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Use true Chyron machine fonts, with NO conversion |
X |
X |
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True Preview with WYSIWYG display |
X |
X |
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Create Templates and Pages |
X |
X |
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Page Wizard |
X |
X |
Very easy and fast creation of sequences of new pages based on a given template |
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Translation Table |
X |
X |
Allows easy construction of accented characters and shortcuts for complex, or long names |
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Create Text or Graphic Tabs |
X |
X |
Any Tab can be a text and/or graphic Tab, or change from one format to another |
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Create paragraph text |
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X |
Any Text TAB can be expanded to become a multi row TAB. The text can be entered manually, or cut & pasted from practically any text document. Paragraph TABs can be easily resized. The text automatically wraps around and/or drops down. The user can edit the text, change the font or the color, from either ODrive or using the Chyron Keyboard. |
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Handle the TABs (one by one, or in groups) with the mouse or the keyboard. Strong Drag& Drop Support |
X |
X |
Tabs can be moved anywhere on the screen, using either Drag&Drop support, and/or the keyboard. Tabs can be moved pixel by pixel or on the grid - with user selectable steps). The Alignment Tools allow the operator to Align/Distribute TABs (to Left, to Right, to Horizontal Center, to the Horizontal Center of the Safe Title area, to Top, to Bottom, to Vertical Center, to the Baseline, to the Vertical Center of the Safe Title area etc) |
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Copy/Paste/Duplicate TABs one by one or as a selection) |
X |
X |
Very useful when creating numerous tabs on a page |
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Copy Properties from another TAB |
X |
X |
All TAB properties can be copied to a Property Clipboard, then pasted to another TAB. |
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Copy text from MS Word or Lotus WordPRO file or from the Windows clipboard |
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X |
This integrates other programs directly into overdrive. You are given something for overdrive in Word. Copy & paste directly into overdrive tabs. |
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Import text from Excel |
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X |
Plug-in Module. Additional Option |
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Import text from SQL database |
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X |
Plug-In module. Additional Option |
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Display real images in the Page Composer Work area. The Page Composer area is also a True Preview. |
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X |
In the Standard version, the TABs are displayed as colored rectangles, as compared with the PRO version where the TABs display the real character image (as displayed in Chyron). In the Standard version, the True Preview is a separate window. In the PRO version, the Page Composing area is also a working True Preview, displaying the Page as it would look like in Chyron. The separate True Preview is still available for quick page previews when in the PlayList mode, or for display on a separate monitor (additi |
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Import iNFiNiT! Full Page Messages (with a very easy to use Wizard) |
X |
X |
The operator can preview the imported message and create pages, if the message contains TABs. OD automatically imports the fonts used for that particular message and use them for the True Preview. |
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Import TABs from the iNFiNiT! Full Page Message to the OD project |
X |
X |
The operator can import TABs from a Chyron iNFiNiT! Full Page Message to an OD template, in order to edit them or to add other new TABs. |
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Use unlimited number of fonts in the project |
X |
X |
Each imported template/page can use 16 different fonts. |
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Import graphics from BMP, TGA, JPEG, RGBA |
X |
X |
The operator can access images in these formats and bring them into Overdrive these images can be easily placed into machine fonts for use in the chyron system |
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Create Alpha Key plane |
X |
X |
An intuitive and easy to use Alpha Key Panel tool allows the operator to create graduated transparency for any bitmap file, or to replace the Alpha Key for a Targa or RGBA file. |
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Assign Alpha Key from a picture file |
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X |
A powerful wizard allows the user not only to create Alpha Key Panels but also to copy the key from a given image file. Tools for crop, enlarge/shrink make the process very easy. Crop Rectangles can be Saved/Load/Organized in Libraries. Multiple Crop Tool can add to the Graphics Library many Logo characters at once, by cropping different parts of a single image. (This tool will be available with the version 1.7 of OverDRIVE PRO). |
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Add characters from machine fonts to the Graphics Library or the Logo Clipboard |
X |
X |
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Add images from the Graphics Library (or the Logo Clipboard) to a machine font |
X |
X |
This feature is useful to organize & store images. You can take BMP, TGA, JPEG, RGBA graphics & drag & drop them in to machine fonts |
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Drag&Drop characters between different machine fonts and/or between machine fonts and the Logo Clipboard |
X |
X |
This feature is useful to create mixed fonts. Unique Drag&Drop enhancement allows to minimize, select, bring in front or close windows, while in Drag |
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Select groups of characters in a font and then Drag & Drop them in another font or make a new font |
X |
X |
Very convenient function, allows you to cut or copy & paste multiple characters between the same machine font or different machine fonts |
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Save all Logo Characters within a font as RGBA, Targa, JPEG or Bitmap individual files in a selected directory |
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x |
Helpful for converting machine font characters into RGBA, Targa, JPEG or BMP. Gives you the option of taking chyron images and sending them to other programs to be manipulated. |
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Print machine font in Chyron-ID Flat layout format |
X |
X |
A small bar under the character shows the letter under which the character is stored, the name (if logo) and the Char. ID#. 2-Clicking on it shows the character (logo) in full size This function takes all the guess work out of knowing exactly where all charcters "live" in a machine font. |
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Print machine font in Chyron keyboard layout format |
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X |
Allows very easy View and Print of machine fonts in a Chyron Keyboard layout format. The user can chose to see the standard, the Shift, the Alt, or the Shift+Alt sets one by one or on the same page, in different formats and sizes. |
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Able to disable character overlap when creating or editing characters |
X |
X |
Enables operator to make characters that may or may not overlap. Very useful for transparent veil pieces |
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Logo Picker from mixed fonts |
X |
X |
The Logo Picker allows selection of an available image from the Graphics Library or from any machine font loaded in the Font Library |
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Mixed Text&Graphics TABs in Templates and Pages |
X |
X |
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Place Text & Graphics within the same TAB |
X |
X |
A logo can be added at the end of a text, or after another logo, within the same TAB, should the TAB length allow it. |
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Copy Color in Graphics Library trough Color Clipboard |
X |
X |
An eye-drop picker can pick a color from a graphic and place in the color clipboard for further use. |
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Send selected TABs as image in Logo Clipboard |
X |
X |
Practically eliminates the 24 rows limit imposed by the Chyron and allows very fast creation and update of complex pages. |
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Send Full Page as image in Logo Clipboard |
X |
X |
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Save Full Page Image as an image file (RGBA, Targa, JPEG or Bitmap) |
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X |
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"Ghost" feature for individual TABs |
X |
X |
Individual TABs can be made "Ghosts". The TAB remains visible in the Preview, but can not be selected in the Page Composing Area. Very useful feature when Logo Characters or Graphics are used as full background and for easy creation and handling of complex pages. |
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Display more than 24 rows of text |
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X |
The pages generated with more than 24 rows of text are not further editable in Chyron |
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Insert Transitional Graphic in templates |
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X |
These pages are not further editable in Chyron. |
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Export pages to Duet, Aprisa, or other systems as TGA 32 files |
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X |
Overdrive files can be saved as Targa 32 files and can be exported into ANY program that is able to use files in this format. Compatible with virtually any graphics program. |
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Automation (timed playlist with trigger from time code) |
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X |
Additional option. |
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Simultaneous multiple languages |
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X |
The OD PRO can synchronize multiple projects, made in different languages, then display the same page (in different languages) to different Chyron systems. (This tool will be available with the version 1.7 of OverDRIVE PRO). |
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Display in Chyron from the PC |
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X |
OverDRIVE can display a template/page in the Foreground or in the Background of an Extended Frame Buffer, installed in a Chyron System. The operator can select which specific channel to address, if the Chyron System is a multi-channel machine (Max or iNFiNiT!). OverDRIVE user can do his job in the same time while another Chyron operator uses the normal Chyron keyboard or an Winfinit session to control the same Chyron System. |
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Read next from the PC |
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X |
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Playlist controller |
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X |
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Automatic change directories |
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X |
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Clear Screen |
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X |
The OverDRIVE operator can select which channel to erase. Moreover the user can address the Foreground or the Background of the EFB, while the other remains unaffected. |
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Use Read effects for the Playlist |
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X |
OverDRIVE PRO can use a different Read Effect for each page in the Playlist. The operator can select which specific channel to address, if the Chyron System is a multi-channel machine (Max or iNFiNiT!). |
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Update machine fonts in Chyron System Font memory |
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X |
In OverDRIVE, each imported template/page can use 16 different fonts. The user is allowed to automatically load the proper fonts in Chyron's Font memory, before to display the template/page or to trigger a Read Effect. |
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Display in Chyron as a RGBA message |
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X |
The operator can display any template/page not only as a Full Page message but also as an RGBA message. There are two reasons for doing this. The first one is to lock the page so no other operator to modify/change the appearance or the text. The second one is to instant-display a template/page into the Chyron System, when is no time to download the fonts. The Chyron System is used only as a Frame-Buffer. A specific channel can be addressed. In addition, the RGBA message can be displayed into the Foreground |
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Send the template/page into the Chyron System as Full Page Message |
X |
X |
Operator can send template/pages to chyron system as RGB message |
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Send the template/page into the Chyron System asRGBA Message |
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X |
Operator can send template/pages to chyron system as Full Page message |
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Roll editor |
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X |
(This tool will be available with the Rev. 1.7 of OverDRIVE PRO). |
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Crawl editor |
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X |
(This tool will be available with the Rev. 1.7 of OverDRIVE PRO). |
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Send the Playlist as a chain of TGA files, on the local hard drive |
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X |
Very useful feature, it allows to display iNFiNiT! Messages in Aprisa and Duet |
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FTP Client helps the user to Download Chyron files in the PC |
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X |
This feature allows to browse the content of Chyron hard disk |
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Enhanced Translation Table Editor helps the user to introduce non-ASCII characters |
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X |
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Automatic crop the TAB-text if exceeds the TAB boundaries |
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X |
OverDRIVE PRO crops the TAB-text to the TABs width. No matter how long the text is, OverDRIVE safely displays the page. |
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Automatic detect if a TAB-text exceeds the TAB boundaries |
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X |
The program warns the operator when a text exceeds TABs boundaries. (This tool will be available with Rev.1.7 of OverDRIVE PRO). |
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Automatic detection of pages with more than 24 rows |
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X |
The program warns the operator when a page exceeds the 24 rows limit. (This tool will be available with Rev. 1.7 of OverDRIVE PRO). |
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IR Commander |
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All specifcations are subject to change without notice. This list does not include all the OverDrive features. |
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