Porta Overview

What is Porta?

Porta is a software production control platform with an web interface, deployed either on-premise or on-cloud. It is designed to trigger templated content in Disguise Designer and Unreal Engine.

What does Porta do?

Porta simplifies control of visual experiences across a number of use cases:

• On Air Graphics
• Studios
• Stadiums
• Venues

Porta has the following key features:

• Workflows for Disguise and Unreal Engine specialists to expose templated content to operations staff
• Enables update of text, graphics, media and more without direct interaction with Designer or Unreal Engine UIs
• Playlist style control via browser based UI or link to external systems for triggers
• Integration with RossTalk, Chyron CII and GPI protocols
• Schedule rules for playback by date and time

Porta Workflow

Porta simplifies production control by enabling different roles and stages of the production lifecycle to concentrate on their own specialities:

1. Content Creation: This is typically done by an Unreal Engine artist or d3 Programmer, designing the scenes in Unreal Engine or programming the d3 project, and in both cases then exposing the parameters and content to be adjusted at show time by external systems.
2. Pre-production Set Up: The technical production operator uses Porta to create templates, playlists and pages in line with the show requirements.
3. Production Control: During the show, the templated content is triggered by the appropriate show control system. In news broadcast, this is typically a Newsroom Computer System; for a live event or stadium environment this is typically a production switcher or show control panel. Alternatively, triggers can be configured according to date and time rules, or triggered manually using the Porta web interface.

Workflow Breakdown

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• Control Designer
• Control Unreal Engine
• Working with Porta
• Data Integration with Porta
• Control Integration with Porta
• Porta Deployment