API - State
Asset Hub API - Calls

Pixotope CTS (Tracking) - API

Tracking API - State
Tracking API - Calls

Pixotope Daemon - API

Daemon API - State
Daemon API - Calls
Daemon API - Get
Backup Handler API - Get
Backup Handler API - Calls

Pixotope Engine - API

Engine API - State
Engine API - Calls

Pixotope Gateway - API

Gateway API - State
Gateway API - Calls

Pixotope Pipeline (VideoIO) - API

Video IO API - State
Video IO API - Calls

Pixotope QueryServer - API

Pixotope Store - API

Store API - State
Store API - Calls

Pixotope Templates - API

Templates API - State
Templates API - Calls

Pixotope SysBridge - API

SysBridge API - State
SysBridge API - Calls

Pixotope API - Examples

Driving keyer parameters with camera (or other) values

Pixotope API - Reserved strings

Using the Pixotope SDK
Use Backup Server (failover)

Using Pixotope Motion

Set up Director for Motion
Prepare project for Motion
Choose a rendering option
Create a template
Create complex transition logic with inter-template dependencies using the Transition Logic tree
Create complex transition logic using Scene States (State Machines)
Import templates into Erizos Studio
Control multiple templates from one page (combo pages)
Output to multiple channels

Using Cloud tools (experimental)
Using Data Mapper
Using Pixotope Reveal
Use IO.Bot presets (T-Motion)

Video tutorials

Pixotope Content

Calibration Project

Example projects

Pixotope Fly - Ski jump

Pixotope Event System
Pixotope Volume Light - fast lighting tool
Pixotope Synchronized Events

System requirements

Hardware and software environment guide
Render engine maintenance guide
Nvidia driver installation
Benchmark guidelines for Pixotope Graphics machines

FAQ

Troubleshooting
Known bugs and limitations

Pixotope Graphics Glossary

Contact us

How to contact customer support

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Camera tracking setup

Mapping axis directions
Mounting and nodal offsets
Network setup
Creating a tracking calibration level

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