Easy to Learn even if you're not a Videographer
What do you like best?
My company asked me to learn how to do a live simulcast within three weeks. I had no idea what to do. We went with a digital publishing platform that told us the easiest software to learn would be Wirecast, so I got it. Although I would not say its simple to learn, it is easy to learn. Since what I needed to do (overlays, blending audio and video, cuts between scenes, integrating various video and audio sources) is not simple stuff, the program was able to meet the demand, but the layout if intuitive and there are a lot of helpful YouTube videos to learn it.
What do you dislike?
I had a hard time figuring out how to pull audio from Zoom into Wirecast. It took me a lot of work to figure out that I needed a program like Loopback to be a virtual mixer. There is a lot to learn with program production.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Get an ATEM Mini board for mixing video, an Loopback as a virtual sound mixer on your computer if you are using a Mac like I am. These work well with Wirecast.
What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?
Wirecast allows me to pull various audio and video sources and blend them into one signal or show to send to our social media platforms. Once I learned the program, I found it easy to use and will use it again. The upfront cost may seem a bit daunting, but the time it saved me on doing my tasks was a quick ROI.