Titling tool for Vegas

Spot|DSE wrote on 12/8/2004, 11:04 PM

For Immediate Release

Los Angeles, CA - December 6, 2004 – Sundance Media Group, a digital media marketing and consulting group, announced the release of Power CG Plus and Power Rfs for Sony Vegas software. Created by Cayman Graphics, a leading manufacturer of professional computer generated graphics and titling tools for videographers, Power CG Plus and Power Rfs give Vegas users a robust, professional titling plug-in for the first time.

Power CG Plus and Power Rfs have been available to the NLE community for quite some time. Now Vegas users have access to the same professional graphic generation and titling tools as other videographers. With pre-built lower thirds and other animated title templates, both Cayman Graphics products allow creative opportunities previously unavailable within the Vegas platform.

Power CG Plus is the full-featured packaged which includes up to 1000 layers, TextFx animation and ultimate versatility. The more affordable Power Rfs allows for a single of layer of text generation. Both products feature color safe warning and import of Truetype typefaces, and both create broadcast-ready titles directly on the Vegas timeline.

“With more and more videographers using Vegas for broadcast content, the demand has grown for better availability of titling options. We’re pleased with the response and we’re looking forward to growing with Vegas community,” said Jeff McOmie, President and founder of Cayman Graphics.

Availability and Price

Power CG Plus is priced at 399.99, while Power Rfs sells for 149.99. Trail versions of both products may be downloaded from
www.caymangraphics.com

Cayman Graphics began as an engineering consulting company designing Broadcast Character Generator Systems for companies like 3M, Quanta, ChannelMatic, WeatherCasters, DynaTech, and others. With the growing popularity of Desktop Video, user demand required more robust titling capabilities. Cayman Graphics then introduced Power CG, designed expressly for the desktop video editor. With over 10,000 copies sold, Cayman Graphics continues to maintain its leadership as a character generation and titling solution.

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Mahesh wrote on 12/9/2004, 11:47 PM

I have regularly used the Power CG plus for last 4 years as a plug-in for Fast's Video Machine. Excellent Broadcast quality titler.
I have been Beta-testing it as a plug-in for Vegas 4/5 and find that it integrates very well, produces excellent titles and because each title is a graphic, render times are minimal.
Installation as a plug-in should not be a problem. I was given a small install-to-Vegas file to register it as a plug-in with Vegas.
For those who would like to try it out
1 - drop Poer CG+ as a media generator on time line.
2 -You do not have to save a snapshot every time. It is just being helpful. When it asks if you would like to save a snapshot, for use as abackground just say No.
3 - Try out its roll and crawl capabilities. It is great. Just remeber that you have use key frames to get the roll/crawl to work.

Mahesh wrote on 12/10/2004, 12:35 AM

because each title is a graphic, render times are minimal.
I got that completely wrong. Power CG does not save as TGA. .

Spot|DSE wrote on 12/10/2004, 8:21 AM

It's just a small bug in the code. It will be fixed so that it opens/installs correctly.

earthrisers wrote on 12/10/2004, 3:05 PM

The User Manual has sections on using PowerCG rfs with a bunch of video packages, but nothing about how to use it with Vegas...

(In fact, searching for "Vegas" in the manual comes up with zero hits.)

cayman wrote on 12/10/2004, 4:30 PM

I will have the updated RFS manual on the website soon. The Updated Plus manual is
already on the web-site.

http://www.caymangraphics.com/PowerCG_Plus_manual.html

The Plug-in operation is nearly identical.

Jeff McOmie
Cayman Graphics

PeterWright wrote on 12/10/2004, 9:20 PM

The Cayman tool looks impressive, but I hope that Sony are continuing to develop their Text Media Generator - just a few enhancements (such as differential character colouring and gradients) will do me fine.

cayman wrote on 12/11/2004, 12:37 PM

I have updated the Power CG setup program to fix the problem some users where having during installation. It has been updated it on our web-site. You can download it from:

http://www.caymangraphics.com/Downloads.html#PlugIn

I have also posted the updated Power CG rfs manual that has the chapter pertaining to Using Power CG with Vegas. It can be downloaded from:

http://www.caymangraphics.com/PowerCG_RFS_manual.html

The Power CG Plus manual already had that section:

http://www.caymangraphics.com/PowerCG_Plus_manual.html

Enjoy!

Jeff McOmie
Cayman Graphics

tailgait wrote on 12/11/2004, 1:03 PM

What exactly do you mean by "drop it on the Vegas window?"

wcoxe1 wrote on 12/13/2004, 7:55 PM

I wondered about that, too. In over 30 years of computer work, I have missed that bit of arcania.

wombat wrote on 12/14/2004, 2:21 PM

I downloaded and installed Power CG rfs yesterday - no problems at all.

It showed up as a 'media generator' immediately in Vegas, was simple enough to use, and produced excellent results. No bugs or problems encountered!

Coursedesign wrote on 12/14/2004, 2:50 PM

What exactly do you mean by "drop it on the Vegas window?"

This is a standard method in Windows for giving data to an app, it's been around for a long time. You can for example drag and drop a Word file from Windows Explorer onto a Word icon on the taskbar, this will open the document in a new window.

In the Vegas case, Vegas sees that the file being dropped on to it needs another action, that's all.

If it had been a [supported] video file, Vegas would have interpreted it appropriately and opened it for editing.

Jay Gladwell wrote on 12/14/2004, 2:52 PM

Wombat, I'm a dunce. I can't get anything out of it that looks half-way decent.

Jay