Amiga Hardware DatabaseCompany NewTek, USA | Date 1990 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface video slot | Autoconfig ID 2191 / 0 |
- combination of a video switcher, a genlock, a framebuffer and special effects device
- 4× composite inputs (BNC)
- 2× composite outputs (BNC) - Preview and Program
- Input 1 is used to time all the signals to - although the Toaster has its own sync generator, it is recommended to connect a stable external video source here
- requires time base corrected video sources
- stricly a composite device - it works exclusively with composite video signals internally
- NTSC only
- the Video Toaster won the Emmy Award, the broadcast industry's most prestigious award
- still-store
- 2 MB dual frame buffer can hold two 768×400 images in 24 bit
- stores images freezed from incoming video
- digital video effects from one stored image to another
- genlock
- encodes Amiga RGB to composite video
- overlays and dissolves graphics or video on any input source
- Luminance Keyer - allows the superimposing of an actor in front of a background or fly text over video
- software
- Switcher:
- controls the inputs, framebuffer, framegrabber and serves as a launcher for the other Toaster applications
- four banks of digital video effects with over 300 combinations and transitions: flips, tumbles, pulls, spins, smooth fades, standard wipes, transparent cast shadows, synchronized sound effects, positionable windows and one hundred color process effects
- requires at least 3 MB Fast RAM and 1 MB Chip RAM
- ToasterCG:
- 35 ns character generator
- capable of generating up to 100 pages of text using any of the 100 postscript fonts included
- creates titles with scrolls, crawls, graphics, gradient blends, variable transparency and font scaling from 10-400 lines high
- ToasterPaint:
- 24 bit painting
- the interface uses a standard Amiga screen in HAM mode, 768×400 is achieved as a virtual canvas
- image information is maintained inetranally as 24 bit data and can be displayed anytime in 24 bit with the still-store
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