Description
The FOR-A CG-Portable character generator for broadcast audio video solutions. FOR-A has unveiled CG-Portable, a compact character generator designed for broadcast and digital signage applications. Through its intuitive, browser-based GUI, CG-Portable makes it easy to produce and display lower-thirds and other graphics.
About the size of a smartphone, ForA CG-Portable character generator features four SDI ports for easy integration with production switchers and HD displays, as well as an Ethernet port for network connectivity. Two independent, multi-lingual text overlays support horizontal crawls and vertical rolls, while a timer overlay provides up/down count. Plus, CG-Portable supports more than 70 frames of graphic playback buffer, so users can insert animated as well as static logos over programming. Also, 70 frames can be used for frame memory.
With CG software developed by Brainstorm, CG-Portable provides a simple solution for fill and key mixing over live video or graphics for PEG (public, educational, government) channels. Broadcasters can also use it for downstream logo insertion for multicast channels. Plus, CG-Portable offers its own CG mixing capability over a background input. For digital signage applications in corporate and worship environments, CG-Portable can quickly provide customized updates about room schedules, daily menu specials, weather advisories, and other notifications.
- Easy setup and control via Web-GUI to quickly get captions up and running
- Supports 3G/HD-SDI input and output
- Fill and key mixing over live background video or uploaded graphics
- Two independent text overlays support horizontal crawl and vertical roll
- Independent multi-lingual support for text overlay
- Static and animated logo insertion
- Timer overlay with up/down count
- Over 70 frames of graphic playback buffer
- External reference input available
- GUI developed by Brainstorm
- Ideal for a range of signage applications
