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Adding Media
Introduction
In addition to live video from your cameras, Wirecast enables you to work with media
created outside of Wirecast. This section introduces some common media types you
can use with Wirecast.
There are three ways to add media to Wirecast:
1. Drag & drop into a new shot. The simplest way to add media to a shot is to drag &
drop the media directly into Shot List in the Main window.
2. Drag & drop into an existing shot. To add media to an existing shot, drag & drop
the media directly into the Shot Editor's media list.
3. Select directly. You can add media by selecting Import Media from the File menu,
by pressing the Ctrl+Shift+I keys, or by clicking the plus (+) button in the Shot
Editor.
Topics
 Images/Opacity
 Movies
Images/Opacity
Wirecast supports a wide variety of still images types (TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PNG, etc.). Some
of these formats offer some form of opacity (or transparency). This is often called an
Alpha Channel. Wirecast works seamlessly with these formats making them the
preferred methods for using graphics and logos, which have transparency.
GIF and Transparency
GIF files are a special case because they only offer transparency and not a true Alpha
Channel. The GIF format enables you to define part of the image as transparent
(completely invisible), but does not enable you to define it as partially transparent.