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StoryBoard Quick v.6

Create fast, easy, stylish professional storyboards...even if you can't draw!
StoryBoard Quick, the most widely used script-integrated storyboarding software of its kind, bridges the gap from script to screen and is an essential element to any film or video production. Ideal for directors and screenwriters who want to improve the quality of their final product through previsualization and storyboards but don't want to waste time, money, or effort drawing or hiring a storyboard artist. Complete with pre-drawn graphics, StoryBoard Quick offers the fastest and easiest solution to creating amazing storyboards.

Features:

The Art of Storyboarding.

New cast. New props. New locations. And more of each too! Colorizable, rotatable characters and props. 3D Director's arrows to indicate actor and camera movement. You don't need to be a storyboard artist (but draw tools included!). StoryBoard Quick IS the art of script-integrated storyboarding.

Plays well with others.

Import...almost anything into your storyboards! Take digital photos and drag and drop them right into the storyboard frame. Import your script from any screenwriting program or even text files. Import your scheduling data as well. And, yes, you can even type directly into the caption area and even in the frame itself for the fastest script-integrated storyboards on the planet.

It's ok. Be a show off.

Print your great-looking storyboards, or export them as graphic files or a Flash movie. StoryBoard Quick makes it easy to show off your ideas. The new script-integrated page layout gives you script formatting with thumbnail shots and is just one of the many ways to show your ideas.

Edit and organize.

StoryBoard Quick's overview gives you the power to see the whole storyboard project in one view. Rearrange your shots, delete frames, insert a missing shot and jump to frames for lightning fast editing. The overview also can display the captions for superior workflow control.

Storyboards in a Flash.

New export to Flash video allows you to play back your storyboards locally or on the internet. Easily export the HTML code along with project sizings so you can play the storyboards back at full frame or optimize for viewing on iPhones and other mobile devices.

The right tool.

Zoom in. Zoom out. Rotate around. Draw in the storyboard frame using vector draw tools. Import with alpha channels and crop tools included. New in-frame speech bubble and extra directors arrows. See how to use these features quickly and easily with the video tutorials. Combine them all to create the perfect storyboard project.

StoryBoard Artist v4.2

Create professional-quality digital storyboards with StoryBoard Artist 4.2. Storyboard software that's designed for media savvy creatives: filmmakers, television producers, advertising creatives, game designers, DVD and interactive TV designers and educators alike. New features bring even more timeline control and flexibility to smooth the creative process through previsualization to post.

Features:

A wealth of multi-angled pre-rendered storyboard graphics - people, props and locations.
Timeline features include: add & edit sound, set transitions and durations, and export to QuickTime, Flash, Final Cut Pro and Avid.
Customized page layouts with up to 18 caption areas to import or type your script.
Import what you need: scripts from screenwriting software or text documents, pictures from digital cameras, and even Photoshop Layers.
Create non-linear links between storyboards to assist with game design, customize your runtime show, add 3D Director's arrows, build your own image libraries and much, much more...

StoryBoard Artist
THE STUDIO VERSION

for Mac OS X and Windows Vista/XP

StoryBoard Artist STUDIO features sketch mode for printed storyboards

StoryBoard Artist Studio is the leading, top tier storyboard application for digital storyboards for professionals in film, video and media creation. The Studio version is designed to fit into customized workflows, adding new depth to presentations. StoryBoard Artist Studio saves time and increases productivity.

Features:

More Power.

Working on high-priority, professional-level projects require a high powered storyboard application that will actually help you. The additional power of StoryBoard Artist Studio is the answer. Storyboard features that allow you to work the way you want to work, from expanded animatic timeline control to work group features to custom storyboard print features. StoryBoard Artist Studio includes free tutorials which showcase exactly how to use the sofware's easy-to-use features to achieve the storyboards you want. StoryBoard Artist Studio is the most powerful previsualization storyboard application available.
Think outside the box. Draw outside the lines. StoryBoard Artist Studio's customizable page layout makes printing unique pages beyond standard storyboard templates.

More Productive. Create Animatics.

With expanded timeline control, the STUDIO version has precision animatic control. Control individual sound levels, lock and adjust segments of sequences, sync storyboard frames with dialog and sound and even save unlimited edits of the same storyboard project and toggle between the various ideas.
Mix, level and lap sounds in the 16 tracks available.

More Cooperative.

Studio is easily integrated into your workflow, whether finishing projects with Final Cut Pro, Avid Xpress Studio or Adobe Premiere Pro, StoryBoard Artist exports to professional formats including Quicktime and MetaSync. With flexible import and export options, STUDIO provides essential blueprints for editors and slug sequences for scenes before production.

Get in sync.

New Studio storyboard features add locking ranges to fine tune edits. Designed for workgroups, StoryBoard Artist Studio allows you to lift and assemble sequences from different storyboard artists in your previsualization team.
With StoryBoard Artist Studio you can print your storyboards however you choose, from custom page layouts complete with directional arrows and overlays, to our new Print to Sketch mode, where digital storyboard elements are printed as if you sketched them yourself.

Transforming the Creation of 3D Images and Animation
Before GroBoto, creating in 3D was a chore - tedious, technically challenging, and tough to master. But Groboto changes all that. It's a creative bridge between the artist in you and that computer in front of you. Free flowing, intuitive and incredibly satisfying; GroBoto playfully generates chilling 3D images and animations that are unlike any other. With GroBoto, anyone can get creative and literally, in minutes, produce gorgeous 3D images and movies.

GroBoto: Different by Design
GroBoto is not your typical 3D application. Most 3D tools are rigid and confining; in contrast, GroBoto is fast, fluid and fun. Instead of wrestling with complicated software, collaborate with it. With Groboto, easily create imagery you'll never have thought possible. Under the hood, Groboto provides a set of powerful 3D modeling, imaging and animation tools that let you create complex, dynamic, lyrical forms and animation with ease.

Start Creating 3D Art in Minutes!
GroBoto generates ultimate quality imagery in record time — with a workspace that doesn't overwhelm you with details. GroBoto isn't tough or technical — it's a joy to use and provides lush visual feedback, instantly; an essential for creative flow.
GroBoto is a joy to use, and provides lush visual feedback, instantly; an essential for creative flow. GroBoto is ideal for hobbyists, artists and designers who want include innovative 3D elements in their work without the pain and long render times typically associated with digital 3D. GroBoto's innovative rendering technology generates amazing, professional-quality images and animations in minutes, so you can see your creative efforts without the hassle of long 3D render times.

Pixelmator is an easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editing program that has everything you need to enhance, edit and retouch your photos. Pixelmator's powerful toolset includes selection, painting, color correction and retouching tools that easily transform and enhance your photos and images. Layer-based image editing, filters and special effects help you quickly achieve impressive imagery.
Add text to your pictures, analyze colors, crop, transform, rotate or move anything in your pictures. Made for the Mac, Pixelmator takes advantage of built-in iPhoto® support and one-click access to iSight®. This user-friendly image editor has everything you need to achieve professional results.

130+ Filters and Special Effects - See results in real time choose from standard filters such as blur, sharpen and distort, as well as many unique filters like comic-style halftones, tile, kaleidoscope and thermal camera.

Layer-Based Image Editing - Stack portions of your image on top of one another and quickly create layers from photos, selections and more. You can also blend layers, change layer opacity and add layer masks to hide portions of layers. Add images as layers via drag-and-drop.

Color Correction Tools - 16+ color correction tools help you make quick corrections to your images with Auto Enhance, Levels and Curves. Adjust hue, saturation, exposure, brightness, contrast and more.

Add Text to Your Images - Create editable text layers and use the type tool to create your own invitations and logos.

Select, Paint and Retouch Tools - 20+ tools, including crop, select, paint and erase help you enhance your images. You can also import and customize Adobe® Photoshop® Brushes, and graphics tablet support enables you to draw by hand.

Made Exclusively for the Mac - One-click iSight® support takes your picture and adds it as a layer in Pixelmator. Access your iPhoto® Library, events, albums, Smart Albums and Pictures folder with the built-in Photo Browser. Supports Spotlight™, ColorSync®, Quick Look and many other Mac-only technologies, and takes advantage of Core Image and OpenGL®. Built-in Automator actions let you quickly enhance, resize and transform images with batch processing.

Supports Popular File Formats - Export to 100+ file formats including PSD, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, PICT, BMP and PDF. Also supports Adobe Photoshop files with layers.

Easy-to-use Painting Tools
ArtRage Deluxe gives you realistic art tools in a simple and stylish environment. You can start creating your own works of art right away – just pick up the mouse and start painting! Have a photo or picture you want to use as reference? Simply load it into ArtRage Deluxe and use the tracing paper function to get started immediately.

Each tool is designed to work like its real world counterpart. Thick paint smears and blends, pencils and chalks smudge, and markers work just like they do in the real world. Many of the tools can be adjusted to give different effects. You can paint with thinned oils, use wet or dry markers, soften your pencil and control the hardness of the crayon, and much more.

Everything You Need to Get Started Today

* Create with oils, pencils, chalk, glitter and more * Metallics to blend and mix with other media * Stencils and rulers for precise shapes and lines * Tracing paper function to get you drawing immediately from a photo or sketch * Create layers or import layers and effects from Photoshop * Choose and create custom colors * Adjust canvas grain, color and metallic options * Scale, rotate, move and crop * Load and save custom color sets and color pickers.

Tools of the Trade
Paint and draw with oils, brushes, pencils, rollers, pens and more. Blend and smear paint on the canvas, and use the bristle texture of your stroke to add depth to the image. You can even paint and blend with metallic colors that shine just like the real thing!

The Metallic Paint option gives you spreadable, blendable gold and silver oil paints, sparkling glitter, silver leaf sprays and more. Any tool can be switched to Metallic mode for a wide range of incredible effects. Metallic paint still blends with normal paint and smears and smudges as well! Thin metal coatings can be applied to any texture using the airbrush, or you can build up thick metal lumps using the Tube tool and Oil Brush to add more depth.

Precise Shapes and Lines
Stencils and rulers let you make precise shapes and lines while still painting freehand. Place down as many stencils as you like, then paint over them and the paint will only touch the canvas through the holes. Lay down rulers and create straight lines or smooth curves.

Tutorials and More
ArtRage Deluxe includes tutorials and videos to learn from, reference images for tracing and stencils for painting precise shapes. You’ll have the artwork and guidance you need to create amazing art!

Osprey-530

The Osprey®-530 is a high-performance analog and digital video capture card engineered to interface seamlessly with high-end broadcast gear for maximum performance, flexibility and reliability.

Flexible Analog and SDI Digital Capture Card

With its combination of analog and SDI digital inputs and its versatile audio input options, it is ideally suited for live or on-demand video capture and live streaming encoding applications, including delivery to mobile devices. It also serves government entities well for applications like streaming open meetings.

Professional Features for Broadcasters

Features, such as color space conversion, automatic telecine detection and processing, and automatic optimization for changing motion content, make this a perfect choice for broadcast professionals.

Optimized for Live Streaming

Take advantage of the Osprey-530's Designed for Live features, such as Logo Bitmap Overlay with transparency and positioning controls. Automatically detect and adapt on-the-fly when the input video format changes from Movie frame rates to Television frame rates. The Osprey-530 can do the job today and is ready for your future applications.

Multiple Streams per Input

With the optional Simulstream® feature, the Osprey-530 can feed multiple encoders at the same time. Use it with ViewCast Niagara SCX® Standard to easily create and manage live streams in RealVideo and Windows Media - all at the same time, in any combination. Or create multiple streams of the same type with completely independent settings for sizing, scaling, logos and bit rate.

Global Standards Support

Like all Osprey cards, the Osprey-530 supports global analog and standard-definition SDI formats, including NTSC and PAL. If you are a global OEM integrator seeking a single-solution deployment strategy, this card's for you.

Compatible with Popular Application Software

Like all Osprey cards, the Osprey-530 works great with popular video capture and encoding applications, including our own Niagara SCX Standard multi-codec streaming manager. Some of those other cards lock you in to a select few applications.

Industry-Proven Performance

Over 300,000 Osprey cards are in daily worldwide operation in a wide variety of commercial, industrial and broadcast applications. You'll find Osprey-530 capture cards in mission-critical applications throughout the world.

Rock-Solid Stability

Legendary Osprey reliability means you can count on rock-solid performance, day in and day out.

SDI Signal Tolerance

The Osprey-530 includes special SDI signal capture and processing technology, so it can handle sub-optimum cable quality with no loss of performance. You won't find that feature in other capture cards!

Mix and Match with Other Osprey Capture Cards

Use multiple Osprey cards in the same machine. You can even freely mix and match with other Osprey models. Try that with your average computer-store capture card!

Features:

Composite, S-Video, and SDI digital video inputs
Balanced, unbalanced and AES/EBU digital audio inputs
Supports multichannel embedded digital audio on SDI input
Analog audio/video outputs for real time monitoring
Advanced Signal Equalization for handling long SDI cables
Buffered DMA for ultra-high performance (full 30 fps)
Hardware audio gain control
Closed caption extraction from analog and SDI inputs
AVI or extended AVI capture for use with the most popular 3rd party editing and streaming software applications
Hardware cropping and bitmap overlay
64-bit PCI-X bus, downward compatible with PCI bus
Cascadable architecture allows for multiple Osprey-530's per chassis
Simulstream-ready
Optimized for Niagara SCX Remote encoder management and control
Includes breakout cable for analog video and analog and AES/EBU digital audio inputs.
Includes audio and video output cable to monitor the selected input
Wide Screen Signaling (WSS) flag for 16x9 capture
Customized messaging on color bars upon loss of video signal

Specificaitons:

Video resolution: Selectable, up to full SD industry standards
Video input: SDI, composite (BNC), S-Video
Supports SDI cable length up to 350m
Audio input: Balanced stereo (2 x XLR), unbalanced stereo (2 x RCA), embedded SDI, AES/EBU digital audio (XLR)
Video output: composite (BNC), S-Video
Audio output: unbalanced stereo line level (2 x RCA)
64-bit/66MHz PCI-X interface
32-bit/33MHz PCI compatible
3.3 V PCI 2.3 compliant
Drivers available for popular Microsoft Windows operating systems (O/S). See the Driver Downloads page for the latest available drivers for your O/S.
Options

Optional dual-card rack-mount panels and desktop interface panels are available. Note that the 1U breakout panel has two sets each of composite video, S-Video, as well as balanced & unbalanced audio connectors to support two Osprey-530 cards per panel.

Osprey-700e HD

ViewCast is proud to introduce a cutting-edge addition to the Osprey family: the Osprey-700e HD high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) combination video capture card, featuring legendary Osprey performance - n ow in HD - with the latest PCI Express® technology.

Designed for Live in HD with SD Switching On-the-Fly

ViewCast is proud to introduce a cutting-edge addition to the Osprey family: the Osprey-700e HD high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) combination video capture card, featuring legendary Osprey performance - now in HD - with the latest PCI Express® technology.

Already making a splash, the Osprey-700e HD won TV Technology magazine's 2007 STAR Award and was featured in HD Video Pro magazine's February 2008 issue.

The Osprey 700e HD accepts industry-standard SD and HD SDI in a single half-height PCIe card. By utilizing the high-speed PCI Express bus the Osprey-700e HD provides the solid bandwidth required for high-resolution video capture in applications for a wide range of SD and HD standard resolutions up to 1080i (60/59.94/50 Hz).

Multi-Channel Embedded Audio

The Osprey-700e HD card's SDI input supports up to eight independent embedded stereo audio pairs in all SD and HD modes.

Exclusive Designed for Live Adaptive Features

With the Osprey-700e HD card you can automatically adapt to input signal format changes without having to stop, reconfigure and restart your video application. This newest Designed for Live™ feature distinguishes the Osprey-700e HD from many cards used for ingesting video into video editing systems or other applications:

Switch On-the-Fly Between SD and HD - Accepts a variety of SD and HD video standards and will automatically adapt - without interruption - when the signal format changes between any of the supported SD and HD modes.
Specify constant output format with changing input format - Can automatically adapt (size and scale) the incoming video to match the selected output parameters. You can freely switch between a live HD studio feed, SD promo clip from a playback server, back to live HD, etc. - without touching a thing!
Instantly publish your live streaming content - We call it Instant VOD, allowing you to configure separate live and archived versions of the same live content - separate logos, separate sizing, cropping, scaling, etc. - to minimize or eliminate post-processing time and resources. (Requires Simulstream®)

Multiple Streams Per Input

Purchase the Osprey-700e HD with Simulstream and you can feed multiple encoders at the same time. Use it with a variety of available streaming codecs to easily create and manage live streams in RealVideo®, Windows Media®, Adobe® Flash® Video and MPEG-4 at the same time, in any combination. Or create multiple streams of the same type with completely independent settings for sizing, scaling, logos and bit rate.

Professional Features for Broadcasters

Features like color space conversion, automatic telecine detection and processing, and automatic optimization for changing motion content make this a perfect choice for broadcast professionals. We've added broadcaster-requested features like Loss of Video Detection that let you automatically substitute internally-generated SMPTE color bars with an optional text overlay.

Optimized for the latest PC architectures

PC manufacturers have adopted the "be better served" philosophy by upgrading to the PCI Express bus, which offers the latest high-throughput internal bus architecture. The best PC graphics cards use this bus because it unleashes the power of modern multi-core PC engines.

ViewCast chose the PCI Express® bus for the Osprey-700e HD for the same reasons - unfettered access to all PC resources. No bottlenecks, no mysterious glitches, no unexplained hiccups, no random data collisions. Just smooth, unadulterated power. Power that can support multiple Osprey PCIe cards in one system. For the ultimate in high-density, multi-channel streaming.

Industry-proven performance

Over 300,000 Osprey cards are in daily worldwide operation in a wide variety of commercial, industrial and broadcast applications. You'll find Osprey capture cards in mission-critical applications throughout the world.

Rock-solid stability

Legendary Osprey reliability means you can count on rock-solid performance, day in and day out.

Half-height profile

The Osprey-700e HD card's low-profile format delivers greater usability in small form factor computers. Plug it into any 2U server without the need for a riser card. It's the premier solution for rack-mount encoding farms, custom enclosures and other form-factor constrained environments.

Features

Extraction of Closed Captioning, Teletext
Wide Screen Signaling (WSS) flag for 16x9 capture
Customized messaging superimposed on color bars upon loss of video signal, with customizable text font, color and placement
Simulstream® Ready
PCIe (x1) - compatible with x1, x4, x8 and x16 PCIe slots
Drivers available for many popular Microsoft Windows operating systems (OS). See the Driver Downloads pdriver download page for the latest available drivers for your OS.

Video Processing Applications:

Bob1 and Advanced Deinterlace choices
Spatial Downsampling
Temporal Downsampling
RGB, YUV Format Conversion
Contrast, Brightness, Hue, Gamma adjustment
Dynamic Format Change
Inverse Telecine
Logo/Bitmap Overlay
Cropping

Sorenson Squeeze 5 Pro is the industry-leading video encoding tool, enabling users to efficiently re-purpose video content for web, CD, DVD or applications. Squeeze allows users to output content in all popular formats including: Flash, QuickTime, Windows Media, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4.

Sorenson Squeeze 5 Pro includes Sorenson Video 3 Pro, Sorenson Spark Pro, Sorenson MPEG-4 Pro and Sorenson H.264 Pro video codecs.

Includes the On2 VP6 Pro Encoder and BIAS Soundsoap plug-ins. Also includes the Complete Squeeze 5 Training DVD.

Sorenson Squeeze is a single user license. For multiple-seat enterprise licenses, see Sorenson Squeeze 5 Pro Multi-User.