---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The OpalVision Video System Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- All software is included with the Video Processor only, and requires Workbench 2.0 or higher. (Names subject to change) OpalSwitcher Vector/PIP FX Editor Chroma/Luma Keying Software ChromaCTRL Editor OpalCG OpalPIP (Picture-in-picture) software OpalVision Switcher: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. COMPLETE AUTOMATED AUDIO MIXER AND AUDIO-FOLLOWS-VIDEO SWITCHER --------------------------------------------------------------- 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. FRAME GRABBING CAPABILITY ------------------------- 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). FRAMESTORE CAPABILITY --------------------- 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. VECTOR AND PIP FX EDITOR ------------------------ 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. CHROMA/LUMA KEYER ----------------- 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. CHROMACTRL EDITOR ----------------- 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. MULTI-PROGRAM LAUNCH CAPABILITY ------------------------------- 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. OpalCG: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. OpalPIP software: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.