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Posted by Bailey The Dog on 01/24/06 06:25
We use the AVID Deko (formerly Pinnacle) for live graphics.
http://www.avid.com/products/deko1000/
"Jeff_BTFP" <jeffstroming@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1138031654.600249.39110@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi;
>
> I do live video for touring dance competitions, and I am in need of a
> solution that will allow me to display graphics and text on projection
> screens, pretty much generating these on the fly.
>
> I need about 10 seconds of video and audio between each act (each act
> being 2 or 3 minutes long) that will display the name and entry # of
> the next routine. The graphics would be pretty standardized, the only
> thing that would change from each 10 second clip to the next would be
> the text.
>
> We are talking about a decent number of titles, sometimes up to 300 a
> day. I have considered using FCP or similar, and having 300 instances
> of the 10 second sequence, and just changing the text box for each act
> prior to each show. I would then obviously output using the external
> monitor preview option into a switcher (of which I already own).
>
> Apparently I wouldn't be told until about 10 seconds prior to the video
> being played back what the next act is, so all of the titles would have
> to be done ahead of time. I could use markers to quickly access each
> act if they went out of order.
>
> I have heard about graphics generators and such that would do a better
> job, or perhaps give me greater flexibility and/or better graphics than
> just using the limited text features of Final Cut Pro. Maybe there are
> plug-ins that would do the trick? Maybe I just even answered my own
> question :-)
>
> My budget could be up to $15,000, and although I'd like to buy a G5,
> I'm not opposed to buying a PC if there is a specific title-generator
> software that would be better suited to my needs.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
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