NewTek is pleased to provide you with the latest software for VT[4]. Version 4.5 enhances the integrated Production Suite with a combination of new features, fixes and several stability improvements.  

New Features 

 iVGA  

iVGA is one of the new collaborative tools in VT[4] allows you to bring in desktop imagery from other computers across a local network. NewTek’s iVGA technology is integrated into the live switching component using the VGA tab on the 8 or 16-input switcher. If you are using the 24-input switcher, iVGA and all the other tabbed functions are available as stand-alone modules in the Start menu.

Projector Output
New to VT[4] version 4.5 is projector output directly from your graphics card. This allows you to blend incoming iVGA sources with the switcher’s graphics and video signals. You can also route external computers to the scaler and projector, by-passing the software scan-converter, and sending the full XGA resolution signal straight to the projector.

Title Templates  

The Title templates module is an easy-to-use template-based system to quickly create professional titles and add your own customized graphics and logos on screen. Templates are provided in both lower third and full-screen pages of varying style.

LightWave 3D® 8.3

NewTek is pleased to incorporate the latest 3D feature-set for those customers using VT[4] with LightWave 8. There have been more than 250 bug fixes since version 7.5, but some of the principal fixes and features include:

Fixes

PSD Exporter (major bug fix)

EPSF Loader Enhancements (polygons can now have up to 16383 points)

Vector Blur Enhancements

IK Booster Enhancements

New Features

New Hypervoxels modes (Blending Mode and Relative Particle Age Gradient)

PLD (Pixel Lattice Deformation) Antialiasing

Reconstruction Filters

Sub-patch UV Map modes

Text Layers Tool (great for quick 3D text creation)

NewTek compressed video codec

NewTek is pleased to include in version 4.5 an optimized video compressor/decompressor (codec) for capture and playback on any Pentium 4-based computer. The NewTek Video Codec [NT25] is a 5:1 compressed capture, similar to DV Video. This compressor, however, is superior to DV video as it captures in a higher color-space of 4:2:2. This codec also requires less CPU processing during capture than regular DV video. This codec has been added to the Capture, Batch Capture and Render panels.  

Storyboard scrolling

An addition to storyboard functionality is storyboard scrolling. When selecting or playing clips in the timeline, the storyboard refreshes the view to reveal this selection in that window as well.

Clamp to legal colors

Version 4.5 now has an additional feature that will prevent your video from exceeding ‘video legal’ standards. The maximum video level is clamped at 100 IRE, and the minimum is either 0 IRE or 7.5 IRE, depending on the video standard that VT[4] is running (NTSC, Japanese NTSC or PAL).

Fixes

New Drivers

With version 4.5, NewTek has released a major re-design of the underlying real-time media engine that drives VT[4]. This has resulted in numerous benefits, including lower CPU overhead, much faster cutting between live sources, and the ability to perform a program-row punch of a live show without any hesitation between sources.

Improved RS-8 detection

In some instances, the RS-8 would turn off, and not be detected by the system. NewTek has found and fixed this issue in the version 4.5 RS-8 drivers.

Optimized resource and memory usage

Version 4.5 reflects the continuing work of NewTek to make this software production suite run faster, using as little memory and processor overhead as is possible. VT[4] should now be more responsive for all users, but most especially for those running marginal systems (a single Pentium 4 2.8Ghz or a dual Xeon 2.4 Ghz).  

Additional fixes

CG no longer crashes during delete operation

CG Post Italic controls in Control Tree fixed

Deleting CG still pages with control tree in top pane won’t crash

CG Post no longer stutters with 2 DDRs playing

Locking aspect ratio in CG text mode fixed

Dragging a CG page into VT-Edit crash is fixed

CG Player taking focus away from switcher fixed

Cut and paste from Word into CG Designer fixed

CG Size Numerical Values now unlimited

Cloned CG pages no longer change text position when project is saved

CG post files in VT project now works with TMPGEnc

Scaling of the CG interface no longer changes workspace aspect

Backspacing in CG to remove text no longer crashes

Sizing shape in CG Post won’t cause crash

Changing CG Player pages won’t crash

PAL DV output fixed

PAL Genlock fully functional

DV type 1 and TMPGEnc fixed in PAL

DV removed as a DSK source since it lacks alpha

Rear Vu meters now work in 4-channel mode

4-channel DV audio now goes out FireWire live

Drag-and-drop no longer locks up VT-Edit

Timeline scrolling lock-ups fixed

No more Edit in/out-point sluggishness with ripple on

Editor play button won’t remain on after playing a bmp file

Crash fixed when cloning or drag/drop from one editor to another

Fixed VT-Edit with Y positioning problem

Tool Shed project report fixed

Inheriting clips with markers now fixed

Snap strength adjustment removed from Preferences

Numeric setting of fades less than 1 second fixed

Timeline indicator in Negative time space moves correctly

GIF images now correctly sized

Long Timeline crashing Render Panel fixed

Clearing an undo will restore still frame to its previous size

Control Tree Undo restores proper image size

Blue borders work properly in Tool Shed

Graphic Equalizer channels reverse fixed

For more info or to place your order, contact Matt Drabick at mdrabick@mindspring.com or 919-790-5488. Above price doesn't include shipping.