Grass Valley Imaginate 2 Still Image Animation and Montage Creation Software description:
Transform still images and photographs into movies with Imaginate 2.0. Featuring easy-to-use panning, zooming, scaling and 3D camera positioning tools, Imaginate 2.0 is perfect for still image effects such as creating photo montages with audio, DVD motion menus and documentary style movies.
The only limitation is imagination.
Imaginate 2.0 still-image animation software gives video professionals the tools to bring new dimensions to their productions by transforming still images and photographs into movies. The new Imaginate Scene Wizard and Storyboard mode can help create compositions in minutes with an intuitive interface that features realtime preview and detailed keyframing options for fine-tuning any animated sequence. Imaginate 2.0 projects can include music, combine with other Imaginate projects and be exported to video formats that are ready for video editing or VideoCD/DVD authoring.
Create with Ease The Imaginate 2.0 Wizard
Imaginate 2.0 can boost production workflow with the scene wizard feature. Creating sweeping cinematic effects for still images is now as easy as answering a set of simple questions regarding camera movements. Upon completion of the wizard, editors can further adjust any camera settings to create a specific effect.
Scene Templates and the Storyboard Feature
With the storyboard feature, editors can import multiple images into a new project to easily create montages, slideshows and presentations. Images placed into the storyboard can be connected with simple, adjustable dissolves for a clean, professional look. Simply drag-and-drop one of Imaginate 2.0s preset motion sequence templates onto each imported image for even faster project creation. Each image can have further individually customized camera movements, effects and lengths if desired. Imaginate 2.0 features over 190 templates to choose from with the ability to save any new custom templates created by the user.
Professional Camera Tools and Keyframing
With its intuitive interface, editors can easily adjust the camera's size, rotation and 2D/3D positioning within the main interface window, or use specific measurements within the Configuration Window. Imaginate 2.0's high-quality scaling functions produce incredibly detailed images when zooming in on high-resolution stills, retaining information normally lost with other image pan/zoom software. maginate 2.0's timeline interface allows each aspect of a sequence to be individually keyframed for precise camera movement and timing. The Spline Editor window allows editors to carefully control ease in/ease out properties of each camera movement.
Audio File Support
Import music soundtracks or add narration to a completed sequence for that extra touch. Imaginate 2.0's Audio Trimmer has controls to set In/Out points, add fades and adjust the project length to match the length of an audio clip. Imaginate 2.0 supports all popular audio files, including WAV and MP3.
Export Options and NLE Plug-in Support
Completed Imaginate 2.0 projects can be exported to a number of different video formats for video editing, emailing and Web streaming. Imaginate 2.0 can make use of additional video codecs that may be installed on the same system, such as DivX or Canopus DV.
Imaginate 2.0 plugs into EDIUS and Adobe Premiere allowing editors to create and import Imaginate projects directly from the editing software. When a project is imported into either of these applications, alpha channels of any images within the project are preserved, giving the editor the ability to create professional-looking title sequences and compositions.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Supported Image Formats
Bitmap (.bmp)
JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg)
Targa (.tga)
Photoshop (.psd)
JPEG Network Graphic (.jng)
Portable Network Graphics (.png)
Tagged Image File Format (.tif, .tiff)
Amiga IFF Format (.iff, lbm)
Multiple Network Graphic (.mng)
Kodak PhotoCD (.pcd)
PCX Bitmap Format (.pcx)
Supported Audio Formats
Wave (.wav)
MP3 (.mp3)
Windows Media Audio (.wma)
Windows Media Video (.wmv)
AIFF (.aif, .aiff)
AVI (.avi)
MPEG (.mpg, .mpeg, .mpa)
MPEG-2 (.m2p, .mp2)
ASF (.asf)
Video Export Formats
Uncompressed RGB AVI (PAL/NTSC, 16:9/4:3)
Microsoft DV (PAL/NTSC, 16:9/4:3)
Any DirectShow AVI codec
Package Contents
Imaginate 2.0 Installation CD-ROM
Imaginate 2.0 User Manual
Minimum System Requirements
Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium III, Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon XP or AMD Duron processor, 800MHz CPU or faster
256MB RAM
80MB free hard disk space
Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional
DirectX 9.0 or later
Pan, zoom, rotate and skew high-resolution stills in 3D
Save projects as video clips for easy integration with video editing software
High-quality image scaling retains sharp, precise photo details
Plug-in support for Canopus EDIUS, Canopus Edit, Canopus Lets EDIT and Adobe Premiere (6.x or Pro)
New Features in Imaginate 2.0
Smart wizards and ready-to-use templates for simplified project configuration
Multiple image support and easy set up of montages using the Imaginate Storyboard
Audio import support to add narration or music to any project
Keyframable Blur filter for realistic camera effects
Anchor and Spline controls ensure precise camera positioning for intricate motion sequences
Canopus Grass Valley Imaginate 2 Still Image Animation and Montage Creation Software (code 21957)
Transform still images and photographs into movies with Imaginate 2.0. Featuring easy-to-use panning, zooming, scaling and 3D camera positioning tools.
£129.00 (inc vat)