ColourPic
Company
JCL Business Systems, UK
Date
1989
Amiga
any Amiga
Interface
parallel port
    Real-time Framegrabber
  • digitises video inputs in 64000 colors in 1/50th second per frame resp. 1/25th second for interlace modes (realtime)
  • comes standard with 192kB internal framebuffer
  • supports lo-res, interlace and hi-res resolutions
  • internal memory can be extended up to 256 kB of CMOS SRAM memory (32k×8, ≤120ns) to support interlace fullscreen images
  • outputs files in HAM, EHB, 4 - 32 color or monochrome (16 grayscales)
  • PAL and NTSC versions available
  • framestore can be used to display images in 64k colors on external monitors or video equipment by uploading them to the Colourpic (e.g. 24 bit images)
  • brightness, contrast, saturation and NTSC hue controls - the latter doesn't work in PAL models
  • composite (RCA) video input at the front
  • later hardware models (sold from 1992 onwards) feature a Y/C input connector (4 pin mini-DIN)
  • output connectors at the rear side:
    • 1× 8 pin DIN connector for combined RGB and composite video output
    • 1× RCA connector for UHF TV output
  • connects via parallel port to the Amiga, connector is at a ribbon cable fed through the metal case
  • external 15V AC power supply
  • delivered with ColourPic software and, for later models, with the more capable Cabaret software, which provides in addition:
    • 24 bit capable (for lo-res modes)
    • overscan support
    • software control of image parameters (e.g. brightness, color and color balance)
    • image flip
    • image filters
    • blending, masking
    • Sculpt interface
    • plotter support
    optional AniMate Expansion
  • special 512kB memory expansion card
  • allows digitising short video sequences in realtime or in single step mode
  • single images or sequences can be joined with the AniMate software
  • with the extra memory, the base unit can also digitise interlace and overscan modes
    Notes
  • the ColourPic is also available with a Genlock option, named SuperPic
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