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Stuart Mackey replied on December 17, 2009 02:59 to the idea "How about images with transparent backgrounds" in MediaComplete:

Is MediaComplete looking into any kind of internal or external key support for overlaying Mediashout over live video using a production switcher? This is available with hardware from BlackMagicDesign and other professional video hardware manufacturers.

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Alpha Channel or Key support?.

Stuart Mackey replied on September 17, 2009 14:18 to the question "When I clone an image why does my default editor open? (v3.5)" in MediaComplete:

I guess that makes sense..

Stuart Mackey replied on September 14, 2009 16:33 to the question "When I clone an image why does my default editor open? (v3.5)" in MediaComplete:

I looked at all the panels and didn't see anything called that. I only saw the panel where you set what your image editing application is.

Stuart Mackey replied on September 14, 2009 16:28 to the question "default shadow effect on hymns" in MediaComplete:

In PowerPoint, try going into View - >Slide Master. Your shadow may be set yo on inside there.

Stuart Mackey asked a question in MediaComplete on September 13, 2009 13:08:

When I clone an image why does my default editor open? (v3.5)

Why does my default image editor open when I clone an image cue in 3.5? I want to clone a graphic so I can put it in another spot and I want it to be the same and don't need to "edit" it. Is there an option to change this behavior?

Its not a big deal since I can use CTRL-C, CRTL-V to do the same thing. Just wondering.

And does it behave the same in MS4? We are going to switch soon, probably.

Stuart Mackey started following the problem "Only two graphics can be copied or inserted into a section at a time" in MediaComplete.

Stuart Mackey replied on September 10, 2009 18:20 to the idea "When do we get to pick?" in MediaComplete:

The way our system is set up, no source goes directly to any screen. It all goes through a switcher. So when we want to show the same source as up on the side screen on the back screen, I use the switcher.

Please bear in mind that the resources needed to play two video (even if its the same) on two screens would ge very expensive... however, duplicating a still on the "stage" would be a resonable request of the software and the hardware.

Stuart Mackey replied on September 10, 2009 18:17 to the question "How to edit in / out of DVD clip in Que Editor?" in MediaComplete:

Yeah, but what if all I want to do as add a few frames?! It would be better if it just behaved like any other video.

Stuart Mackey replied on September 09, 2009 15:09 to the idea "Multiple Text Boxes / Graphics on One Cue?" in MediaComplete:

It would be especially awesome if you could have "title" and "body" fields in Text templates, similar to the way scripture and songs have header and footer. This would be great for things like announcements, where you want the title to be a certain way, and the body to be a different way. I had to compromise and set our announcement template for the body, and each time you need to go back and change the font, etc, on the title.

Stuart Mackey replied on September 09, 2009 14:49 to the question "FAQ: Song library searchable fields" in MediaComplete:

Except "Cue Name" Should be a choice in the seach field. There was another post about this but I couldn't find it to link to it.

When we have multiple songs with the same name, we leave the name field alone, but change the cue name to something like "Amazing Grace UMH # 378" Or "Song Name [contemporary version]"

I put sad face because, as I posted yesterday, I feel like sometimes MS reps just skim the forums.

Stuart Mackey replied on September 09, 2009 14:41 to the idea "When do we get to pick?" in MediaComplete:

You can put whatever you want on the stage display:

Go to Foreground, and Advanced view, and expand the Notes field. By default on a song it is filled with the lyrics. But you can edit it.
Or with something that is just an image (or a video)

Stuart Mackey started following the idea "Sync Stage Display with Main" in MediaComplete.

Stuart Mackey replied on September 09, 2009 14:29 to the idea "What do you think should "stick" with a workspace? Post your thoughts" in MediaComplete:

An odd thing. Once I resized the thumbnail column, and started switching workspaces, the thumbnail column did seem to randomly change its width, although not to what I had set it at in any of the views.

Stuart Mackey replied on September 09, 2009 14:19 to the idea "Can't make notes in songs" in MediaComplete:

I still think I liked the thumbnails for songs in version 3.5. In addition to my "notes" comment, thumbnails were better because some songs we start with a blank, when they have an instrumental intro, but some songs start with the lyrics right away - most of our hymns when performed back-to-back.

Stuart Mackey replied on September 08, 2009 22:21 to the question "Setting transitions for entire section" in MediaComplete:

Nope. It doesn't work. You can change manual to timed and change the duration but you can not set the transition type. This issue is not resolved.
I can choose a template, but that requires having a template made for something I might just do once in a while, or not always the same way.
Tried in 126.1

I am sorry how this sounds, but I keep getting the impression that some of the MediaComplete staff is only skimming these posts and then marking them solved.

Stuart Mackey replied on September 08, 2009 22:13 to the question "Where did all the good stuff go?!?!?" in MediaComplete:

I really like here idea about the side by side comparison.

Stuart Mackey replied on September 08, 2009 22:09 to the problem ""Inaccessable song library"" in MediaComplete:

So the download is not a full install? Because it sure seems like it? If it is supposed to be an update, not a full version, you should set it up to not install unless there is an existing version.

I don't think I'm the only one who thinks it is supposed to be a full version, based on the number of times I've read people post: "I uninstalled version X and installed version X.126" or whatever.

And the fact that it is 65MB!

Stuart Mackey replied on September 08, 2009 19:11 to the question "How to edit in / out of DVD clip in Que Editor?" in MediaComplete:

Please unmark this thread solved. It is not solved.

Stuart Mackey replied on September 08, 2009 19:11 to the problem ""Inaccessable song library"" in MediaComplete:

Can you UNMARK this thread as solved then?

P.S. I just starting using MS4, So I didn't want to "pollute" my machines with previous versions. Should I always install from the DVD first, then run the update?

Stuart Mackey replied on September 08, 2009 15:59 to the question "Why can't I find the download button for Version 4 to enter my license number??" in MediaComplete:

Here is a post with links to the downloads.
http://getsatisfaction.com/mediacompl...

In the future, if you want to upgrade, go to Help - > Check for updates and it will go to the site and give you a link to the latest version.