User manual NEWTEK TRICASTER BROCHURE

[. . . ] At just under 10pounds and the size of a shoe box you can take TriCaster anywhere. Hook up three cameras and live mix your camera sources with video from the TriCaster virtual VCR's using cut and fade transitions or any one of the 200+ video effects that come with the system. Your production can be complete and polished with opening titles, closing credits and graphics. Live Switching of 3 cameras · 16:9 wide-screen and 4:3 support · One Digital Disk Recorders (DDR) playback · One Still Store · Full CG with interactive templates · Live Windows Media® and VC1 Streaming · WMV or MPEG-2 program out recording · 200+ video transitions · Audio mixing · iVGATM graphics import · Live keying · Supports AVI, MPEG-2, QuickTime® and more · Also render output to DVD, iPod® and PSP®, WMV · Professional video editing · Optional slow motion/instant replay TimeWarp console · Optional LiveText software for remote CG Video input 3 component (BNC) 3 Y/C 3 composite (BNC) 1 component (BNC) 1 Y/C 1 composite (BNC) 2 balanced mic/line inputs (XLR or phone) 1 stereo line in (RCA) 1 stereo line out (phone) 1 stereo headphone out 1 4-pin FireWire IEEE 1394 1 6-pin FireWire® IEEE 1394 ® Video input Video output Audio input 3 Y/C 3 composite (RCA) 1 Y/C 1 composite (RCA) 2 unbalanced Mic inputs (phone) 1 stereo line in (RCA) 1 stereo line out (RCA) 1 stereo headphone out 1 4-pin FireWire® IEEE 1394 1 6-pin FireWire® IEEE 1394 1 iVGA networked laptop/ computer client displays Video output Audio input Audio output Video ingest iVGATM input Audio output Video ingest iVGATM input Shift between 3 iVGA networked laptop/computer client displays 1 2 3 4 1 LIVE PRODUCTION SCREEN allows one-person control of an entire multi-cam production. Plug in up to six cameras, multiple audio sources, and go live with simultaneous feeds to video, projector and web stream. [. . . ] 7 LIVE TITLES gives you the broadcast look with graphics, titles and animated overlays on top of your live video. Assign a title or bug to a specific input with NewTek LiveMatteTM. Employ LiveTextTM for an additional operator to control titles during the show. 8 AUDIO MIXING with complete control over microphones, line inputs and clip playback levels, as well as adjusting input trim levels for the best possible audio. TriCaster BROADCAST also provides both AES and embedded digital audio for pristine audio. 9 PRODUCTION PANEL provides numerous tools to make your live production easier, such as adding new titles on the fly, arranging video clips or pictures to auto-play when selected from either VCR, selecting external computer graphics, color matching cameras, Auto-calibrating component cameras, setting up chroma keys and configuring record and live steaming options. 10 10 ONE-BUTTON WEB STREAMING allows you to push or pull a live stream directly to the web, with simultaneous archive for on-demand viewing. ONE BUTTON RECORDING captures your live production to the internal hard drive as a full-resolution video file. TriCaster BROADCAST allows you to simultaneously stream while recording up to 20 hours of fullresolution video and on-demand Windows Media clips. "Incontestably the most "multi" of the multimediaswitcher in the market. It even does editing!" - Caméra Video TM NETwoRk STylE lIvE vIRTuAl SETS Until now, virtual set technology has been complicated and expensive. LiveSetTM allows you to achieve the look of a sophisticated studio setting within a very small space without the need for external equipment because LiveSet is integrated into every TriCaster PROTM, TriCaster STUDIOTM and TriCaster BROADCASTTM. With lights, a simple camera set-up, and a green or blue backdrop your on camera talent can be placed in any one of the LiveSet virtual sets. The proprietary technology in LiveSet makes it possible for you to have multiple camera angles and to change distance from close-up to midway and to a wide shot without having to move your cameras. The virtual sets in LiveSet are designed with the Emmy® Award-winning LightWave 3D®. To create your own photo-realistic 3D virtual set environments there is LiveSet GeneratorTM for LightWave 3D. The free LiveSet Generator plug-in with LightWave 3D v9 makes it possible to create virtual sets to meet any production requirement. To create simple LiveSet environments using your own foreground and background artwork or photography there is LiveSet ConstructorTM freely available to registered owners of TriCaster PRO, TriCaster STUDIO and TriCaster BROADCAST. For a physical connection to each input during your live presentation, NewTek offers LiveControlTM with large, back-lit, easy-to-read buttons allowing for easy transition from one source to the next without looking down or using a keyboard or mouse. All camera, picture, video, and network sources can be placed on either oN youR owN oR wITh A TEAm, booST youR lIvE pRoduCTIoN powER the Live or Preview row. Quickly choose your title, picture, or transition using the rotary dials. Use the T-bar to manually transition sources. "The TriCaster brings industrial-strength live video mixing within the reach of most organizations. [. . . ] AVI, DV, MPEG-2, QuickTime, HDV, JPG, PNG, and more . . . Outside of the USA NewTek ships Multi-Standard versions of TriCaster. In the USA TriCaster is also available in NTSC-only versions. Inputs are selectable between line and mic impedance. The LC-11 will work with all upgraded models of TriCaster. There is an upgrade offer for RS-8 owners who wish to purchase LiveControl. www. newtek-europe. com 2005 Emmy® Award Nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology BYT E dia Lab's Me "C OL RS D, D GE EAD FIN ® N. A. T. A. S. BYTE. com Media Lab's "Cold, Dead Fingers" Award TriCaster, TriCaster PRO, TriCaster STUDIO, TriCaster BROADCAST, LiveSet, LiveMatte, LiveSet Constructor, LiveSet Generator, LiveText, LiveControl, TimeWarp, SpeedEDIT and iVGA are trademarks of NewTek Inc. [. . . ]