Level up your events with professional production tools using Crowdcast’s built-in Studio. The Studio is located on the far right side of your event view. Only hosts, and co-hosts can access it. You can set everything up in advance and test things out until you’re ready to go live. There are four main sections of the Studio; Theme, Calls to Action, Media and Titles
Theme
Customize your event’s look and feel in the Theme section by uploading:
logo - Logo should be no more than 80px tall and 400px wide. PNG and SVG files are supported.
add stage padding
option to hide name tags of people on screen
add a background image, video or color
💡 Pro tip:
Use a 1920 × 1080 background image to match the 1080p stage.
Add padding to your logo so it doesn’t sit too close to video tiles.
Calls to Action (CTA)
Add a call-to-action button that appears below the stage. You can:
Link to a URL
Enable contributions/donations (coming soon in V3!)
When activated, the CTA appears as a bright green button for attendees.
Media
When adding media in the studio, hosts and co-hosts can:
Edit the media title
Choose a focus mode: Split, Large, Fill, or Solo
Mark the video as an intro or outro, and set it to play automatically at the start or end of a session
Automatically mute microphones during playback
Enable looping to restart the video as soon as it ends
Delete the video
Rearrange the video within the studio
Video
Hosts and users with channel-level a role assigned can upload videos to use as stage backgrounds or Studio clips.
Storage Limits by Plan
Each plan includes a different amount of video storage. You can track usage in the Billing section:
Lite — 1 GB
Pro — 5 GB
Business — 10 GB
File Size Limits
Background videos: Up to 100 MB per file
Studio videos: No individual file size limit (within your total storage allowance)
Adding Videos
You can upload video files directly or add videos from external platforms by pasting a URL a URL from:
Vimeo
Wistia
Playing Videos on Stage
Click Show to bring the video onto the stage
Click Minimize or Close to pause the video and remove it from the stage
Click Maximize to resume playback from where you left off
Slides + Files
Within the Slides section you can upload and present files such as:
PDFs
PowerPoint (.ppt)
Word documents (.doc)
Images
File size limit: 50 MB
How it works:
Select your file and focus mode (split, large, fill, solo)
Click upload to add to the studio
Hover over the file to show, edit, delete or reposition
Advance slides using:
On-screen controls
Keyboard arrow keys
Anyone with permissions can take control of an active files
To remove slides:
Click close in the Studio
Or use the minimize or close in the studio, media tray or from stage to remove from stage. Show and maximize will bring the file back to the stage.
Titles
Use Titles to display text overlays during your session, such as:
speaker names
key points
session topics
Available options:
add a subtitle
choose the on-screen position
set how long the title appears:
5 seconds
10 seconds
15 seconds
auto-hide after a short time
stay visible until manually hidden
Using Studio Elements
Within the studio, you can upload multiple types of media, including:
Videos
Slides
CTAs
However, only one media element can be displayed on stage at a time per type.
Only one video or slide (including documents and images) can be shown at a time
Only one CTA can be displayed at a time
A CTA can be shown beneath the stage at the same time as a video, slide, image, or document
How to Save a Studio Template
Open the Studio and add the elements you want to reuse.
Click the template button in the top-right corner of the Studio.
Select Save as New Template.
Enter a name for your template and click Save.
Watch the video below for a walkthrough.
How to Reorder Studio Elements
Open the Studio panel.
Locate the item you want to move.
Click and hold the six-dot handle beside the item.
Drag it to a new position in the list.
Watch the video below to see this in action.
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