The TriCaster Duo is NewTek's latest offering in their line of all-in-one production units  The Duo has similar features to the original TriCaster but leaves out the video editor and has slightly different  A/V connections.  read more...

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There has always been a desire by producers and directors with vision to want to improve what
is before them. That includes the use of action or scenes that don’t exist, or allowing actors to
appear to be in any location without leaving the studio. Such was the case with the 1940 movie
The Thief of Bagdad, which called for Jaffar, a massive genie, to play a prominent role in the
film. Special effects coordinator Larry Butler rose to the challenge and is credited with invention
of blue screen compositing, for which he won an Academy Award for Special Effects. This was a
very tedious and precise process involving several layers of film which had to be precisely aligned
when creating the master negative...  read more...

LiveText™ is NewTek's standalone CG (character generator) with Ethernet connectivity to the TriCaster™ and VT™ (TriCaster 2.0 or VT 5.2 required). This lets you off load CG editing to a second computer or laptop so you can either pre-produce your CGs or have a dedicated CG operator during a live switch.  read more...

This is based on a D-Link DI-624 Router/Firewall other makes and models will have similar functionality. If the network has IT people who maintain it you will need them to set this up for you. You will need to log into the router; this is done by entering the routers IP address in a web browser...  read more...