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Indy Video(tm) & Indigo2 Video(tm)
Indy Video(tm) & Indigo2 Video(tm)
Communicate with Video
Indy Video(tm) and Indigo2 Video(tm) bring the power of high-quality video
communcation to your desktop workstation. Indy Video and Indigo2 Video are
video option cards which combine with the Indy(tm) or Indigo2(tm) workstations
to open up exciting new video-based communications in several forms.
Graphics workstations are used to create impressive visual insights, but
these visuals are traditionally only available to a limited audience - those
people that can get in front of the workstation. Indy Video and Indigo2 Video
change all that. They let you record your workstation's visuals to video so
they can be seen more widely. The thousands of Indigo(tm) workstation users
already using video have proven its value. Video is the most convenient and
most consistently accessible platform for the display of moving images.
These option cards provide simple, low-cost, high-quality recording of
graphics to video. They also enable new workgroup communications applications
such as media mail, desktop conferencing, and digital media presentations.
With complementary software tools, Indy Video and Indigo2 Video are easy to
use even for those who are not video experts.
Print-to-Tape
The Indy Video and Indigo2 Video option cards let you print-to-tape to
share your high-resolution graphics.
- Quickly create video presentations for customer visits, reports, and lectures
- Videotape simulations and models as they appear on screen in real-time
- Perform real-time scan conversion of nearly full-screen graphics to video resolution
- Frame animate compute-intensive models or simulations
Input
Use the video input of Indigo2 Video with the Indigo2 to:
- Create video mail
- Desktop video conference
- Compose digital media presentations
- Capture video images for texture mapping, background scenery, or portrait
- Capture video to disk with JPEG compression (with the Cosmo Compress(tm)
option)
(Indy comes with video input standard)
Indigo Magic(tm) Software
Get the most out of the advanced capabilities of Indy Video and Indigo2 Video
with Indigo Magic Software tools. Indigo Magic end-user tools are bundled
with every system, and deliver a truly incredible "out-of-box" experience.
The Video Control Panel software lets you manipulate the video I/O option's
full functionality and perform rapid print-to-video of computer graphics.
Pre-production is easy with Media Mosaic(tm) and ImageWorks(tm) tools. You
can quickly create and edit digital image, audio and movie objects and
control removable media devices such as CD-ROM and DAT.
Combine these elements and create interactive digital media presentations
with IRIS Showcase(tm) for maximum impact. IRIS InSight(tm) brings you up to
speed with accessible on-line documentation. Altogether, this host of
end-user software gives you enormous power on your very first day with
Indy Video and Indigo2 Video.
Artifact-Free Output
Indy Video and Indigo2 Video combine computer graphics and video without
temporal artifacts or interfield flicker. System software drives Indigo
graphics at your choice of NTSC or PAL frame rates, film rates or
graphics-refresh rates. This eliminates motion artifacts caused by dropped
or duplicated frames when inputting or outputting video.
The deinterlace input filter allows interpolated frame grabs. Indy Video
and Indigo2 Video also offer selectable filters that greatly enhance output
quality. The anti-flicker output filter eliminates distracting inter-field
flicker when recording thin horizontal lines to video.
Real-Time Video Input/Output
Real-time, low-cost video input and output for the Indigo family:
- S-Video (Y-C) and Composite formats
- NTSC/PAL switchable
- Real-time and frame-by-frame video output
- Video-in-a-window display
- Capture of video clips and frames to RAM or disk
- Genlock to video input or external blackburst
- SMPTE Vertical Interval Time Code support
- 8 bits per component 4:2:2 YUV color space
Scan Conversion, Zoom and Pan
Shape your video to sizes that suit your application.
- Real-time scan conversion for video output of high-resolution graphics
- Zoom video input up to 7 times video size
- Pan within zoomed video
- Filtered sizing of video input to smaller than standard video resolutions
Real-Time Keys and Mixes
The fully linear keyer/mixer (alpha blender) and key generator provide
a variety of fundamental real-time video effects.
- Chroma keys
- Luma keys
- External keys (overlays)
- Wipes
- Dissolves
For more information about Indy Video and Indigo2 Video products, see the
Technical Specifications.
