MagicSoft CG ver 4.4
MagicSoft CG is a broadcast solution that is used to easily
create, display and control a variety of different projects including
Lower-Thirds, Tickers, Logos, Crawls, Clock and Rolls -
essentially everything you need in your day to day operations
An unlimited number of items that can be animated by
moving, rotating and changing color and transparency can be previewed
prior to going out to air.
Multiple real-time effects can be used for graphics and text providing an optimal visual appearance
MagicSoft CG is compatible with Blackmagic Design Decklink standard and high definition video cards that supports internal or external keying
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Animations easy to set by using In and Out presets
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Selecting the desired Decklink card for output and video Live capturing ( when more than one is installed )
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Link by position and/or by size ( an item will follow the designated "parent item" and/or will automatically scale in order to match the size of the "parent item" )
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Rounded corner rectangles that supports key frame animation
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De-interlace for Live video
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Enhanced user experience by using the Live Manager application
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Live Manager built in option to schedule actions for the projects (PLAY, STOP, FFW ... )
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DESCRIPTION
Broadcast quality
MagicSoft CG has a GPU-based rendering engine that supports all SD and HD modes
The graphics is 24 bit (TrueColor) with 8 bit alpha channel (256 transparency levels)
De-interlacing and anti-flicker display options guarantee proper output of images and live video
The engine offers Antialiasing for TrueTypeFonts and Anisotropic Filtering for images profiting by GPU
3D working environment (no layers)
The objects can be animated by moving, rotating and changing color and transparency and can be dynamically moved on z-axis eliminating the limitations of the layer oriented programs
Rendering for both Preview and On Air is made in the GPU so powerful CPU is not needed
The key-frame concept is used to describe the characteristics in time of an object and can be used to interpolating the
previous-mentioned characteristics in the time intervals between key-frames
Scripting and Automation
MagicSoft CG offers the possibility to run application like SMStoTV by scripting
The TCP/IP protocol allows you to control the displaying and content of a project
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HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS
The following configurations are based on Intel motherboards ( socket 775 and 1156 )
The recommended configurations are easy to upgrade from SD to HD (sure, an HD system can also work in SD )
Our software works under Windows 32bit OS ( Xp, Vista or Windows7 )
| Video format |
MotherBoard |
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RAM Memory |
Video Card |
Blackmagic Card |
| SD (PAL or NTSC) |
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3
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Intel E6600 |
2 X 1GB |
nVidia 9500GT |
DeckLink Studio |
| SD (PAL or NTSC) |
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5
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Intel Core i5 750 |
2 X 1GB |
nVidia 9500GT |
DeckLink Studio |
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| HD (720p or 1080i) |
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3
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Intel E6600 |
2 X 2GB |
nVidia 9600GT |
DeckLink HD 3D |
| HD (720p or 1080i) |
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5
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Intel Core i5 750 |
2 X 2GB |
nVidia 9600GT |
DeckLink HD 3D |
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SAMPLES
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(click on pictures to download the .wmv files)
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| 3D Lower-Third |
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| Sms Game |
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| Bumper 3D Effect |
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| Chat |
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| Call TV Show |
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| Sms Game |
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| Ticker & SMS Game |
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| SMS Game |
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FREE APPLICATIONS
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Extra Keyboard (free application)
This application allows you to map multiple commands on each button in order to
manage projects and content of the text and images.
A powerful wizard will help you to make this only by mouse clicking.
This application also supports X-Key external keyboard
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RSS (free application)
With our free RssToTxt program you can manage the news from a RSS feed and
by saving as Unicode text files you can display them using a ticker project
Latest version adds some function to find and replace strings, convert upper/lower
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Scheduler (free application)
This application can run scheduled commands for the CG at a previous specified time.
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GPI (free application)
GPIClient converts a serial port to a GPI IN device. Commands can be map for contact on and contact off separately .
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FAQ
What are the primary benefits of MagicSoft CG ?
MagicSoft CG creates a 3D working environment using a GPU
based 3D engine with low requirements for processor and the
rest of the PC.
Are MagicSoft CG products available in analog and serial
digital input/output ?
Yes. MagicSoft CG works with all Decklink cards in Keying
mode and , as example, with Decklink Studio you can have SDI
input and composite/YUV output.
How about licensing ?
MagicSoft CG SD is the basic license and allows you to work
with unlimited tickers, logo, lower thirds, clock plus
scripting for SMS games and UTF-8 TCP/IP protocol. The HD
option can be purchased from the start or as upgrade. The
license is bound in a dongle USB key , so you can move the
installation to another computer without problems.
MagicSoft CG offers a preview while having a project On
Air ?
Yes. You can preview and adjust projects on your computer
screen before sending it On Air.
Do MagicSoft CG products support external commands?
Yes. We have a very flexible TCP/IP protocol that allows
you to control the projects content and status
There is support for animations in MagicSoft CG ?
Yes. The animation concept works on 3Dtext, animated
sequences , clock , lower thirds and to make them MagicSoft CG
offers a system of keyframes which is applied for movement ,
rotation , color and transparency ( please see the examples
and tutorial from download section )
For longer image sequence there is a possibility to
compress the images ?
Yes. The .dds compression is supported and has a 4:1
compress ratio. In the installer package there is a free
additional program for converting .tga to .dds.
How many more layers/objects can MagicSoft CG sustain?
MagicSoft CG it is not limited on working with layers.
Being a full 3D environment with ortho projection it
gives you the possibility to freely move the items. As for
performance , in HD using a nVidia 9600GT card and an Intel
Core2 Duo 2.5GHz processor you can have 3-4 tickers with
animated smileys, several lower-thirds and rolls and as many
graphic sequence that is allowed by the RAM memory capacity
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