T&G Release Highlights
This is the last update of the Text & Graphics Overlay DirectShow Filter. This product has been replaced with our newest development - the Character Generator DirectShow Filter.
Among other great features, the new filter allows you to work with all overlay item types (text, graphics, images and Flash) via a generic interface.
What's new:
- Generic interface for text, graphics, image and Flash overlay items
- Built-in support for news tickers (including crawls and rolls) with automatic file tracking
- Support for item groups & compositions
- Smooth change of item size, position, transparency, background or view area
- Item movement, acceleration, fade in/fade out and entrance/exit effects, animation sequences
- New text and image effects: Shadow, Glow, Motion Blur, Rotation, etc.
- New graphic figures: rectangle, ellipse, triangle, star, etc.
- Save/load configuration via XML files
- .SRT subtitles support
For a detailed list of features and an editions comparison chart see the product page:
http://www.medialooks.com/products/directshow_filters/chargen.html
Deploying the new filter will require a new license file. If you have a valid Text & Graphics Overlay subscription, you will be able to download a CG Basic license from your account in our Support Center. If you need help downloading the license files, please refer to this FAQ post:
http://wiki.medialooks.com/Downloading_license_files
If your subscription for the Text & Graphics Overlay filter had expired, please contact our sales team at <sales@medialooks.com>.
Since the new filter implements new interfaces, it will be necessary to make certain changes in your code. Please read the FAQ entry below to get a quick understanding of what to do:
http://wiki.medialooks.com/Migrating_to_the_Character_Generator_filter
If you have any further questions (including questions about the new license files), please submit a ticket via our Support Center.
