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- The OpalVision Video System Software
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- All software is included with the Video Processor only, and requires
- Workbench 2.0 or higher.
- (Names subject to change)
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- OpalSwitcher
- Vector/PIP FX Editor
- Chroma/Luma Keying Software
- ChromaCTRL Editor
- OpalCG
- OpalPIP (Picture-in-picture) software
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- OpalVision Switcher:
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- Selectable Preview, Program, and Preset busses allow switching flexibility
- when used with the OpalVision Video Suite. Up to 9 video inputs are
- available, and the bus input buttons can be user-customized with names.
- The user also has the option to define the first three composite inputs on
- the Video Suite as a second RGB or YUV input. Allows unlimited number of
- effects, all effects are icon-based, and effects are classified into
- categories (also user-configurable) for easy "drag-and-drop" grouping of
- often-used effects. Includes dual on-screen video and audio T-bars, which
- can be manually moved with the mouse separately or together. Features an
- on-screen slider for effect speed (in time units) and buttons for F,M,S
- speeds (configurable to time) as well as AUTO and TAKE buttons. All
- switcher settings, including effect speed and video and audio settings, can
- be tied into an "Event List" for automated switcher control, and the Event
- List can be triggered by several sources, including mouse, keyboard, and
- GPI trigger. The OpalVision Switcher is fully AREXX compatible.
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- COMPLETE AUTOMATED AUDIO MIXER AND AUDIO-FOLLOWS-VIDEO SWITCHER
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- When used in conjuction with the OpalVision Video Suite, features full
- audio-follows-video capability, plus an on-screen mixer with sliders for
- each of the 5 stereo audio inputs. The on-screen sliders control either
- volume or EQ. All audio control is linked with video.
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- FRAME GRABBING CAPABILITY
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- Freeze any incoming video source from the OpalSwitcher or from OpalPaint,
- and save it. Can grab either a full frame or a single field, and also
- allows multiple frame grabs at reduced size and/or resolution. When
- grabbed from OpalPaint, motion-removal can be performed, either globally or
- isolated by region, using the "DeInterlace" draw mode and any OpalPaint
- drawing tool. Also supports several selected single-frame controllers for
- serial control of decks (with time code), allowing frame-accurate
- rotoscoping (grab any time-code marked frame from video).
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- FRAMESTORE CAPABILITY
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- Allows access to framestores from any user-specified location on the hard
- drive. Also allows frames currently located in one of OpalPaint's spare
- buffers to be instantly accessed directly from the switcher. Creates
- automatic background gradients, with selectable direction and color.
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- VECTOR AND PIP FX EDITOR
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- Using a keyframe system, allows user-defined wipes (Vector) and DVE moves
- (PIP) with an on-screen spline-based editor. A wide assortment of DVEs or
- wipes can be created in this fashion, with each keypoint of the on-screen
- spline cure having its own independent position, size, and rotation (X,Y)
- information. Editing is accomplished with the mouse, and is completely
- interactive, with the final effect performed immediately. Effects can be
- saved and loaded, and IFF brushes can be used for effect icons. Also,
- Amiga animations (of any format, including AGA) can be used as templates
- for wipes.
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- CHROMA/LUMA KEYER
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- Provides complete support for chroma and luma keying, either between two
- video inputs (using the Video Suite) or between 24-bit graphics and a
- single video input. The luma keyer supplies control over bright and dark
- key clip level, and the chroma keyer provides for definable color (key on
- blue, green, red, or any base color) and clip range for that color. The
- chroma keyer also supports the Video Processor's "Chroma Sandwich Key",
- which allows a user-defined stencil to be created in OpalPaint, which is
- then used as a "mask" to allow a second layer of 24-bit graphics to be
- inserted into a chroma key. Thus, chroma-keyed video not only passes in
- front of 24-bit graphics, but also behind the stenciled portions as well.
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- CHROMACTRL EDITOR
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- Functionally similar to the ChromaCTRL draw mode in OpalPaint, this editor
- allows numerous color processing effects on video in real-time. Adjust
- brightness, contrast, color, gamma, create your own color maps or load maps
- created from OpalPaint. Includes several color processing effects,
- including Nuke, Posterize, Enhance, Gamma, and several others.
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- MULTI-PROGRAM LAUNCH CAPABILITY
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- OpalPaint and OpalCG can be launched and controlled directly from the
- switcher. Any Workbench program can also be launched directly from within
- the switcher interface screen, with full Workbench icon support.
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- OpalCG:
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- OpalCG offers full 35ns text capability (on A3000 or A4000) with selectable
- font size, color, outline, drop shadow, and anti-aliasing. Support Amiga,
- Compugraphic, and Color fonts, with Compugraphic fonts supporting any
- arbitrary size. All fonts can be changed on a character-by-character
- basis, and "style lists" can be created to change defined groups of
- characters or blocks of text all at once. Supports mouse-based text
- highlighting, and text can be cut and pasted with full clipboard support
- (paste text from any clipboard-compatible text editor or word processor
- into the CG, even multitasking in the background). OpalCG can also create
- draggable boxes of text (ASCII import), graphic separators, or IFF brushes
- or pictures. All boxes are draggable and positionable. OpalCG offers
- several types of pages, including scroll and 24-bit, and can create pages
- with semi-transparent text and drop shadows over video. Multiple pages can
- be defined, and a sequence of pages can be controlled by a timeline, with
- mouse, AREXX, or time code triggers supported for advancing each page.
- OpalCG also features its own event list for each page, where lines of text
- can have their own transition effect. CG pages can be incorporated
- directly into the switcher.
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- OpalPIP software:
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- Allows any video input or still image to be displayed in a draggable,
- scrollable, and resizable window on the Amiga workbench. Also allows
- zooming in and out, and has AREXX control to allow remote operation from
- other software.
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