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Team Control Panels

The Team Control Panel gives the ability to input team and roster information for home and away teams, as well as save that information to use at a later date. Using the Team Control Panel allows the use of many overlays, such as starting lineup, without the stress of inputting each player’s information at the start of the game. For the purposes of this tutorial, we will be utilizing soccer graphics.

Click here for The Basic of Overlays.

  1. Opened Production Truck and log in. Open the overlay manager window by clicking the blue plus sign in the bottom left quadrant.

  2. Use the search bar to narrow down your overlay options. Quickly find the Team Control Panel by typing in "team".

  3. After checking the Team Control Panel overlay and clicking open, it appears in the bottom left quadrant. Clicking Edit Team will bring up a window to input the team's information. Click Save.

    Use a PNG file with a transparent background to upload a team logo

  4. Click the grey plus + sign in the middle to add individual players. Add the player’s number, name, position, position abbreviation (which will show up in the starting lineup overlay) and experience (or school year, such as Jr. for Junior). Upload a headshot image if desired. Click Save. To continue adding players, click the grey plus + again.

  5. Click the star icon to mark a player as a starter. Use the pencil icon to edit a player’s information. Clicking the x will delete that player from the roster. Save this overlay for future use after entering a complete roster by doing a right-click and choosing the Save option.

  6. To change the title and description, cllick Save as New.

    Be sure that "Upload Finished Successfully" appears in the bottom right-hand corner of the window before closing.

  7. The team-specific overlay will be available to open at any time now to save you time before the start of your broadcast. To open, click the blue plus + sign on the bottom left again to open the overlay management window. Use the search to quickly find your new overlay.

    If you don’t find your new saved overlay, check the “Download” tab to the right of “Open.” If you find it there, you will need to select it and click “Download.” Then you will be able to select and open it from the “Open” tab.

  8. Click the star icon next to the players that will be in the starting lineup. Select the correct players, and click Apply.

  9. Open the overlay management window again by clicking the blue plus + sign. Select the Starting Lineup - Flat Design for soccer and click open. This overlay will display starting lineups for both the home and away teams for your viewers. Drag and drop this overlay into the bottom right quadrant otherwise known as the preview window.

  10. Switch between home and away teams, as well as choose to use player images. Players’ numbers will appear in place of a photo if Without Images is selected. Add a logo in the bottom right of this overlay.

  11. Use the Team Control Panel in the sport-specific Control Panel overlay. Select a player from the roster if they score a goal or get a yellow/red card. This information can be shown on the scoreboard graphic by clicking the box on the right so that an eye icon appears. Click the eye again to make the popup disappear.

    This feature is only available for soccer. Other sports feature different animations.

  12. To get the graphic pictured in the bottom right preview window on the live stream, click the Overlay button above the preview window. To clear out the graphic, click Clear.

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