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Creating a New Cue

This guide explains how to create a Cue in the PV4 Portal. This guide assumes you're creating a Single cue (not a Multi or Sequence — see Creating a Multi Cue or Creating a Sequence Cue) and that the Cue Type, Surface, and Template you need already exist.

1. Creating the Cue

  1. Log into the PV4 Portal and navigate to your current Show.

  2. Select Cues in the left-hand navigation menu.

  3. Navigate to the Cue Type where you want the Cue to be created.

  4. Click the Create Cue button in the upper-right corner of the cue list.

  5. Enter the initial cue properties:

    • Name – The name of the Cue.

    • Number – This must be unique within the selected Cue Type.

2. Set the Cue Mode

  1. Set the Mode field to Cue.

    • The GUI will update to display Cue-specific fields.

3. Set the Template

  1. In the Template field, search for and select the Template this Cue should use.

    • Templates are generally named after their use case — try searching a keyword like "HK", "Athlete", or "Video" if you're not sure which one you need.

    • If you're unsure which Template to use, check with the show programmer who created the show, or contact PV4 Support.

4. Change the Surface (if required)

  1. Every Template has a default Surface. If this Cue needs to send to a different Surface, select it in the Surface field.

Object positions in PV4 are stored relative to the centre of the Surface, as a percentage of screen size rather than a fixed pixel value. This means an object positioned at the edge of a 1920px-wide Surface scales correctly onto a Surface of a different size, instead of being cropped or misplaced.

5. Configure the Exposed Objects

  1. Any object the Template exposes to the Cue can be overwritten here. Common examples are the text shown in a housekeeping graphic, or the video played in a TVC.

  2. For video objects, if the Template has default content set, the currently configured slot is shown; otherwise it shows "No content." Click it to open the Content Slot Selector and choose the video.

  3. Press Save.

An empty text field is not the same as leaving a field unset. If you clear a field's contents without resetting it, you're overwriting the value to an empty string rather than falling back to what's defined on the Template — so a later change to the Template's default text won't come through on this Cue.