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GlobeCaster

Editor

Comprehensive, Real-Time, Non-Linear Editor

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In the edit suite, time is money, and speed is often the key to creativity. However, even hardware-assisted editing systems often resort to software rendering for common tasks. Unique in the industry, GlobeCaster Editor non-linear editing system blasts through sophisticated visuals using its custom rea-time hardware architecture.

 
     

With GlobeCaster Editor's true random disk access capability, time-consuming defragmentation or "print to video" operations become a thing of the past. Position, edit, scrub and play through dual video streams, 3D DVE, animating graphics, still stores, 3D video tracing, CG rolls and crawls, organic wipes and stunning warp effects without ever rendering video footage. Storytelling becomes limited only by your imagination, not the speed of your CPU.

For the first time, professional editors have the freedom to explore a vitually unlimited range of options more quickly than they ever thought possible. Experience GlobeCaster Studio for yourself and discover how GlobeCaster Editor can elevate your production capabilities.

KEY FEATURES

  • Dedicated dual-stream non-liniear video system
  • Real-time 3D DVE and animating graphics
  • Comprehensive fully non-destructive editing tool set
  • Breakthrough real-time 3D video trace and warp effects
  • Sophisticated content management
 

SPECIFICATIONS

   
 

Media Capture

  • 720x486 (NTSC) or 720x576 (PAL) ITY-R 601 streams
  • Next generation wavelet variable compression
  • Digital component (SDI), analog component (RGB/YUV), analog composite and S-video (Y/C) I/O.
  • Digitise to timeline or bin
  • Batch digitise sessions
  • Record live GlobeCaster Switcher program output
  • Internal vectorscope / waveform monitor
  • Four dedicated RS-422 serial ports with device control
  • 8 channel balanced or unbalanced audio input
 
     
   
 

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
 
     
     
 

Video Editing

  • Dual-stream, non-linear video playback
  • Hybrid non-linear / linear timeline editing
  • Lift, extract, splice, merge, overwrite and replace operations
  • Three-point edits
  • Create subclips from existing clips
  • L cuts
  • Sync-roll editing (multicam editing)
  • Four-monitor simultaneous trim clip and edit point
  • Four-monitor simultaneous slip & slide edit
  • Transition edit mode
  • VVV, VBV and BVB previews
  • Timeline ripple on/off
  • Undo/redo
  • Scrolling, scaleable thumbnail-based timeline
  • Multi-speed forward and reverse clip playback
  • Variable rate clip strobe
  • Dedicated NTSC/PAL video monitor
  • Supports different compression ratios in single timeline
  • Direct timeline manipulation
  • Non-uniform clip-based colour correction
 
   
     
 

Project Management

  • Auto and manual assembly
  • Multiple resolution clips in same project
  • Find, sift and sort functions
  • List, detail, clip and variable-size thumbnail bin views
  • Checkerboard and sequential linear assembly options
  • Unlimited number of bins
  • Bin hierarachy (nestable folders)
 
     
     
 

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
 
     
     
 

Audio Editing

  • Real-time digital audio mixer
  • Clip-based audio gain, level, EQ, pan and external effect send / receive
  • Keyframe animatable audio level
  • Uncompressed 16-bit, 48kHz samples
  • Real-time 3 band parametric EQ on each channel
  • Digital audio scrub
  • Audio meters during playback and capture
     
     
 

Paint & Compositing

  • Object oriented, vector-based paint system
  • Shape-based and freehand drawing tools
  • Rotoscoping
  • Linear and spline-based keyframe animation
  • Particle system animation including velocity, gravity, friction and collisions
  • Smooth air brushes
  • Adjustable soft-edge shadows
  • Stencil and matte creation
  • Unlimited cutomisable brushes
  • Lighten, darken, colourise, blur, randomise, erase, clone, gradient, magnify, stretch, image, luma colour, alpha-map and colour correct inks
  • Unlimited chroma and luma keys
  • 3D perspective corner layering
     
     
 

Interoperability

  • Four independent GPI triggers
  • Import audio WAV files into timeline
  • CMX EDL import and export
  • AVI and Quicktime import
  • Import/export 16 still formats including JPEG, BMP, PSD and TGA
  • Import Electric Image, Lightwave, AutoCAD and Softimage 3D models for real-time video geometry effects
  • Import TXT, RTF and Microsoft Word (DOC) files into Character Generator