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GlobeCaster

Character Generator

Sub-Nanosecond On-Air Character Generator
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On-Air broadcast environments are not the place to mess around with under-powered titling systems. GlobeCasters broadcast character generator is built to handle the fast pace and complex treatments required today.

  
     

GlobeCaster Character Generator makes older CGs seem like antiques, with its unmatched quality, extreme range of text attributes, flexible multi-layering and smooth real-time text effects. It imports standard Windows text files, graphics elements and TrueType fonts in a snap. Over 100 scaleable fonts from the industry-standard bitstream broadcast font library are even included.

Broadcast news, TV show and live event producers, online editors and corporate video producers everywhere are using GlobeCaster CG to communicate their message more powerfully and affordably than they ever thought possible. Experience GlobeCaster for yourself today and discover how Globecaster CG can elevate your production capabilities

KEY FEATURES
  • Unparalleled sub-nanosecond anti-aliased text with advanced 32-bit text treatments
  • Real-time multi-speed roll, crawl, flash, spin, reveal, type and slide text effects without using DVE channel
  • Fast and easy page creation with auto-correct spell checker, visual snap grid, tab stops and user-definied style templates
 

SPECIFICATIONS
     
 

Character Attributes

  • Online text sizing from 5 to 999 scan lines
  • Slant from -45° to +45° in 1° increments
  • Multiple fonts, colours and attributes on a line
  • Adjustable face, outline, side, shadow colour and alpha attributes
  • Flexible colour gradient tool creates linear, 4-corner, 4-side, circular, horizontal, vertical and arbitrary angle colour washes
  • 16.7 million colour palette
  • 256 levels of transparency
  • Display RGB or HSV colour model
  • Eyedropper tool selects any colour on screen
  • Simple large caps / small caps
  • User defined style chips
  • Separate underline colour
  • Texture map colour and alpha on any attribute surface
 
     
     
 

Page Editing

  • Cut, copy and paste from any text editor
  • Character and line inser and delete
  • Word wrap mode or line-by-line entry
  • Arbitrary character, word and row placement
  • Line and page justification and automatic lower third
  • Continuous live update over video
  • Safe action, safe title and center point overlay
  • User definable tab stops
  • Adjustable snap to grid
  • User adjustable kerning and spacing
  • WYSIWYG editing of roll and crawl pages
  • Auto-correct spelling checker
  • 32-bit image compositing
  • Over 100 Bitstream fonts included
  • Automatic beveled box creator
  • Direct support for TrueType fonts
  • Import TXT, RTF and Microsoft Word (DOC) text files
  • Import / export 16 image formats supported, including JPEG, BMP, PSD and TGA
 
     
     
 

Page Playback

  • Real-time multi-speed roll and crawl page effects
  • Real-time flash, twist, flip horizontal, flip vertical, zoom, pop and fade text effects
  • Sub-nanosecond anti-aliasing
  • Smooth, glitch-free sub-pixel motion
  • Create and externally trigger complex sequences of effects, clips, stills, titles and graphics
  • Four GPI triggers
     
     
 

Real-Time Digital Video Effects

  • Standard dissolves and wipes with soft edges and borders
  • Organic animating alpha channel wipes
  • Traditional 2D and 3D plane-in-space DVE
  • Push, pull, squeeze, spin, page peel, picture-in-picture and mosaic effects
  • 3D Warp Geometry video effects
  • Single or dual-channel 3D DVE
  • 3D Video Tracing (reflections and refractions)
  • Sub-pixel position and edge anti-aliasing
  • Uncompressed 32-bit graphic animations
  • Fully custom effects creation system
  • Real-time colour effects
  • Multi-camera, multi-layer virtual sets
 
     
 
   
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