The CG-350 and CG-300 are Windows-based character generators designed for live production and post production. Different functions are assigned to different sub-programs. Both sets will work with a Blackmagic Design Decklink or AJA Xena card, as a downstream keyer or as key and fill sources (depending on the card).
The CG-300 is a smaller version of the CG-350, without the Banner Crawl (continuously scrolling text) and Snyper (corner graphics, station IDs, "coming up next" animations, etc.) functions, which run independently from the character generator software. Please note: The CG-300 is available for sale in the U.S. only.
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The CG-350 and CG-300 feature all of the below and more. Please download the manuals for a full list of all available features.
Product Manual (for On-air and Title Composer)
Features and Specifications
The CG-350 features Banner Crawl for continuously-rolling text crawls and Snyper for corner graphics and animations (station IDs, "coming up next" animations, etc.) over your outgoing program, both running independent from the CG software
Support for resolutions from 320x240 to 1080i HD
Supports both downstream keying (DSK) and key & fill.
Anti-aliased characters with leading, kerning and tracking, with two edge and three shadow styles for each character.
32-bit color support (with transparency). Color can be selected by adjusting RGB or HLS levels.
Create smooth gradients between any 2 colors in the characters, edges, shadows, and shapes.
Character attributes can be drawn with custom textures (marble, wood grain, etc). As many as 16 different textures can be used on each page.
Up to 32 shapes per page. Each shape can be set to a solid color, semi-transparent color, a color gradient, or a texture. The shapes can be edged, colored, sized, italicized, and rotated just like text characters.
Up to 16 full-color logos can fine-positioned, overlapped, sized, etc. just like characters.
1000 Layers - Text, logos, and shapes can be placed on multiple layers, each independent of the others. Layers can be named.
Support for BMP, JPG, GIF, PCX, TIF and TGA images.
Text Style Gallery - One button access to your 64 user-defined text styles.
Typefaces - each page can use up to 25 Truetype different typefaces.
Character height, width, angle and rotation all customizable, and independent from letter to letter.
Variable character and edge blurs, independent of each other.
CG-300/CG-350 SUB PROGRAMS
Display List Editor
Used to create and edit the list of images. Drag and drop your pages from the Title, Animation or Graphic Catalogs onto the Display List and create your playback sequence with ease.
Preview Window - next screen preview; allows you to preview any particular page without going live with it.
Media Catalogs - information is organized into Title, Animations and Graphic Catalogs.
The Title Catalog shows all your static text pages
The Animation Catalog shows pre-rendered text and shape animations
The Graphic Catalog shows non-CG graphic images
Title Composer
Create static and animated title pages using editable text, layers, graphic placements and shapes.
Samples:
Blackmagic Decklink HD Extreme Specifications
Video Inputs & Outputs: SD/HD SDI (10-bit), SD/HD component, S-Video, HDMI
Audio Inputs & Outputs: AES/EBU unbalanced 2 channel, up 16 channels via HD SDI, up to 8 channels via SD SDI, 2 channels balanced XLR, 2 channels via HDMI
Supported Formats: NTSC, PAL, 720HD, 1080HD, 2K
For more details, please visit Blackmagic Design's HD Extreme Specs page.
Minimum System Requirements:
One available USB port for dongle key
VGA card with at least 16-bit color (32-bit recommended)
CG-300/CG-350 - Software with USB Dongle only
CG-300 Kit/CG-350 Kit - Software with USB Dongle and Blackmagic DECKLINK HD Extreme card
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