T&G Release Highlights

Latest revision as of 00:30, 2 June 2010

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.