Integration with existing systems

The GlobeCaster product line is compatible with all major video formats (Composite, S-Video{Y/C}, Component RGB/YUV, Serial 601), as well as VTRs that support RS-422 control. The GlobeCaster™ product line is used by world-class companies and has won numerous industry awards, including recognition from the National Association of Broadcasters.

Live Broadcast Production Switcher

• On-screen switcher panel provides live access to four non-compressed video sources with full color correction plus multiple still stores and matte generators
• Live control over transitions, digital video effects, animated overlays, title rolls and crawls
• Active real-time chroma-keying and virtual set compositing
• On-screen video preview windows with vectorscope and waveform monitors
• Multi-format I/O, built-in true color correction, flexible chroma, luma and linear keying, RS-422 VTR control, eight GPI triggers and separate video preview, unparalleled real-time 3D visual effects, organic wipes, dramatic virtual set capabilities and 32-bit animating graphics

Paint, Animating and Compositing

• High-performance object-oriented 2D paint engine capable of nearly infinite layering
• Vector drawing tools, including geometry, freehand, particle clouds and soft airbrushes
• Extensive control of stroke properties such as transparency, soft edges and drop shadows
• Powerful image-processing strokes such as blur, magnify, colorization and posterization
• Properties of strokes can be animated over time with on-screen and timeline control

Comprehensive Real-Time Hybrid Linear/Non-Linear Editor | Optional

• Position, edit, scrub and play through dual video streams, 3D DVE, 32-bit animating graphics, still stores, 3D video tracing, CG rolls and crawls, organic wipes and warp effects
• Advanced timeline-based video editing user interface with real-time effects (no rendering)
• Parallel tracks for video, audio, transitions, effects and up to four graphic overlays without rendering
• Supports common professional video editing tape decks through RS422 transport control
• Extensive picon-based video and audio clip management features and user-defined bin storage
• Supports flexible combination of hybrid linear and non-linear systems

On-Air-Character Generator

• Sophisticated titling treatments, text effects and formatting
• Delivers a wide range of text attributes, flexible multi-layering and smooth real-time text effects
• Contains over 100 scaleable fonts from the industry-standard Bitstream broadcast font library
• On-screen user interface for text layout and font typestyle editing
• Based on a powerful font rasterizing engine, using Windows® True-Type™ font faces
• Independent application of image and transparency maps for face, border, sides and shadow
• Loads most common image formats for backgrounds, textures, images, logos, etc.
• Creates smooth sub-pixel variable-speed rolls and crawls

Breakthrough Real-Time 3D Digital Video Effects

• Includes a wide variety of 2D and 3D effects with 32-bit graphics and animation
• Can make your own effects in GlobeCaster's 2D or optional 3D software
• Features live production capabilities never before possible, such as Warp Geometry FX and Video Tracing
• Place actors on virtual sets, complete with real-time reflections and refractions
• Sub-pixel positioning, smooth filtering and edge anti-aliasing ensures the highest broadcast-quality output possible