Viz Ticker3D™ is an advanced ticker system that makes it possible to build
creative and compelling graphic tickers with total flexibility. The system
is fully integrated with the Vizrt product suite, and it supports multiple
clients for content insertion and control. Input can be manually entered, or
automatically generated from various feeds; for example, newsfeeds,
databases, and the Internet. With Viz Ticker3D, multiple graphical elements
(both scrolling and flipping) with various speeds can be displayed
simultaneously. The elements can, in addition to text, include animated
images, video and sound. The real-time aspect of Viz Ticker3D takes the
elements directly from content editing to air, with no delay.
Flexibility
Viz Ticker3D is a highly flexible solution allowing users to create tickers of
live data, animated 3D objects, text, images and clips. The tickers
themselves are 3D objects, and can be designed to scroll around real
objects, for example a curved desk in a virtual studio.
Two Ticker concepts
Viz Ticker3D supports two major ticker concepts: scrolling and flipping 3D
tickers. With scrolling tickers, multiple ticker lines can be scrolled over
the screen. The flipping ticker concept makes it possible to flip between
pages, as if through a stack of cards. This solution allows for advanced
visual transitions between pages, as well as automatically alternating pages
with real-time content, such as the stock-exchanges indices.
Multiple clients
The solution architecture allows for multiple clients to create and control
the live tickers. The Viz Ticker3D user interface manages all information
and task scheduling in a user-friendly manner.
Data entry
Ticker content can easily be added through the use of templates. Content can
be manually entered or auto-retrieved. For example, in breaking news stories
or text messaging (SMS/MMS) interactivity, content is manually entered.
Election or sports results, news wires, weather or financial data is
typically auto-retrieved from external data feeds.
Advanced features
Viz Ticker3D distinguishes itself through several noteworthy features. Ticker
elements can, for example, trigger events when entering the scrolling
ticker. Such an event may be the start of an animation, or the display of
pre-defined text or graphic objects positioned anywhere on the screen. Stock
price movements can generate up or down markers, voting results can render
3D charts, and so on. In addition, the system features multi-render support
and can be set up to feed several multiple output channels from one message
carousel. Multiple clients can control a shared ticker message pool, as well
as perform on-air control. Viz Ticker3D also supports the Look-Ahead
Transition Logic to facilitate and simplify visual transitions of multiple
tickers on-air simultaneously.
Ticker Wizard and Ticker Client
The Viz Ticker3D solution consists of two applications. Ticker Wizard is
Vizrt’s ticker configuration application. In this system, carousels
(scrolling or flipping) are selected, and equipped with templates.
Adjustments of the GUI settings in Ticker Client can be defined from this
system. The typical user of Ticker Wizard is a graphical artist.
Ticker Client is Vizrt’s ticker client application. In this system, messages
(instances of templates) are created, added to the carousel, and sent to
air. The typical user of Ticker Client is a journalist or operator.
Typical workflow
The ticker creation workflow typically starts with the design of a scene in
Viz Artist. The next step is to scan and verify the scene structure in
Ticker Wizard, and then to build the logic for the ticker by performing a
few quick configurations. The final step in the workflow is to launch Ticker
Client and add messages to the carousel. The ticker is then ready to go
on-air.
- Real-time 3D text, graphics, and animations displayed simultaneously with minimal
buffering delay
- Direct editing of content on-air. Control keys and GPIs for on/off air,
switching between carousel and animation transitions
- Multiple clients for on-air control and editing
- Multiple clients control a shared ticker message pool
- Open interface for data feed application integration
- Step-by-step setup of tickers in only a few minutes
- Multiple scrolling tickers
- Supports expire settings on individual elements according to time/date and/or number
of runs
- Multi-render support allows you to choose tickers from a common pool of content
- Full unicode language support, including complex script
