Still Image Animation
and Montage Creation
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.
Product Overview
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.
Features
> 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 Let’s EDIT and
Adobe® Premiere® (6.x or Pro)
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> Imaginate 2.0's main timeline interface
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New Features in Imaginate 2
> Smart wizards and ready-to-use templates for
simplified project configuration
> Multiple image support and easy set up of montagesusing 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
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> Add realistic camera blurring effects
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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
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> Easy project creation with Imaginate 2.0's
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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 2.0’s 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. |
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Drag-and-drop
multiple images to create a storyboard
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Choose from over 190 camera motion templates |
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.
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> Make precise adjustments to spline paths
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Imaginate 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. |
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> Import any sound file to accompany projects |
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.
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Technical
Specification
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
Contentes
> 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
Service and
Support
> 90-day limited warranty
> Access to the Imaginate 2.0 registered users Web site at www.canopus.com
