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Pixel Power in Cambridge England is a developer and manufacturer of integrated
software and hardware systems for broadcast television graphics.
Their systems use advanced architectures capable of processing these graphics
in real time with absolutely no compression.

 

Clarity-graphics systems
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Clarity graphics systems deliver rich feature set in a variety of configurations to suit every broadcast graphics requirement

Clarity is a family of powerful, multi-format, single and multi-channel graphics systems addressing the character generation, still/clip store and animated graphics requirements of television broadcasters and post-production.

Offered in combinations of standard and high definition formats, there are even Clarity models that can simulcast both standard and high definition from a single system.

Clarity-100
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The turnkey system with Windows user interface, dedicated graphics hardware and open platform PC technology.

Fault sensing bypass relays on the internal downstream keyer.
SNMP based system monitoring.

Can be expanded to offer dual 2D live squeezeback capability
and sophisticated full frame cell, text and logo animation effects.

Clarity 100 can playback and record up to 4 audio channels. Additional audio capabilities include de-embed, ducking, group mix and re-embedding, making Clarity 100 ideal for adding voiceovers or sound effects to promos.



Clarity-200
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The Clarity 200 is available with three different software profiles and can be configured to cover the differing requirements of control rooms, editing and graphics production. The Pixel Power’s philosophy is that any material created on its full featured (CG & GX) systems can be played out on entry level systems (TG) regardless of complexity, animations or effects.

The internal video clip player provides uncompressed 4:2:2:4 recording and playback from an internal disk array of up to 2 hours duration; storage can be expanded externally and clips can be used as full frame page backgrounds or resized using the dual 2D DVEs. The video clip option also includes a dedicated SDI preview output, which can be configured as a secondary output channel.

Optional redundant power supply and external RAID5 storage provide further protection in critical transmission areas.

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Clarity 500 provides two fully independent channels with dual preview outputs. Each channel provides one DSK and dual 2D live squeezebacks. The optional video clip player provides two steams of uncompressed video and key with audio capability also available. The channels can be layered internally for even more complex graphics and
effects.

Clarity-2 HD/SD
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Clarity2 HD/SD is a highly configurable graphics system capable of all HD and SD standards. As well as single or dual channel configurations unique hybrid configurations include HD/SD switchable and three channel HD+2SD.

The award-winning graphics platform for multi-format HDTV and multi-channel SD, pairing a Windows2000Pro user interface with parallel-processors for real-time handling of the super-wide bandwidth of non-compressed streams.  Separate proprietary graphics processors achieve unprecedented real-time effects, even in HD.  The format-switching capabilities future-proof your basic investment. Options for storing and using video clips or audio effects further expand your applications.

Collage-2
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The most advanced and versatile real-time graphics workstations for non-compressed 601 SD (and NTSC), with versions optimized for stills-store use, for CG even in live news and sports environments, for applying paint and effects to pictures, and for rendering animated cells to video.  The sophisticated architecture delivers incredible effects incredibly fast.   State-of-the-art interfacing allows Collage-2 to extract data automatically from external applications such as Word™ documents, Excel™ spreadsheets and the internet. The compositing capabilities truly earn its "collage" label.

Graphite-2
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An extension of the Collage-2 family, that adds clip-store capabilities via an integrated DDR, for using moving video both a background or foreground elements.

Collage Junior
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The text generator that combines low cost with real professional performance (real-time non-compressed 601 SD), all with versatility and a realistic upgrade path.

Clarity Prep
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Offline software for creating PixelPower graphics on standard PC's for later playout on Clarity or Collage.

Clarity Plug-In
Brings the Clarity CG functionality into the Avid editing environment as an AVX plug-in. File compatibility with Clarity hardware systems allows leveraging of graphic assets uniformly throughout a facility.

Control Centre
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The Pixel Power Control Centre implements a MOS gateway for seamless graphics workflow integration between newsroom systems and Clarity graphics devices. It also manages and builds the backend graphic asset database used by the Pixel Browser Web Client and newsroom ActiveX controls.
 

   
   
 

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