Company
JCL Business Systems, UK
Date
1992
Amiga
any Amiga
Interface
parallel port
    Real-time Framegrabber
  • larger version of the ColourPic with additional memory, interfaces and software capabilities
  • digitises video inputs in 64000 colors in 1/50th second per frame resp. 1/25th second for interlace modes (realtime)
  • supports lo-res, interlace and hi-res resolutions
  • comes standard with 512kB internal framebuffer
  • internal memory can be extended up to 1 MB of CMOS SRAM memory (32k×8, ≤120ns) to support hires interlace overscan images and longer animations
  • 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 Plus (e.g. 24 bit images)
  • brightness, contrast, saturation and NTSC hue controls - the latter doesn't work in PAL models
  • video input connectors, selected by rotary knob at the rear
    • 1× composite (BNC) video input
    • 1× Y/C input connector (4 pin mini-DIN)
    • 1× Amiga RGB
  • output connectors:
    • RGB monitor pass-through and composite video output
    • 1× RCA connector for UHF TV output
    • RGB output is used for monitor pass-through, UHF and Composite for TV output of captured frames
  • connects via parallel port to the Amiga
  • internal power supply
  • delivered with standard ColourPic software and with Cabaret Plus software, which provides the following functions:
    • 24 bit capable, support hi-res and interlace modes
    • overscan support
    • software control of image parameters (e.g. brightness, color and color balance)
    • image flip
    • image filters
    • extra image filters like Uniform, Kuwahara, Posterize, Median and Gamma
    • emboss, dropshadow and combine features
    • blending, masking
    • Sculpt interface
    • plotter support

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