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.
> 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)
> Imaginate 2.0's main timeline interface
> 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
> Add realistic camera blurring effects
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.
> Easy project creation with Imaginate 2.0's wizard
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.
> Drag-and-drop
multiple images to
create a storyboard
> 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.
> Make precise adjustments to spline pathsImaginate 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.
> 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.
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
> Imaginate 2.0 Installation CD-ROM
> Imaginate 2.0 User Manual
> 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
> 90-day limited warranty
> Access to the Imaginate 2.0 registered users Web site at www.canopus.com
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