Datavideo CG-100, User Manual

Page 1: ...1 CG 100 Version 1 51...

Page 2: ...hardware and software When installing new software on to a Windows XP platform it is advisable to first create a System Restore Point this will provide a working platform to go back to in the event t...

Page 3: ...terface 13 System Set Up 14 TV system selection 14 Difference between NTSC and PAL 14 Display mode 4 3 or 16 9 15 Set Video Standard 16 Set Margins 16 Right to left reading 17 Synchronize CG output PL...

Page 4: ...djust the Gaps between letters Kerning 36 7 To Rotate a Text Object 37 8 Content of Text Objects 38 9 Multi line Text Objects 40 10 Save Text Styles 43 11 Apply a Style 45 12 Text Parameters Setting 4...

Page 5: ...Display Animation 73 To add a Wipe animation 76 To duplicate a row of animation 76 To add a Push animation 78 WIPE with Reserve Last screen 79 PUSH with Reserve Last Screen 80 To add a Fade animation...

Page 6: ...9 Clean last screen 100 Clipboard 101 Copy to the Clipboard 101 Lock Unlock the Clipboards 102 Paste from the Clipboard 102 LOGO 103 Clock Timer 105 Clock 105 Timer Stop Watch 106 TARGA Sequences 108...

Page 7: ...ng a TV Channel s Logo 121 Adding a Targa Sequence 121 Add Crawl A Crawl B 122 Logo Page Quick Modification 124 DL Renderer 127 The Bonus Utility of CG 100 129 Q A 135 CG 100 registration 137 Sample c...

Page 8: ...8 Packing List 1 CG 100 software CD 2 Quick Installation Guide 3 User Manual 4 BNC 1 8 m cable 2 5 DeckLink Card Optional...

Page 9: ...adcast quality CG solution in the industry today However it has always been beyond the budget of small studios and production houses The Datavideo CG 100 has changed that The CG 100 combines with a Bl...

Page 10: ...ibility to immediately alter one CG page while another CG page is live Quick CG Text Editor allows navigation from page to page to quickly modify text Stand alone logo display function Nine clipboard...

Page 11: ...indows XP With Service Pack 2 and Direct X 9 0c Decklink Card SDI I O only QuickTime 6 3 for Windows Recommend System CPU Pentium 4 3 0 GHz or above System Memory 1G MB DDR400 or above Free Disk Space...

Page 12: ...older versions of QuickTime 6 0 x have run into various unusual problems so it is really important to update to QuickTime 6 3 It can be downloaded from Apple s website After upgrading to the latest ve...

Page 13: ...e 10 Insert an empty page 11 Copy a page 12 Delete a page 13 Logo On Off 14 Clock Timer 15 Targa sequence 16 Extra Editing tools 17 Graphics tools 18 Editing tools 19 Text and Image Editing window The...

Page 14: ...the same as on the TV The following picture is how CG 100 looks when 16 9 is selected Difference between NTSC and PAL Although the resolutions of NTSC and PAL are different the ratio of their widths a...

Page 15: ...e mode is changed to PAL Title B is in the normal screen position in PAL mode Display mode 4 3 or 16 9 Neither 4 3 nor 16 9 will change the resolution of the PC monitor Therefore while transferring a...

Page 16: ...ideo Standard Go to SET UP Click on the required video standard The application needs to be re started if changes have been made Set Margins Type the pixels to be deducted for horizontal and vertical...

Page 17: ...to Left reading you need to tick the check box right to left reading Be aware that you need to select appropriate fonts especially for Hebrew or Arabic to have the editing direction from right to lef...

Page 18: ...onize CG output PLAY function When this selection has been ticked the CG output will be cleared when clicking stop i e it does not appear on the video out This function needs to be enabled when using...

Page 19: ...re is no video input If there won t be video input and you want to output the computer graphics and text just for presentation etc Remember to tick the check box Anti aliasing CG output when video sto...

Page 20: ...20 External Key Tick the check box External Key Decklink Pro only There is Alpha Key out for Live Video and CG merge externally The function only works for Decklink Pro card...

Page 21: ...21 Enable App button To enable a special plug in application of CG 100 please go to SETUP and tick Enable App button If you do not want this plug in tick it off so that the App Button box is empty...

Page 22: ...22 Language setting Select one language setting for your user interface The software needs to be restarted after setting...

Page 23: ...ts Please note that between 2 animation objects you do not have to set double Wait until keyboard For example Animation A is set Wait for the Post_Wait If its follower Animation B is also set to Wait...

Page 24: ...al is Low Voltage the next animation will be triggered Step4 Method1 If your GPI is a switcher the easiest way to connect GPI to COM port is to connect the ON OFF point line directly to the 4th pin DT...

Page 25: ...tor are connected in an opposite way the GPI will not function properly Method3 If one of the GPI ON OFF points has to be grounded then you have to place a 1 kO resistor between the 4th pin DTR output...

Page 26: ...ls Effects Files The file format for CG 100 is vcg Click the File button to display the File drop down menu options Alternatively you can also use the following buttons to open save or select a new vc...

Page 27: ...graphics and animations All the pages in a vcg file will be shown to the right side of the page area The pages will be created in the selected aspect ratio either 4 3 or 16 9 The following image expl...

Page 28: ...28 The current page is the sixth page and there are six pages in total...

Page 29: ...Area Click to select a page You will see a Red border around the page The highlighted page is the page that is currently in use You can edit pages by inserting deleting copying or pasting the pages i...

Page 30: ...bject High quality The 1st graphic a blue bar You can treat CG editing as sticking stickers on paper For example 3 CG objects are just like 3 stickers Look below to see how easy it is Add a new sticke...

Page 31: ...Layout Tools Animation Tools CG 100 offers the following editing tools In 4 3 mode Editing Tool bar and Animations Tool bar are as below In 16 9 mode Editing Tool bar and Animations Tool bar are as be...

Page 32: ...editing tool buttons for you to add Text Bars Rectangles Ellipses and Images You can go to the Parameters Panels to set the colors of text the precise positions etc Please see the following example Te...

Page 33: ...nel Image Parameter Panel Animation List The CG 100 provides 4 kinds of animations You can click on the buttons to insert a Display Wipe Push or Fade effect After inserting an animation effect it can...

Page 34: ...one of the buttons on the tool bar to insert a new object Drag the object to the required position and if necessary resize it Set parameters on the Parameters Panels If necessary you can cut delete a...

Page 35: ...the cursor on the text object but do not put the cursor on any of the 4 marks Press and hold the left button This will make the cursor become a Drag Symbol which means the text object is selected and...

Page 36: ...one pixel in the chosen direction Note While typing the buttons are for moving the cursor If you want to use the buttons for moving the text object you have to use them immediately after dragging the...

Page 37: ...37 7 To Rotate a Text Object To rotate the object left click on the circle hold the left button down and move the mouse vertically...

Page 38: ...38 8 Content of Text Objects You can type the content of the text objects in the typing area under the working area Change the content here in the typing area...

Page 39: ...below example shows how to change CG 100 into CG String Sample Clicking the Update button this will apply the alterations to the text object Part of the object may now be outside of the working area S...

Page 40: ...n when the latter text is longer or shorter than the original text The text object will be updated as soon as you click Update 9 Multi line Text Objects You can create a multi line text object just li...

Page 41: ...selected the typing area will be extended so that you can type a whole paragraph CG_100 auto updates the text when the text changes Note When typing multiple lines the Enter key will go to the next l...

Page 42: ...42 The following is the result of text changes...

Page 43: ...d want to save its style as a sample just click the Style button to open the Text Styles panel Step1 Colors fonts outline and thickness can be stored in the Style Panel Click this to open the Style Pa...

Page 44: ...44 Step3 Back to select the text line on the working area Step4 Click this button to store the text style in the selected place Step5 Save all styles into a file...

Page 45: ...45 11 Apply a Style First click to select the text object Then double click one of the styles on the panel The style will be applied...

Page 46: ...ght The height of letters Press left button move vertically Pos X X field of the text object Press left button move horizontally Pox Y Y field of the text object Press left button move vertically Colo...

Page 47: ...t the cross mark in the center Words go from left to right top to bottom Bold Tick to make the fonts bold faced Italic Tick to make the fonts Italic You can set the text objects parameters in the rela...

Page 48: ...The program will set the default angles which are as below For fonts whose name starts with the default angle is 270 For all other fonts the default angle is 0 Default width of a letter The default wi...

Page 49: ...m a text file If you need to use a large amount of text or text in foreign languages you can import the text from a file The CG 100 allows you to import text from a txt file Step1 Click this button to...

Page 50: ...50 Step2 Create a default text object and select it Step3 Open a text file Highlight the required text Step4 Click this button to output the text...

Page 51: ...51 The result is just like below...

Page 52: ...52 Inserting a Graphic Bar or a Line Click this button to insert a bar or a line There are 2 square marks on both ends of a graphic bar line You can hold on either side to alter the bar line...

Page 53: ...thickness of its outline press left button and move the mouse horizontally Inner Color the fill color go to a dialog for further setting Outline Color the outline color go to a dialog for further set...

Page 54: ...54 Many kinds of Graphic Bars Lines...

Page 55: ...tangle click the inner part then move it To resize the rectangle click the square on the bottom right and move it around Click this button to import an ellipse To move this ellipse click the inner par...

Page 56: ...r Color the fill color go to a dialog for further setting Outline Color the outline color go to a dialog for further setting Inner Alpha the opacity of the fill press left button and move the mouse ho...

Page 57: ...57 Inserting an Image Step1 Click this button to insert an image object Step2 Click File to select an image file The image will be shown on the working area...

Page 58: ...58 Step3 Click the inner part of the image to move the image Step4 Press the square on the bottom right to resize the image...

Page 59: ...or to designate a color for keying which will become totally transparent The transparency of an image When you set the transparency of an image the setting is applied to the whole image The levels of...

Page 60: ...60 Select a color to be transparent Step1 Insert the bmp file Tick Color Key Step2 Press the button to turn the cursor into a dropper...

Page 61: ...tra editing tools that make editing more convenient 1 Background button The default background of the working area on the CG 100 is black However if a title is very dark or the outline has to be black...

Page 62: ...group menu with the following options 4 Top Bottom The objects on the CG 100 working area are placed in the order they were created The first insertion is on the bottom and the last one is on the top...

Page 63: ...63 5 Delete Click Delete to delete a selected object 6 Undo Redo Cancels or retrieves the last applied effect or command i e reverts to previous attributes...

Page 64: ...he result If the red box is as big as the blue box then the group of objects is just moved to another place If the blue box is not equal to the red one that means the group of objects will be moved an...

Page 65: ...eps are as follows a Place the cursor on the top left side Drag the red box to encompass the objects b Drag the red FRAME to the top left side of the group of objects c Place the cursor to the bottom...

Page 66: ...left side of the blue box g Drag to move this blue box to the destination h Put the cursor on the bottom right Drag to resize the blue box i Drag to resize the blue box The size of this blue box repre...

Page 67: ...display the result k You will see the whole group has been enlarged to the size of the blue box If you want to undo this function just click the Group Move Zoom button again to revert to the original...

Page 68: ...ead of a portion of it So when the blue and white box only surrounds a part of an object the CG 100 will verify whether the center of the object is inside the box If so the object is selected If not i...

Page 69: ...and a set of parameters You should regard the working area as two dimensions Select any part of it to do the animations Here is an example with 3 single box animations The 1st animation box VCG is se...

Page 70: ...ere to select different movements Speed Determines how fast an animation moves Click the right button here to select a different speed The higher the number the faster the speed Prior Wait Determines...

Page 71: ...the steps listed below Step 1 Use this button to make an object Step 2 Make animations by using the buttons Step 3 Click here to show all animation boxes Step 4 Make sure to adjust the animation box p...

Page 72: ...d as below Change the attributes by clicking the RIGHT BUTTON to launch the dialog for further settings Step 8 Play all animations page by page Duplicate an animation box Step 6 Test a selected animat...

Page 73: ...a basic animation Click Display button to create a red and yellow outlined animation box on the working area As you create the display animation it will appear as a row in the list Then drag the anim...

Page 74: ...ou can select Display In or Out In means to show the area Out means to hide the area The default setting of display is Display In Put the cursor on the In field and click right button to select Out fr...

Page 75: ...open the pop up dialog for setting In this field Prior Wait you can also select a wait time in seconds before the animation starts In this example we have chosen Wait Hit Keyboard Click OK to finish...

Page 76: ...o create a new Wipe animation box If there is an existing animation you can also click the Duplicate button and then change its parameters to become a Wipe To duplicate a row of animation Place the cu...

Page 77: ...You can estimate the time an animation will take as follows If the animation box is 120 pixels wide and the speed of WIPE is 4 pixels per frame then it will take 30 frames to run this animation In NT...

Page 78: ...mouse button to resize the WIPE animation box To add a Push animation Follow the similar procedure as in making a Display or a Wipe animation You can click Push on the tool bar to create a new PUSH a...

Page 79: ...Last screen The first example shows the first page contains a Display animation then the second page contains a wipe animation and this page reserves last screen When the two pages play back the blue...

Page 80: ...also sets first page to have a Display animation then the second page contains a push animation and this page reserves last screen But this time when the two pages play back part of the blue box will...

Page 81: ...cate the previous animation then change its attribution to be FADE To delete an existing animation simply select the animation box and press the delete key on your keyboard or right click the mouse an...

Page 82: ...l page Please be aware there can be only one Roll or Crawl object in a page The limitation of a ROLL object There is only one Roll or Crawl object in a page A Roll object can t be longer than 10 pages...

Page 83: ...object like the sample on the panel use to separate 2 strings on every line The part on the left of is one string and the part on the right is another string Set different color fonts for the strings...

Page 84: ...arameter of the string To return to the Roll object panel click this button To return to the Roll object panel click this button To import text from a txt file click Note Pad to open the file and sele...

Page 85: ...85 To adjust the size of a Roll Object The size of a Roll Object is adjustable Step1 Use the cursor to resize the Roll object Step2 Move the Roll object to the required position...

Page 86: ...86 Step3 press Style 1 or Style 2 to adjust the position and other attributes of the strings Step4 Move the right part of the string by adjusting the parameter of X position Style 1...

Page 87: ...Step5 Move the left part of the string by adjusting the parameter of X position Step6 Place another text object on the screen and create an animation box for the text object Arrange the sequence Style...

Page 88: ...lick this button to create a crawl object Please be aware there will be only one Roll or Crawl object in a page The limitation of a Crawl object There is only one Roll or Crawl object in a page A Craw...

Page 89: ...or style 2 button to edit the parameter of the string To return to the crawl object panel click this button To import text from a txt file click Note Pad to open the file and select the text to copy...

Page 90: ...h live video programs You have to handle all kinds of situations during video shooting Live editing mode provides great flexibility to rise to the occasion Pressing this button it allows you to handle...

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Page 92: ...e red Click left button when the cursor is red The background of the information area will become pink Then the selected page is ready for off line editing All the objects on this page will be shown i...

Page 93: ...ion the final editing page may be accidentally output after leaving the Live Editing mode If that page is not for output select TV OFF when quitting the Live Editing mode This page could be accidental...

Page 94: ...dify text or duplicate similar pages in a very efficient way To Modify the Text Step1 Select the page that you want to alter and click the quick edit button The Quick edit panel will be as below The t...

Page 95: ...Change the words directly Step3 Press Enter key to update CG Step4 If there are other pages to be modified Press Page up or Page down key to select the page You can also click Up Down buttons to look...

Page 96: ...ge Place the mouse to the page Click the page when the cursor is red The page has been selected Delete a Page To delete a page click the page and click this button Total pages Selected page Page Numbe...

Page 97: ...a fixed page and use this quick edit function to clone several pages Then go into the Edit Text box to change the text page by page You are able to create many pages with the same attributes in a ver...

Page 98: ...1 Select a page Click duplicate page button to clone it Step2 Replace the objects on the second page Keep the second object the same size at the same position Step3 Set different animations for each p...

Page 99: ...99 Step4 Select page 002 on the page list Click Right button to open a Pop up menu Choose Reserve last screen Reserve last screen We can see the effect of 002 is as below...

Page 100: ...100 Clean last screen Select Clean Last Screen the effect on 002 will be like below...

Page 101: ...to the clipboard click the group button Step2 Select Group Copy Step3 A blue box shows on the working area adjust the box to cover the object s Click the square to move the box Click this annulus to s...

Page 102: ...p up menu The object s in the locked box will be saved To unlock the clipboard select the box and click right button choose Unlock Paste from the Clipboard Double click an icon from the clipboard a bl...

Page 103: ...o please follow the steps as below to create your own logo The Logo Editing Page is different from other pages You can distinguish it by its background color which is blue You will not see this page o...

Page 104: ...ick mouse right button and confirm the message box or just click another page on the Page List Step5 To output the Logo to the TV screen please click the Logo On Off button But Logo shows only in the...

Page 105: ...een first click the following button 1 Setting Click the above button to launch the following dialog 1 Tick Clock 2 Select the time format 2 CG Position Click CG Position button to adjust the clock la...

Page 106: ...rt Please note that the Clock won t show on the PC s screen It is only shown on the TV screen Timer Stop Watch Setting Click the above button to launch the following dialog 1 Tick Stop Watch 2 Select...

Page 107: ...107 2 CG Position 3 Pause 4 Start 5 Stop Please note that the Timer won t show on the PC s screen It...

Page 108: ...export 3D animations or motion pictures as a sequence of targa files Click the following button to prepare a targa sequence 1 Setting 2 Select Targa Sequence 3 CG Position Click this button to adjust...

Page 109: ...TGA background or foreground display 5 Memory Requirement Check if the computer has enough memory for the TGA sequence 6 Play Targa Sequence 7 Clear Targa Sequence Please note that the TARGA won t sho...

Page 110: ...re three string objects are placed on the lower thirds of the working area It represents the subtitles will be three lines a page You can set as many text samples as you like The positions colors and...

Page 111: ...lease note these principles while you prepare the text for subtitle Every line of text substitutes a string object Every string object for this sample page has its sequence number aside In this exampl...

Page 112: ...less text over the screen Tick Delete sample page to delete the first sample page Click Transfer button to start transferring from text to CG You can see the result as below A few Updates In CG 100 R...

Page 113: ...113 Using mouse wheel to scroll CG pages In this version you can scroll page lists by rolling the mouse wheel In live mode it is perfect to display subtitles Red tag of 2 Change sample order...

Page 114: ...me the program is re executed Even when you click back to the CG 100 layout editing window it looks like the ordinary CG 100 window but not the same one Features of the Logo generator 5 independent la...

Page 115: ...t can you create in the Logo generator Where to set the objects See Red boxes How to enter Logo Generator window To open the CG Logo generator click the App button and then select Logo Generator to la...

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Page 117: ...ect output this background page Clears all logos or crawl text on TV Click on this button to open the detail parameter window Click on it again to close the detail window and return to the normal view...

Page 118: ...ion and page number You can give a special description for a page and it will show in bold type If there is not a description CG 100 will use the first text object in the page as the description and i...

Page 119: ...ee dummy logos have specific naming rules The three of them should be named as Logo1_ tga Logo2_ tga Logo3_ tga The first letter of these file names should be capital You may add something like Logo1_...

Page 120: ...even if you only need to display one logo for your TV station besides the Sample page you still have to ADD a blank background page 2 Otherwise the logo output will not function correctly Just like th...

Page 121: ...age sizes and positions just like ordinary CG 100 editing To output the TV Channel s logo press down one of the three buttons Ch Logo 1 Ch Logo 2 or Ch Logo 3 To clear the TV Channel s logo press the...

Page 122: ...ack Click button when the button is sunken it is in frame mode that is 30 frames sec for NTSC and 25 frames sec for PAL So the Targa images will be switched following the frame speed If it is in Field...

Page 123: ...nd size of the dummy on the sample page as you would normally in the CG 100 Click to go back to CG 100 layout editing mode Set the position of the crawl by adding an animation box in the sample page T...

Page 124: ...ve all objects back including objects and background CG page There is a tick to set if you want to re play all the animation boxes in the selected background page one more time Logo Page Quick Modific...

Page 125: ...on to the new page Delete the current page to the previous page or the next page To save a single CG page the file s extension is pcg Compared with the vcg files the vcg files contain many CG pages in...

Page 126: ...he page Click the button to find Targa images to replace the first two image objects Click button to update the CG Page The column will be disabled if there is no image object in the page on line help...

Page 127: ...eckLink functions are down too Since the video and CG are merged inside DeckLink card so it is not only the CG can t be out but also the video output stops and only a back screen is out It is not allo...

Page 128: ...128 Setting of DL Renderer Use Setup dialog in CG 100 to set the DeckLink functions and select NTSC or PAL TV standard If the CG 100 is with a DeckLink Pro card it can also provide external key output...

Page 129: ...video with CG to remote sites Viewer can see the video through Windows media player by simply type the URL For example mms 192 168 1 2 8080 How to use this software Step1 Before using this software p...

Page 130: ...video for streaming WM7 300K A2 V320 F30 WM7 600K A2 V320 F30 WM7 represents windows media 7 300K represents the bit rate of this streaming is 300 kbps A2 represents stereo audio V320 represents the w...

Page 131: ...ere is any restriction to block the streaming If you are not sure how to set it please first try setting the firewall to OFF For more details about un blocking the streaming please contact your MIS St...

Page 132: ...t http xxx xxx xxx xxxx It means the video has broadcasted without problem If when you click start you find out that there is a red bar running just as below there might be something wrong for the set...

Page 133: ...er Go to file and select Open URL Type the URL as the following picture shows After a few seconds buffering you should see the steaming video Trouble Shooting If you have any problem viewing video on...

Page 134: ...s wan port has a IP address 59 120 42 170 and LiveStream program uses 8080 port to broadcast you should configure Port Redirection or named Virtual Server or Port Mapping function as follows TCP proto...

Page 135: ...effect on them When you click on PLAY mode it will play those pages which have an animation sequence assigned Therefore if you don t have any effect selected they will not show up when you click on PL...

Page 136: ...ick on mouse Then select Lock 8 Q When I use Italic style on text it has a saw tooth on edge A Some fonts have sharper angles than others Select a different font to solve this problem 9 Q There is a w...

Page 137: ...ware via the internet after the installation is completed If not 7 days after the software is started it will show Datavideo and CG 100 trademark on the video D When the software is started it will re...

Page 138: ...rst Datavideo will check the registered information and hardware information to see if they are correct or if they have been registered by another user You can only apply for a new password twice G Wh...

Page 139: ...139 Sample connection diagram...

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