foc.us PTM-1 User manual

Personal
Titlemaker
MODEL PTM-1
PERSONAL TITLEMAKER:
WHAT DID YOU EXPE T FROM A
HARA TER GENERATOR IN THIS
PRI E RANGE? GET READY TO HAVE
YOUR EXPE TATIONS EX EEDED.
Now there’s a character
generator for video
producers on a budget.
The Personal TitleMaker™
incorporates many of the
features found in Videonics’
high-end character
generators, like high-
resolution titles in over one
million colors, and even
see-through video effects
with scroll and crawl
capabilities. Add credits
to video or create video
message boards.
Personal TitleMaker has lots of
features you’d never expect from
a product in this price range –
like patterns, fades, wipes and a
lot more. After years of experience
engineering professional quality
character generators, Personal
Titlemaker has brought high-end
technology to the consumer.
EXPRESS YOURSELF WITH
28 FONT AND SIZE
OMBINATIONS
Personal TitleMaker fonts are
specifically designed to look
great on video. Each line of text
can be enhanced with drop
shadows, several grades of bold
letters, outlines, scrolls, crawls,
and much more. Digital technology
gives Personal TitleMaker a smooth-
as-silk look.
SPE IAL EFFE TS
GIVE YOUR VIDEO
AN EXTRA DIMENSION
Choose from 24 special effects
for transitions between title screens,
including cuts, fades, wipes and more.
And then implement each effect at
one of eight speeds. Transitions add
that professional touch.
OLOR AND PATTERN:
DRESS UP THOSE TITLES
Imagine a million colors at your
fingertips. Personal TitleMaker
puts them there. You can apply
any color to your titles, outlines,
backgrounds, and borders. Then
pick a pattern to give your titles
a unique look and feel.
GIVE MORE DEPTH
TO YOUR WORK WITH
SEE-THROUGH EFFE TS
Superimpose titles over video,
or over colored or patterned
backgrounds. Even use video
as a “color” for titles, backgrounds,
or outline/shadow areas. Use
dimmed or tinted video as a
background for stunning video-
on-video effects.
WITH A KEYBOARD
THAT WON’T LIMIT YOU.
Personal TitleMaker comes with
a full-sized, full-function keyboard
that allows you quick and easy
access to special effects. So
you can make changes on the
fly. The keyboard also includes
accented and special characters
for 36 different languages.

Specifications subject to change.
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APPLI ATIONS
▼Classroom and Video productions
▼Bulletin and Message Board systems
▼Public, Education, and Government (PEG)
TV Stations
▼Night Club and Restaurant
Messaging Systems
▼Low Power TV Stations
FEATURES
▼ High resolution titles: 720 x 480
▼28 font and size combinations
▼Drop shadow, outline, bold, variable
character spacing
▼Over a million colors
backgrounds and borders
▼24 special effects (fades and wipes),
at eight speeds
▼Scroll and crawl (eight speeds).
Scroll-in one direction, hold, scroll-out
another direction
▼Superimpose (genlock): Title over
video, or use video for letters, outlines,
or borders
▼Each line can use a different font, size,
and style and different colors for
letters, outlines, and shadows
▼32 rainbow and pixel patterns, including
animated patterns, can be applied to
backgrounds, letters, outlines/shadows,
and borders
▼Background video mix: Mix colors or
patterns with video for see-through or
tinted-video effects
▼4,000 character memory with battery
back-up
▼On-screen text editing features
include undo and clipboard-style
copy and move
▼Full computer-style keyboard
▼Special characters for 36 languages
▼Built-in demo shows features
▼Video inputs and outputs. Both
S-video and composite (RCA) jacks
for video in and out
▼GPI trigger input allows remote trigger
of titles from external controller
▼Lightweight, rugged construction.
▼Two-year warranty
PRODU T DES RIPTION
Create titles the inexpensive way with
the Videonics Personal Titlemaker. Assign
shadow, outline, fonts, font size, and color
attributes on a line per line basis. Advanced
features include 24 special effects for page
transitions including dissolves, cuts, fades,
wipes, slides, rolls and crawls.
Personal TitleMaker
MODEL PTM-1
SPE IFI ATIONS
IN
V V
OUT GPI POWER
Video
Inputs
GPI
Control Jack
Power
Jack
Video
Outputs
General •Power Supply: External in line; 110VAC@60Hz
•CE/FCC/UL/CSA approved
(non-US/Canada versions meet local regulatory standards)
•Dimensions: 13” x 6.5” x 2.5” (330mm x 165mm x 64mm)
•Weight: 3 lbs. (1.4 kg)
•Ambient temperature: 32-104˚F (0-40˚C)
•Ambient humidity: Less than 90%
Video Inputs •S-video (Y/C) Y=1 Vp-p, C=0.30 Vp-p, 75-ohm
4-pin mini-DIN connector
Composite: 1.0 Vp-p 75-ohm, RCA connector
Video Outputs •S-video (Y/C) Y=1 Vp-p, C=0.3 Vp-p, 75-ohm
4-pin mini-DIN connector
Composite: 1.0 Vp-p 75-ohm, RCA connector
GPI onnection •Standard Mini-jack
olors & Patterns •Titles, outlines, backgrounds and borders, millions of colors
Video Performance •Compatible with all NTSC video sources and tape formats
(PAL version available)
•Gain: Unity
•Bandwidth: 5.0 MHz
•S/N Ratio: Greater than 60 dB
•Resolution: 720 pixels per line, 480 lines (70ns)
Keyboard Layout
ontrols and onnectors
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