	PRODUCTS GLOBECASTER STUDIO 4000 / 8000 / ACE ANIMATOR / COMPOSITOR

	Overview

		Studio 4000
		Studio 8000
		ACE Seat Licence
		CS-1000
		CS-100


	System Comparison Table

	Switcher
	Editor
	Character Generator
	Animator / Compositor
	Effects Generator

	Downloads - PDF Data Sheets
	GlobeCaster overview
	8000/4000 data sheet
	ACE Licence data sheet

	External Links :
	GlobalStreams site
	Cross Links :
	V3.1 update available

	GlobeCaster Screen Images
	Character Generator
	Editor
	Effects Generator
	Animator/Compositor
	Switcher

GlobeCaster

Animator / Compositor

Paint, Animation and Compositing


	Before your clients even sit down with you, they've been bombarded with thousands of quality graphics on network television. Today, anything less just won't do, that's why more and more video professionals rely on GlobeCaster's powerul paint, animation and compositing system.

Its fully object-oriented graphics engine gives you a comprehensive set of tools for complete control of the create process. Paint with smooth airbrushes in 3D perspective and multiple layers. Use adjustable light sources to cast soft-edge shadows while drawing. Quickly create custom stencils and mattes with a variety of brushes and keyers. And that's just the beginning.

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

KEY FEATURES


	Fully non-destructive paint, rotoscope, animation and compositing tool set Particle system dynamics provide easy real-world motion, including velocity, gravity and friction Airbrush directly onto live video with variable transparency and broadcast-quality anti-aliasing.

SPECIFICATIONS


	Animation Animate any attribute of any stroke Rotoscoping or keyframe based animation Linear, hold and spline-based keyframe interpolants Particle system animation including velocity, gravity, friction and collisions Field and frame based animation Scrolling, scaleable, thumbnail-based timeline Insert loop and pause points Sub-pixel positioning and animation for smooth motion and high-quality anti-aliasing


	Media Management Find, sift and sort functions List, detail, clip and variable size thumbnail bin views Unlimited number of bins Bin heirarchy (nestable folders) Share content across Windows networks


	Paint Object-oriented paint, every operation and stroke is modifiable and keyframeable Operate natively using standard 24-bit RGB or ITU-R 601 (Y/Cr/Cb) colour spaces 256 levels of transparency Shape-based and freehand drawing tools Smooth air brushes Adjustable soft-edge shadows Unlimited customisable brushes Lighten, darken, colourise, blur, randomise, erase, clone, gradient, magnify, stretch, image, lima colour, alpha map and colour correct inks Display RGB or HSV colour model Eyedropper tool selects any colour on screen Flexible colour gradient tool creates linear, 4-corner, 4-side, circular, horizontal, vertical and arbitrary angle colour washes Apply subsets of stroke attributes to other strokes Paint over live video with variable transparency Safe title, safe action and centre point overlay Adjustable grid snap Undo / redo Configurable on-screen size, position, pointer, keyframe and path indicators Graphics tablet support


	Compositing Stencil and matte creation Unlimited chroma and luma keys Import external 8-bit linear keys 3D perspective corner layer and paint Move, rotate, scale and shear 3D paint layers AVI and Quicktime import and export Import and export 16 still formats supported including JPEG, BMP, PSD and TGA.


	Character Generator Real-time roll, crawl, flash, twist, flip horizontal, flip vertical, zoom, pop and fade text effects Sub-nanosecond anti-aliasing Auto-correct spell checker User defined styles Free form positioning, layer and size 32-bit image compositing Sophisticated type treatments Over 100 Bitstream fonts included Direct support for Truetype fonts Import TXT, RTF and Microsoft Word (DOC) text files


	Integrated Still / Clip Store Uncompressed digital component still store Less than 1/2 second still store recall Full frame motion removal Import / export 16 still formats supported including JPG, BMP, PSD and TGA Optional dual-channel clip store holds up to 2 hours of broadcast quality video and audio

Downloads - PDF Data Sheets

External Links :

Cross Links :

GlobeCaster Screen Images

GlobeCaster

Animator / Compositor

Paint, Animation and Compositing

KEY FEATURES

SPECIFICATIONS

Animation

Media Management

Paint

Compositing

Character Generator

Integrated Still / Clip Store