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InStudio

Editing & Graphics
Contributing Editor David Kirk casts his
eye over some of the very latest technology
for broadcast editing and graphics...

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roadcast graphics have improved
both in quality and practical
usefulness since the early 1980s when
it first became practical to perform
squeeze-zoom video spins, resulting
in the memorable remark from an
NAB show demo observer overheard
by Quantel Co-Founder Tony Stalley:
"Why would I want to do that?". They
have also become far more affordable.
The following is a summary of recent
product announcements in this fast
developing area, including the small
but growing number of compact all-onone video production and streaming
systems.
Avid's Nexis 2020 is available with
140 and 160 terabyte media packs
designed to provide higher density
storage at a lower cost. Content can
be stored across a pool of local and
remote resources that can include
flash, online, nearline and archive.
Support
for
Autodesk-certified
finishing and visual effects workflows
is also provided.
Bannister Lake has enhanced its
Chameleon election module ahead
of the 2020 US election. Chameleon
is designed to manage live data
feeds and on-air branding content.
Operators can integrate multiple live
data feeds into graphic templates to
provide their audiences with real-time
information. The product's branding
module can also be used to control
other promotional graphic content
triggered by the broadcaster's traffic
system.
Blackmagic Design's ATEM Mini
Pro ISO is a live production switcher
that allows multiple video sources
to be recorded simultaneously for

subsequent editing. Operators get
a clean feed of all inputs and can
use software multi-cam features for
later editing. The ATEM Mini Pro ISO
also records all audio files, media
pool graphics and a DaVinci Resolve
project file, so a live production can
be opened quickly. Each of the unit's
four HDMI inputs has its own dedicated
standards converter. The ATEM Mini
will automatically convert 1080p,
1080i and 720p sources to the video
standard of the switcher. The HDMI
output can clean switch each HDMI
input or programme to this output. If
users are using programme/preview
switching, the HDMI out can be
selected to preview, or on the ATEM
Mini Pro model, it can be selected to
display a full multiview.
Bluefish444 announces support for
Foundry Nuke and Nuke Studio 12 in
its latest 2020.14 Windows Installer
for KRONOS K8 and Epoch hardware.
Bluefish's K8 video I/O card and the
entire Epoch range now support 2K/
HD/SD-SDI playback within Nuke and
Nuke Studio 12. Nuke includes nodebased compositing, 3D tracking and
model building, conform and review,
allowing team collaboration. "We have
worked closely with Foundry to update
Bluefish hardware support for the
Nuke and Nuke Studio products, with
2K and HD resolutions now supported
and with future updates bringing UHD
and more," says Bluefish Product
Manager Tom Lithgow.
Brainstorm's InfinitySet 4 is an
upgrade of the company's virtual
studio and augmented reality. A new
layering feature allows operators
to create simultaneous multiple

Blackmagic - ATEM Mini Pro ISO

Brainstorm Infinity Set 4

independent renders using a single
workstation. Several outputs can now
be delivered from a single instance.
Unreal Engine Control is a new module
that directly controls Unreal Engine
from InfinitySet's own interface.
Unreal Engine can directly control any
blueprints, objects and properties in a
project. It can also transfer any input
to be used as a texture, including
live video, images or complete Aston
projects with StormLogic.
Broadcast Pix' BPswitch IX is
designed for use in 1080p/60 facilities
equipped with remote cameras
that are switched from a central
control room. It has six network
inputs plus two SDI/HDMI inputs,
including one analogue input. The
switcher accepts MPEG-2, H.264
and other streaming formats and
provides SDI, HDMI, analogue, and
streaming outputs. It includes multilayer 3D motion graphics character
generation with templates to simplify
lower-thirds,
bugs,
animations,
rolls, crawls, and effects. Other tools
include eight channels of clips and
graphics, three keyers with DVEs,
programme recording, file-based
macros, chromakey, virtual sets and
customisable multi-view. Browserbased switching can be controlled via
mobile devices.

ChyronHego's recently released
PRIME 3.7 is capable of outputting
high pixel density, and the platform
supports multiple use cases: PRIME CG,
PRIME Clips, PRIME Video Walls, PRIME
Touchscreen, PRIME AR, and PRIME
Branding. PRIME integrates easily
with any major NRCS, switcher/vision
mixer, or automation control system.
PRIME 3.7 is now fully integrated
with the new Chyron Classic Keyboard.
Operators can also save graphics as
.tiff, .png, or .jpg for reference or use
off the system, and file management
functionality has been improved.
Users can tab to different areas
of the user interface. Configurable
highlights allow them to see at a
glance the active area, and the next
message set to cue to a channel, even
as they switch from one channel to
another to load, fulfil, and quickly play
messages.
For-A has introduced a new video
production switcher, the HVS-6000.
Housed in a 12U enclosure, it offers
two mix/effects channels (expandable
to 3 M/E) with standard 24 inputs and
outputs expandable up to 80 inputs
and 32 outputs or 64/48. Also new
its the HVS-6000M, a 7U variant with
two mix/effects channels and 24 or 32
inputs plus 24 outputs. Other features
include frame sync, still and clip

PRIME 3.7's Chyron Classic Keyboard allows LYRIC CG users to drive
PRIME with the same special keys and keyboard shortcuts
http://www.inbroadcast.com http://www.brainstorm3d.com/products-infinityset/ http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/atem https://chyronhego.com/products/broadcast-graphics/prime-graphics-platform/
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