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Progressive Peripherals & Software introduces the Video Blender, a
professional video switching system for all Amiga personal computers.
The Video Blender features video switching, luma-keying, genlocking, local
color generation in 16 million colors, video fading/wiping and stereo audio
mixer. The Video Blender is an external, self-contained unit with power
supply.
The Video Blender has four channels: composite video in with pass-through,
externally synchronized NTSC RGB in, Amiga RGB in, and an internal 16
million color generator for background color. External video devices such
as video cameras, 24-bit framebuffers, etc. may also be slaved to the NTSC
RGB channel for a variety of video effects. Due to the Video Blender's
exclusive technology, no time-based correctors are required for most
applications. The Video Blender provides black burst out for studio and
professional video applications, and provides "key in" for external
chroma-key and special video devices. Hardware control of hue, saturation,
and contrast is provided through the Video Blender's front control panel.
Audio control is handled by two stereo input channels, which may be blended
through synchronization to video in fades/wipes between video sources, or
through user-timed audio gain or decay.
Video Blender is controlled entirely through an ingenious software
interface, which is connected via the Amiga's serial port. Through the
mouse or keyboard control, the software allows easy selection of all video
parameters and Video Blender settings using Amiga-standard sliders and
gadgets. The software allows 256 levels of red, green, and blue to be
selected manually for up to 16 million colors. Select color fading from
one color to any other color at an adjustable rate to produce special local
color effects. For precise audio control, the software provides 256 audio
volume levels per channel. The software allows easy "Video Mixing" between
up to three of the four available channels, at 256 levels per channel.
Additional control is provided for quick channel selection, manually or
automatically.
Luma-keying is provided to achieve special advanced video effects. The
Video Blender may key on any user-selected channel, which need not be an
output channel. This allows for a variety of advanced keying applications,
such as "weather-map", "ghost", "invisible man", "vanishing",
"transporter", and other sophisticated video techniques. A user-definable
window of any shape or size may be created for "window within a window"
video effects. High-speed multiplexing ensures crisp, high-quality
luma-keying to virtually eliminate chroma-creep and preserve edge
definition.
The Video Blender represents the state of the art in Amiga genlock
technology, going far beyond the classic genlock application of Amiga
graphics overlaid on a user-selected video source. Through the Video
Blender's unique technology, video sources may be combined for a multitude
of advanced genlock effects, such as fixed or animated wipes. Unlike other
video accessories which have only a limited number of wipes, an unlimited
number of wipes may be created rapidly with the Video Blender's MixMaster
software. Any IFF picture or animation may be used as a video wipe, either
appearing in the wipe, or "invisible" to the eye and used only as a
control pattern for the wipe. The Video Blender wipe system allows
anything from standard wipes, such as vertical, horizontal, diagonal,
venetian blinds, diamonds, radar, spiral and random wipes, to complex wipes
consisting of moving objects, shrinking and expanding objects, or video
masking for three-dimensional effects. The MixMaster software provides a
paint program and wipe script generator to create simple or advanced wipes
quickly and easily, with full control of speed, direction, and other wipe
parameters.
Video Blender settings may be saved as complete sets called "sessions",
consisting of up to 66 separate video "events". Sessions and events may be
loaded later for editing or use. This timesaving feature allows recurring
effects to be set up in moments for quick activation through function keys
or external programs. The software allows creation of new events and
sessions from existing ones through simple cut and paste operations.
Sessions and events may be activated by MixMaster's control software
through a video script, for chaining a series of effects or creating
continuously looping video sessions.
All of the above Video Blender capabilities may be combined to create video
effects never before possible on any Amiga video workstation. By combining
wipes with luma-keying and audio synchronization, users may easily produce
and edit video more rapidly than ever before. The Video Blender may be
connected to a wide range of video peripherals, such as digitizers,
framebuffers, the Video Toaster, ADO boxes, or Progressive Peripherals'
Rambrandt to generate high quality professional video productions.
The Video Blender comes with MixMaster software, interface control
software, power supply, cables, and thoroughly illustrated manual with
examples. The Video Blender will be released in summer 1991, NTSC and PAL
versions, for a suggested retail price of $1,295.
For more information, contact:
Progressive Peripherals & Software, Inc.
464 Kalamath Street
Denver Colorado 80204
Phone (303) 825-4144
FAX (303) 893-6938