Master Control

Miranda HDTV

HD channel branding and master control switching processor

The HD/SD Imagestore Intuition+ co-processor extends the graphics capabilities of the Imagestore processors to provide high impact channel branding, using advanced templates with embedded control. New features include the playout of multiple video/audio clips and more powerful character generation, which can be combined with almost unlimited animations and dynamic graphics.

MULTI-LEVELCLIP AND ANIMATION PLAYOUT Playout of multiple clips The clip playout enhances channel branding with the following features: Simultaneous playout of full frame ormultiplepartial-screen clips Easy distribution and automated control of clip files Video plays with 8 channel audio (6 channels withSDversion) which can feed the audio mixer of an associatedImagestoreHDTV / 300+ Ideal for junction graphics with upcomingprogrampreviews, and for moving character generator backgrounds Clip capability can also be used forinterstitials,emergency material and commercials Advanced playout effects Multiple playout effects include: Instant playout of almost any number of animationsandstill graphics Time-line control for ping-pong, singleshot,in-loop-out, and multi-loop animations with loop delay control Stills/animations can be cut or faded to-air,andmoved to provide slide transitions and directional pans Multiple reveal transitions Quad SCSI hard disk array provides vastanimationstorage Animations can include an alpha channel Easy media preparation and loading Animations and stills can be readily loaded into Imagestore Intuition: Rapid loading of animations and stills viaGigabitEthernet using Miranda standard software suite More advanced media management is providedwithMiranda’s Imagestore Media Manager, which offers easy imagebrowsing,instant format conversion, and scheduled media distribution VIRTUALLYUNLIMITED CHARACTER GENERATION Complete creative freedom Multiple crawls and rolls can be playedoutsimultaneously along with static text Wide variety of text effects, including outlines,dropshadows and gradient fills International character rendering engine,fullycompliant with Unicode fonts, allows the display of multiplelanguagessimultaneously within templates High quality display of Latin and non-Latinbasedtext, including Arabic, Japanese, Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi,Chinesescripts, Hebrew, Thai, Korean, Greek and Russian. Intelligentsoftwareengine takes care of all the contextual shaping and ligaturesused inlanguages like Arabic. Full choice of text/background color, and use ofanybackground image Full control of text dynamics Rendering of text left to right, right to left,andvertically Text can be transitioned onto the screenwitheye-catching transitions like fades, slides and wipes. Timed rolls and crawls (specified by time asopposedto speed) Independent, sub-pixel control of the speed ofeachcrawl or roll layer Looping or single pass crawls and rolls Templates can feature embedded time-linesforapplications such as gradual reveals Easy automation of character generation Character generator can be fully controlledbymulti-session automation, including station automation anddedicatedgraphics automation Templates with embedded control allow complexgraphicseffects to be controlled from a single call from automation Operates with a range of graphics automationsystemsfor powerful interfacing with databases, web data andmultipleproprietary data feeds Miranda’s easy to use software suite makes lightworkof template design, data interfacing, graphics proofing andmediamanagement OVERVIEWOF INTUITION BUILDER FUNCTIONS Control Panel Provides easy selection and storage of media files. Object Properties Panel Allows selection of object transition properties, such asfading,slides, and text crawl and roll dynamics. It also provideseasypreviewing of animations using a slider bar. Data Source Panel Enables operators to link data sources to dynamic graphics, and thiscanoperate with sources such as automation, web data and clocks. Mask Panel This allows users to create object masks, including controlledblendededges. Color Palette Provides easy coloring of text and graphics elements, with a widerangeof gradient and transparency effects. CREATING ATYPICAL INTUITION BUILDER TEMPLATE USING PAGEBUILDER FOR OFF-LINE PAGE CREATION The Page Builder software works with the Intuition Builderapplicationand allows off-line creation of graphics withdata-interfacing (withoutan Imagestore Intuition connected). PageBuilder is ideal for graphicartists who need an efficient method ofgenerating multiple, similaron-air graphics elements.  FASTQUALITY CHECKING WITH PAGE PROOFER Page Proofer is a software option for Page Builder which simplifiestheprocess of quality checking of automated graphics. The softwareallowspages to be checked well ahead of on-air playout, and therebyhelpsprevent the transmission of graphics with errors. Page Proofer takes the pages generated by Page Builder, and presentsthepages for easy manual checking of the compositing of the templateandthe data.

ORDERING INFO

INT+HD-SD SD or HD Imagestore Intuition+graphicsco-processor INT+HD HD Imagestore Intuition+ graphics co-processor INT+SD SD Imagestore Intuition+ graphics co-processor CG OPTIONS INT+HD-SD-CG CG option for HD/SD ImagestoreIntuition+graphics co-processor INT+HD-CG CG option for HD ImagestoreIntuition+graphics co-processor INT+SD-CG CG option for SD Imagestore Intuition+graphicsco-processor CLIPS OPTIONS INT+HD-SD-CLIP Clips playout option for HD/SDImagestoreIntuition+ graphics co-processor INT+HD-CLIP Clips playout option for HDImagestoreIntuition+ graphics co-processor INT+SD-CLIP Clips playout option for SDImagestoreIntuition+ graphics co-processor