T&G Release Highlights

Revision as of 23:55, 1 June 2010

This is the last update of the Text & Graphics Overlay DirectShow Filter. This product will be 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 it 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.