A video graphics software engine, pc Scribe, is designed for use with the
Windows 95® and Windows NT® operating systems. It offers a new
approach for composing titles and graphics that is ideal for video
production and display applications.
And because pc Scribe is designed as an open platform product, the feature set is flexible and can be expanded to address changes in both technology and customer needs.
Combined with the CHYRON pc-CODI®, pc Scribe becomes a total solution as the pc-Scribe Bundle that provides real-time character generation with the quality you expect from CHYRON.
unlimited. Using the TrueType font library also means pc Scribe can support most international
language character sets. Fonts load instantly with no conversion and
the level of anti-aliasing applied to characters is selectable. Due
to pc Scribe's icon intensive user
interface, localized versions using various international Windows
operating systems will also be available.
Users can adjust a wide range of character attributes:
- typeface:
- style, transparency, color, size, aspect, rotation, italic, shear
- edge:
- color, size, transparency, softness, position
- shadow:
- color, size, position, drop, transparency, softness
operations. All operation of the system occurs within a
Windows SVGA interface. Multiple preview windows can be
displayed simultaneously and the SVGA monitor may be used as an
independent preview channel in on-air situations.A text window may be created anywhere on the screen. Colors and fonts can be picked up off the screen and used for page creation. And a definable safe title marker can be set to ensure viewable video output.
pc Scribe includes tools to create full screen mattes and color ramps. Horizontal colored bands, with grading, can create sophisticated background designs. Graphic primitives including lines, ellipses, rectangles and arrows can also be used for foreground or background creation. pc Scribe includes tools to build layout templates with preselected styles and parameters.
To keep track of elements used in a project, a file can be created to save all font, color, template and user attributes.
pc Scribe imports elements that are used to build graphics. This includes OLE objects, iNFiNiT!® RGBA, pc-CODI LOGO format, and TGA with alpha. pc Scribe also imports and exports TIFF, JPEG, PCX, TGA, BMP, GIF, CLP, ASCII, IMG, SGI, PICT and EPS formats.
pc Scribe supports character rolls, crawls and reveal modes. Speed is selectable and can be auto timed with pauses. Messages can be manually advanced or put into sequences along with page transitions. These transition effects include: cut, fade, push, wipe, reveal, hide, cover, peel, zoom, matrix, wipe, spiral, split, weave and jitter.
pc Scribe also features a full
screen display mode where text and graphics are displayed raster to
raster.
Although a software engine, pc Scribe
is tightly integrated with video hardware to maximize display hardware
performance. pc Scribe is optimized
for the real time capabilities of CHYRON's pc-CODI frame
buffer. pc-CODI provides fast recall and display performance to meet
the needs of the video production market.
The pc Scribe application can access and control two different pc-CODI cards installed in one computer. pc-CODI supports both NTSC and PAL standards and, with one NTSC and one PAL video card installed, will output both standards simultaneously.
pc Scribe's software installs easily on any PC workstation or laptop. The open platform pc Scribe display operates at both 1024X768 and 800X600 screen resolution. For optimum performance a Pentium® 90 MHz or faster processor CPU and at least 16 MB of RAM is required. The system may be operated with a mouse, keyboard commands or a combination of both.
