MagicSoft CG

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MagicSoft CG ver 7.0

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 

Video tutorials   Vimeo YouTube
     Installing and requirments vimeo24 youtube24
     Basic concepts vimeo24 youtube24
     Working with text and rectangles vimeo24 youtube24
     Working with images and rtf vimeo24 youtube24
     Working with digital and analog clock vimeo24 youtube24
     Working with live-input and sound wav vimeo24 youtube24
     Working with the timeline vimeo24 youtube24
     Working with a lower-third project vimeo24 youtube24
     Working with a ticker project vimeo24 youtube24
     Working with the timer project vimeo24 youtube24
     Working with the playout project vimeo24 youtube24
     Working with a script project vimeo24 youtube24

 

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The CG can be used as a solution for news
allowing simultaneous management
of Live input, Lower Thirds and Tickers. 
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The Roll project can be easily previewed
during editing of multiple rows.
The content can be changed dynamically.
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The TCP/IP protocol can be used for controlling
the CG from another application.
For example a specialised application for soccer.
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The Lower Third project it is very flexible
and it can be easily used for managing
the promo or self-promo events.
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The Script project can be combined with
animated smileys for producing hourly
weather presentations.
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Televoting and interactive games
can be implemented by using scripting,
TCP/IP control or both of them

FEATURES

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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

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 7 ( Win7 64 bit it is recommended )

HP turn-keys HD
Type Observations Processor RAM Memory Video Card Blackmagic Card
Z 420
B2B95UT
  Intel E5-1620 6 GB nVidia 670
4GB DDR5
(must be added)
DeckLink 4K
(must be added)
HP turn-keys SD
Type Observations Processor RAM Memory Video Card Blackmagic Card
Z 220 CMT
D8D21UT
Power source is limited
at 400 W so a suitable
video card must be used
Intel i5-3470 4 GB nVidia 640 DDR3
(must be added)
DeckLink Studio
(must be added)
HD configurations
CPU Socket MotherBoard Processor RAM Memory Video Card Blackmagic Card
Socket 1150
chipset Z87
Asus Z87-K Intel Core i7 4770k 2 X 4 GB
( Win7 64 bit 
recommended)
nVidia GTX 670
4GB DDR5
DeckLink 4K
Socket 1155
chipset Z77
Gigabyte Z77X-UP4-TH
Asus SaberTooth Z77
Intel Core i7 3770 2 X 4 GB
( Win7 64 bit 
recommended)
nVidia GTX 670
4GB DDR5
DeckLink 4K
Socket 1155 Gigabyte 
GA-P67A-UD5-B3 
GA-Z68X-UD7-B3
Z68MA-D2H-B3
Intel Core i5 2500 2 X 4 GB
( Win7 64 bit 
recommended)
nVidia GTX 560
2GB DDR5
DeckLink HD 3D
Socket 1366 Asus 
Sabertooth x58
( use only the 
16x PCIe slots )
Intel Core i7 
920 – 970
3 X 2 GB 
( Win7 64 bit 
recommended)
nVidia GTX 460 
2GB DDR5
DeckLink HD 3D
SD configurations
CPU Socket MotherBoard Processor RAM Memory Video Card Blackmagic Card
Socket 1155
chipset Z77
Gigabyte Z77X-UP4-TH
Asus SaberTooth Z77
Intel Core i5 3570 2 X 2 GB nVidia GT650(Ti) DDR5 DeckLink Studio
Socket 1155 Gigabyte 
GA-P67A-UD3-B3 
GA-P67A-UD5-B3 
Intel Core i5 2500 2 X 2 GB nVidia GT440 DDR5 DeckLink Studio
Socket 1156 Gigabyte 
GA-P55-UD3
GA-P55-UD5
GA-P55-UD6
Intel Core i5 750 2 X 2 GB nVidia GT440 DDR5 DeckLink Studio

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.

Scheduler (free application) 

This application can run scheduled commands for the CG at specified time. 

GPI (free application) 

GPIClient converts a serial port to a GPI IN device. Commands can be map for contact on and contact off separately .