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The DMC Personal Studio is designed to create dynamic, publication-ready videos at the push of a button. This all-in-one, easy-to-use video production resource offers a teleprompter, backdrops, cameras, microphones, and preconfigured professional lighting. An intuitive touchscreen interface enables users to capture, stream, and edit videos in real-time. This system uses the versatile Wirecast software, which provides features such as shot selection, title overlays, picture-in-picture, chroma keying, annotation, and multiple inputs. There is also a laptop connection with modes for capturing or streaming an activity.
Access to the Personal Studio can obtained by completing the "Personal Studio - Virtual orientation." This Canvas course discusses all the features in the room. Upon completing the Canvas course and filling out the documentation to get reservation capabilities, you can schedule an in-person overview of the room. We can meet and let you take the controls to help solidify what you ahve learned in the virtual guide.
This knowledge Base page has all the information found in the Canvas course. The course is to show you how everything works in the room, and the Knowledge Base is for finding the answers again, once you're using the space.
Feel free to join our Canvas Course to get trained to use the Personal Studio. Upon completion, and filling out the documentation at the end of the course, you will have the bility to reserve the Personal Studio whenever the building is open.
As you begin learning about the Personal Studio, I want to mention that there will be a variety of options when getting your production up and running. We built the room to accommodate a lot of different types of production without your needing to spend time with setting up the space. Most importantly, the room is flexible. You will have the ability to move chairs, cameras microphones, and some furniture. We do ask that you return the room to its "home" state before leaving, at the end of your session. This will include putting the round table back in its starting location, positioning chairs and cameras so it is ready to go for the next person. We don't have exact markers for this "normalized" setup, but we've included an images of what the room should look like when entering or leaving.
This page discusses:
Lights
Curtains
Moving and positioning curtains
Which curtain to use
Furniture
Main desk
Mic table
Big Display
Remote Controls
Big Display (power)
Big Display (Swap computers)
Kensington Remote (advancing slide shows)
"Home" position for Personal Studio
Care of equipment
Care of equipment
Please try not to roll over the cables in the room with the camera pedestals (please don't step on cables, either).
Don't twist cables around pedestals.
Don't upplug or change any of the cabling in the room.
Keep tripping hazards to a minimum to keep your production on track.
Currently the Personal Studio comes with two Pan, Tilt, & Zoom cameras (PTZ) on movable pedestals. The Teleprompter (CAM1) sits inside an enclosure that allows you to see the contents of the Presenter Computer, while looking at the camera. Our Presenter Camera (CAM2) is on a movable stand. BOTH cameras can be controlled from the Capture Computer. Camera instructions, use, and troubleshooting can be found behind the link.
The linked page discusses:
Teleprompter Camera (CAM1)
Presenter Camera (CAM2)
Camera control - Pan, Tilt, & Zoom (PTZ)
The Presenter Computer is connected to the Teleprompter, as well as the Capture Computer. The Teleprompter allows you to see your slideshow, or script while looking at the Teleprompter (CAM1). This computer also includes the ability to annotate on the touch screen display. You can notate on the computer using the tools provided by the display.
In the linked page, you will learn how to work with the annotation display and any troubleshooting that may be necessary.
The linked page discusses:
Using the Teleprompter
Teleprompter Height adjustment
Teleprompter URL
Teleprompter-lite Powerpoint presentations as script
Troubleshooting Presenter Computer
Assistance button
Report a problem
Basic troubleshooting
The Capture computer is the brains of the room. This is where all te magic occurs. It uses an application called Wirecast for capturing the variety of inpuuts we have in the Personal Studio.
Learn about the following tools on the capture computer:
Wirecast interface
Working with Chroma Keys
Camera Pan, Tilt & Zoom adjustments
Shot editing - making changes
Troubleshooting
Learn more about the capture computer
Audio is at least equally important if not more so compared to video. We will watch bad video longer than bad audio. All the microphones in the room are connected to the Focusrite 18i20 Audio interface, located in the rack, under the main desk.
We cover the following topics:
How Audio Works in the Personal Studio
Microphones
Focusrite Audio interface and Focusrite Control 2 app:
Sending audio to Wirecast
Troubleshooting
Getting started - tips and tricks in the PersonalStudio
Editing lower 3rds
Editing lower 3rds
Wirecast, on the Capture Computer is a powerful production tool, allowing you to combine multiple assets into a single shot and then combine layers together.
We provide a simple lower 3rd template in the Master Copy of the Wirecast app so you can have a title while you introduce yourself. This simple video shows how to edit the text so it doesn't say "Name" and "Title."
Don't want to use our premade template. Feel free to create your own PNG image (PNG maintains a transparent background, so you can superimpose it on top of a video). Animated After Effects-like files can also be used. We recommend contacting us at Groundworks@umich.edu to discuss how the video file should be saved in order to maintain the transparent background.
Green Screen
Green Screen
Wirecast, on the Capture Computer is a powerful production tool, allowing you to combine multiple assets into a single shot and then combine layers together.
We provide multiple inputs with the "Chroma Key" or "Green Screen" effects applied. This guide showcases how to tweak the chroma settings, so you can make your green screen shot look as good as possible. We recommend contacting us at Groundworks@umich.edu if you have questions regarding the Personal Studio.
This directs you to the Wirecast site, where there are many pieces of information regarding the app. Feel free to take a look at all its capabilities.
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