Post Production
or her work, including animations and modified automation system, based on standard protocols lower third, over the shoulder - either with data
data. such as VDCP or CII. The advantage to this entered directly or with data retrieved from a
Once the editing stage is complete, the second consolidation method is that the original remote database. The rendering of the graphics
consolidation stage begins. The NLE plugin clip is kept clean of graphic elements that may is done by the Avid workstation itself, thus
affords two ways of creating final edited video be irrelevant when the clip is repurposed later. eliminating the possibility of bandwidth
incorporating the graphics. A number of European broadcasters are bottlenecks, and it is done in real time. Thus, the
In the first case, the render of the final, already taking advantage of the Maestro plugin editor is the one who provides the finished
broadcast-quality clip, including the graphics for NLE. Typical is a midsized broadcaster that product, which makes the job of the on-air
content, can be accomplished at the local relies on the NLE plugin primarily in the graphics operator much easier.
workstation with the result that the edited clip is context of news production. At one particular All of us in the industry agree that graphics
a composition of the broadcast-quality video broadcast facility, the graphics department have assumed critical importance in the past
with graphics burned into it. The same engine creates and publishes to the database templates few years, at least in part as a result of
that generated the preview will also generate that are then made available to multiple users: broadcasters wanting to provide ever more
the rendered graphics with alpha and will put journalists working on Dalet NRCS, operators information to their viewers. At the same time
them into a frame server so the NLE system can working with Maestro itself, and editors and with the proliferation of multiple media
take them and blend them with the video layer. working with Avid MediaComposer and Avid viewing opportunities, we recognise the key
In the second case, the clip is edited as a NewsCutter. Relying on the Orad Graphics importance of creating a distinctive brand
browse copy from the workstation, and the Assets Management system, the editors can identification on which viewers can rely. Orad’s
graphic item is referenced with in and out point, browse and retrieve any graphics asset to which NLE plugin means it no longer matters whether
based on time code. Once the video is played they have rights, which means they are using a user is working in real time or post-
back, the relevant graphics will be executed the same templates that are also used for real production, he can count on having the tools to
based on the time code, and rendered in real time broadcast. An editor creating a video for deliver consistent graphics that reinforce brand
time using the Orad system. The execution the nightly newscast can add and position on a identification and enhance communication in
command typically will be generated by an timeline any kind of graphics effect - full frame, an effective and efficient way.
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