Cinegy

In today's broadcast environment Character Generators (CG) are an important part of communicating messaging and branding to a television audience. Whether it's a simple piece of crawling text or a complex animation with dynamic content, these tools are essential for modern Television broadcast. Cinegy Type is the new software-based CG and branding option available for extending Cinegy Air.

Overview

Cinegy Type allows the addition of multiple layers of automation controlled, template based titles, logos, animated graphics, and more. From simple ticker tapes and lower thirds to multi-layer character animations Cinegy Type includes a whole range of advanced effects and features. This new module addresses simple requirements such as logo insertion right through to complex branding with templated information and animated video plates.

Seamless Integration with Cinegy Air
Cinegy Type templates can be triggered by Cinegy Air Control automation with the variable parts of the templates being updated either manually or automatically. The Cinegy Type CG engine dynamically composites the different layers making it possible to independently control when different elements are visible or not during playout.

Playout with Cinegy Air
With broadcast automation controlled scheduled playout, sequences are often changed or modified right up to the last minute, or even during playout. With Cinegy Type you can make changes on the fly. Simply turn items off (pure pass thru), turn parts on/off (e.g. logo), or invoke certain templates, plates or other titles manually independent of the automation schedule.

Use the template editor to build complex visual scenes, harnessing the full power of the Cinegy Type engine. Allow users to alter specified elements in a pre-created template using the simple and intuitive template viewer - letting production staff easily utilize the work of the graphical design team.

Uses for Cinegy Type

• Simple logo insertion or animated logo insertion

• Simple marquee with templated information

• Program announcements e.g. now and next, or coming up notifications

• Lower thirds / Astons, name captions for talking heads

• Artist captions for music videos

• Breaking news or similar 'flash' item inserts

• Stay tuned messages, e.g. advertising the next item or a new season of a television show with pre-rendered animated effects