How to stop info cards covering the speaker's face
Tell Vizard Agent the cards cover your face and that it only happens sometimes. It measures where your head actually sits across the video, marks the proposed new zone on every window a card appears in, shrinks and re-anchors the cards to that zone, then screens the whole film for any remaining overlap with you.
What do you type into Vizard Agent?
Say "sometimes". A note that says the cards cover your face invites a redesign. A note that says they cover it from time to time tells Vizard Agent the cards are anchored and you are not, so this is a position problem rather than a design problem. Then say where they should sit instead.
Prompt
What does Vizard Agent actually do?
A card in a fixed position and a person who moves will collide eventually. So the cards are placed against where the head actually goes, not against one frame, and the proposed zone is tested on every card before any of them are moved. In the session behind this article it:
- Inspected the card layout of a long talking-head film whose info cards intermittently sat across the presenter, and measured where the head sat across the video.
- Sampled every window a card appeared in with the proposed zone marked on it, and reviewed that zone against the presenter's position before rebuilding anything.
- Repositioned all the cards to the agreed zone, previewed the placement, then shrank and re-anchored them and checked the text was still sharp at full size.
- Rendered and had the whole film screened for face coverage, not a sample.
- Split a card whose list was too long into two shorter ones, checked the changeover between them and confirmed the card area wasn't left black anywhere.
When does this not work well?
Some frames have nowhere for a card to go. A tight close-up, a subject who moves across the whole width, or a vertical crop with very little margin can leave no zone that is clear for the entire time a card is up. If cards must sit centre-frame, the framing has to change instead.
Common questions
Why does it only happen sometimes? Because the card is anchored and you move. Vizard Agent measures both.
Will shrinking make them unreadable? Vizard Agent checks the text at full size and splits a card rather than over-shrink it.
Can I see the zone before it renders? Yes. Vizard Agent marks it on real frames for you.