Discreet Logic to Debut New frost Features in Broadcast Production Theatre at IBC.AMSTERDAM, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 1998-- Discreet, Vertigo Computer Systems and Devlin Design Combine To Show New Broadcast Graphics Applications, Virtual Set Realism, and Studio Automation Discreet Logic's (Nasdaq:DSLGF) broadcast production theatre will debut frost version 2.1, demonstrating the latest advances in broadcast graphics and virtual studio production. The new version of frost represents a significant advance in maximizing artists and graphic departments workflow, including several user interface enhancements, complete framestore integration with Discreet Logic's advanced systems editing and effects product lines, graphical texture browsers, and increased performance of the frost real-time rendering engine. One of the highlights of the IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention theatre production describes how Fox Sports uses frost to improve the graphics presentation of the 1998/99 season Fox NFL Sunday FOX NFL Sunday is the pregame show for the TV show The NFL on FOX. The show has won four Emmy Awards. History 1994-1997 FOX NFL Sunday debuted in 1994 with hosts James Brown, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson. studio show. Twice in the last three years, NFLSunday has received an Emmy Award Emmy award Annual presentation for outstanding achievement in U.S. television. Its name is taken from the nickname “immy” for the image orthicon, a television camera tube. for Best Studio Show, and the NFL on Fox NFL on FOX is the brand name of the Fox Broadcasting Company's coverage of the National Football League's National Football Conference games, produced by Fox Sports. Game coverage is usually preceded by the pre-game show FOX NFL Sunday. was also recognized with an Emmy Award for its achievement in the production category of Best Graphic Design. The entire IBC production will be run from a single frost system on a Silicon Graphics Onyx2 workstation. The lone system will create the virtual set, full news and election graphics presentation, 2-D, 3-D, and dual-byte font generation, audio stings, and real-time insertion of multiple streams of live video. The frost system will also have access to local and remote Discreet Logic fibre storage framestores from various flame effects systems and smoke and fire edit suites throughout the booth. These framestores provide the frost with nonlinear access to and real-time playback of multiple uncompressed video clips simultaneously. Vertigo Computer Systems Producer Playout Manager for frost The broadcast theatre will also be the public debut for Vertigo Computer Systems Producer Playout Manager for frost. Playout Manager is a new product in the Producer line of broadcast graphics and virtual studio external control and authoring applications from Vertigo. The Vertigo application on frost will control the camera switching, preview systems, broadcast graphics stack, audio stings, ticker and video playback during the production from a single graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to . Vertigo's Election Graphics system with a live interface for the US Voter News Service The Voter News Service was a consortium whose mission was to provide results for United States Presidential elections, so that individual organizations and networks would not have to do exit polling and vote tallying in parallel. election results wire feed will also be demonstrated. This system can be also customized to interface to other election results wires or databases. Vertigo will also announce a library of news, sports, financial, and polling wire services interfaces for frost and Chyron Chyron may refer to:
(language, parallel) DBC - A data-parallel bit-serial C based on MPL. SRC, Bowie MD. E-mail: <maya@super.org>. ) financial market feed, and the Voter New Service (VNS VNS Visiting Nurse Service VNS Voter News Service VNS Vagus Nerve Stimulator VNS Virtual Network Switching VNS Vagal Nerve Stimulator VNS Victim Notification System VNS Virtual Network System VNS Varanasi, India - Babatpur (Airport Code) ). Devlin Design Group's SoftSet for frost The virtual set design comes from Devlin Design Group's SoftSet library. Devlin offers their complete SoftSet virtual studio system based on Discreet Logic's frost. Devlin and Discreet have established a comprehensive virtual studio market development plan to work with North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. broadcasters, and to offer Devlin's design services and set libraries worldwide through Discreet's worldwide sales channels. Devlin is an Emmy award-winning set design firm and pioneer in virtual set services. Discreet Logic Broadcast Graphics Products Discreet Logic's production systems are noncompressed solutions for 3-D graphics creation and real-time display designed specifically for the broadcast environment. They are fully integrated with Discreet Logic fire, smoke, flame and inferno editing and effects products for combining 3-D elements and environments. Discreet Logic frost broadcast graphics systems are designed to enable a cost-effective and easy upgrade path to a full 3-D virtual studio. Applications include live or recorded broadcast graphics or virtual sets for news, weather, TV magazines, sports, election coverage, entertainment programming and interactive television. There are more than 25 frost virtual studio systems in operation around the world today. System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. The Discreet Logic frost system with the virtual studio is available for the Silicon Graphics Onyx InfiniteReality, Onyx2 Reality, and Octane MXE MXE ModelSim Xilinx Edition MXE Macro Express graphics systems for on-line production; and the O2 for authoring pre-production design and preview work. About Discreet Logic Discreet Logic, recently named as Canada's third fastest growing company by PROFIT Magazine, develops advanced systems and new media software used in the creation of digital imagery and serve three key markets: visual effects, editing and production. Discreet Logic products are used to develop imagery for video, broadcast, HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates , the Web, new media and feature films, including 1998 Summer blockbuster "Armageddon," and the Visual Effects Academy Award winners "Titanic" and "Independence Day." For further information, visit Discreet Logic's Web site at www.discreet.com or e-mail info@discreet.com. Media Contact: Emma Shield, Tel: 514/954-7151; emmas@discreet.com. EDITOR'S NOTE Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Discreet Logic and its products are trademarks of Discreet Logic Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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