Creating Audio-follows-video Presets in VT[4]
There are shoots when the VT[4] technical director can happily tap into the existing audio board, and let another professional worry about switching audio sources and adjusting levels. Other shoots require the video switching team to handle it all. NewTek VT[4] makes this a manageable process with the integrated audio mixer’s capability to switch audio sources at the same time that cameras are cross-fading, known as ‘audio-follows-video’. Here is how to do it:

VT[4] Motion Lower Thirds
With VT[4] LIVE!, NewTek delivers some of the most efficient and affordable live production available, at any price. One of its key attributes is integrated live switching and titling. Packing a live breaking headline onto a motion background lower third with a foreground logo bug is easy, using the compositing capabilities of the DDR and the DSK.

Import a single document into several CG pages
There are circumstances when a client wishes to provide you with numerous text pages for display on VT[4]. While CG Designer sports improved text importation in version 4.6, here is a method to quickly import from a specific location, and determine where page breaks should occur.

Setting up and using Streaming Profiles
NewTek has provided integrated Internet streaming since VT[2] shipped in 2000, but VT[4] has upped the ante with streaming capabilities that are both simpler and more flexible.

Creating a Crawl in CG Designer
VT[4] offers several ways to create text for display on screen: you can create text as a brush in Aura, you can use the Title Templates for fast CG creation, or you can use the flexible CG Designer, which is capable of creating stills, scrolls for end credits and crawls. This tutorial walks you through the basic setup of a lower-third crawl page.

Real-time Strobing to the beat of music
The temperatures are dropping, and causing visions of white and flights of fancy to dance through the minds of skiers everywhere. As its popularity grows, so too does the amount of video production for people to show when they get back from the slopes. If you come home this season with an armload of tapes, here is a VT-Edit trick to spice up selected portions of your video.

CG-Post - Adding Motion to Titles
One of the most exciting new features of VT[4] is the addition of CG-Post to VT-Edit. Now you can bring CG Titles to life with motion and keyframing.