Think Blue Highlights of 2012

From Thinking Blue around the globe at major industry events, to launching innovative products, to major client installations worldwide, to receiving key accolades from top industry publications — and everything in between — Chyron has had an exciting year and is pleased to share with you some of the highlights along the way.

January: Raycom is Thinking Blue! Dave Folsom, Raycom Media’s VP and CTO, is featured in Broadcast Engineering discussing the adoption of the Chyron BlueNet workflow across 31 of their news-producing stations.

February: Broadcasters everywhere bring social media commentary into their live broadcasts for the first time with SHOUT, our new easy-to-use social media editor debuted by TNT and TBS for the SAG Awards Coverage.

March: March product madness is in effect! Introducing the all-new MediaMaker, a turnkey graphics rendering solution for file-based workflows; ENGAGE, a second screen and social TV platform; and Shotbox for Lyric, an app that brings intuitive live graphics playout control to the iPad®

April: The Chyron booth is buzzing at yet another successful NAB show! Chyron ENGAGE is all the rage and earns a TV Technology STAR (Superior Technology Award Recipient) Award.

May: Great new graphics for the win! Chyron Creative Services and Phase 3 Productions — a TV, film, and multimedia production company based in Kingston, Jamaica — team up in overhauling TV broadcasts for the country’s Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL).

June: Roll out the red carpet! UK-based graphics company and a longtime Chyron client, MOOV Ltd, brings graphics fit for a queen to air using Chyron HyperX³ on-air graphics systems for the Diamond Jubilee honoring Queen Elizabeth.

July: Olympic fever is in the air! Chyron is chosen to provide 10 HyperX³·¹ on-air graphics playout systems to NBC Olympics during its production of the 2012 London Olympic Games, July 27-August 12, 2012.

August: Welcome HyperXLP, the newest member of the HyperX family. Ideal for live news, sports, and OB productions, HyperXLP is a dual-channel-capable broadcast graphics platform that sets a new standard for performance in a compact 1-RU design.

September: Chyron shines brightly (along with the sun for a change!) at IBC2012. Making its debut and winninga TV Technology Europe STAR (Superior Technology Award Recipient) Award, the all-new ChyronIP graphics system for NewTek’s TriCaster is a big hit!

October: ChyronIP travels abroad! Dubai-based MediaCast — a premier distributor of professional audio/video solutions ranging from broadcast, live-to-post, and on demand — signs on as the newest ChyronIP distributor in the Middle East.

November: Chyron’s own, Todd Martin, participates in a panel discussion titled, “Entertainment in the CLOUD,”at the Cloud Computing West business strategy summit in Santa Monica, CA on Nov. 8.

December: Chyron SHOUT just got a whole lot louder! Introducing SHOUT 2.5, the latest version of our easy-to-use social media editor, now boasting the ability to display images within social media messages and much more. Click here to find out how to get your free 30-day trial.

Lyric Tip – Auto Follow

One of the new features in Lyric PRO 8.5 is an enhanced auto follow feature. Now, images and graphic elements can auto-adjust position and scale by inheriting any attribute of graphic elements that are already animating on air! Click on the image below for this month’s tip and learn how to use auto follow in your Lyric messages.

Spanish Broadcaster Selects Chyron Graphics for Coverage of London Games

LONDON – July 25, 2012 – Chyron today announced that Spanish state-owned television broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE) will implement the Chyron BlueNet™ end-to-end graphics workflow for its on-air look at the London Games July 27- August 12, 2012. TVE will be using the latest Chyron technology to bring live graphics to air, including the CAMIO³·¹ graphics asset management solution, the LEX³·¹ graphics system, and the iSQ centralized playout device, in addition to the award-winning Lyric PRO 8.1 graphics creation software.

“Chyron is delighted to be providing TVE with the most powerful broadcast graphics workflow for visually engaging viewers at the London Games,” said Matt Hughes, regional sales director, EMEA, at Chyron. “Chyron is a leader in the live sports arena, and our BlueNet customized workflow provides all the tools needed to bring rich graphics to air for exceptional storytelling.”

Chyron and its dealer, Clearcom, have assisted with the BlueNet setup and installation, and will offer support throughout the 24-hour coverage.

Chyron to Provide 10 HyperX³•¹ Graphics Systems for NBC Olympics’ Coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games

NEW YORK — Chyron will provide 10 HyperX³•¹ on-air graphics playout systems to NBC Olympics during its production of the 2012 London Olympic Games, July 27-August 12, 2012. The announcement was made today by Philip Paully, Director, Graphics Engineering and Operations, NBC Olympics, and Peter Morrone, Senior Vice President, Product Engineering, Chyron.

“In our operation, there’s no room for error, and every second counts. The centralized asset storage capability powered by Chyron’s HyperX³•¹ and Apple®’s Xsan 2 is a tremendous time-saver, enabling our operators to instantly access media assets that were once only available to the Mac® systems,” Paully said.

Relying on Chyron’s HyperX³•¹ and Apple’s Xsan 2 storage area network, this collaborative workflow environment promises to bring powerful new efficiencies and time savings to the NBC Olympics’ graphics production team as they insert graphics displays for the network’s live coverage of the London Games.

NBC Olympics worked closely with Chyron and Dynamic Performance Technologies to integrate this powerful graphics workflow solution. After building graphics elements in Adobe® Creative Suite®, the NBC Olympics production team is able to move them seamlessly to editing suites and then to devices for playout to air. Since HyperX³•¹ supports Adobe’s XMP metadata platform, artists are able to embed critical information about each graphical element, for instance,  the correctly spelled name, age, and home country embedded in a specific athlete’s head shot.

The finished graphics can then be instantly accessed by the HyperX³•¹ operators by clicking a folder from their workstations, a capability that previously was only possible by searching for the assets on a server and then downloading them into the playout system. Any changes to image metadata need only be made once, and the metadata fields are automatically populated at every point at which the graphic will be used. When the graphic is inserted into the programming, the accompanying metadata is automatically extracted and displayed, so NBC Olympics’ production staff no longer needs to worry if names are spelled correctly and information about the graphic is accurate.

“This summer’s London Olympic Games promise to be a record-breaker, with more than 3,500 hours of broadcast content over a 19-day period from more than a dozen different sports venues. Since much of this programming will be produced live, accuracy and efficiency is critical to success,” Morrone said. “We are honored to provide NBC Olympics with state-of-the-art HyperX³•¹ graphics playout systems integrated with Adobe’s XMP and Apple’s Xsan 2 for their production of the London Olympics.”

Lyric Design Tip

When designing a new graphics package, try to use one standard image size for replaceable image elements. This allows the artists to make one image that can be utilized in multiple types of graphics.

For instance, a headshot image can be used in a full screen, over-the-shoulder, or monitor graphic just by altering the scale and position of the image on your Lyric templates. This will streamline your workflow and make it possible for images to be shared among shows and producers, eliminating the need to order multiple images for use in different types of graphics.

Remember that you can download Lyric PRO 8.1 today and have access to full touchscreen graphics in time for elections.  Plus, you can now put graphic’s control directly into your anchor’s hands with ShotBox for Lyric, our new iPad App for Lyric PRO 8 and 8.1.

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Visit Chyron at BVE 2012

Chyron BVE Product Preview

Stand E14

Speaking Event at BVE 2012:
Chyron’s Paul Glasgow, vice president of EMEA sales, and Todd Martin, senior vice president, Strategic Solutions Group, will present “Cloud 2.0” during BVE’s newest seminar entitled “Demystifying the Cloud.” This one-day event on Wednesday, Feb. 15, will feature six different sessions examining today’s cloud-based technologies. Scheduled for 12 p.m., the Chyron presentation will address today’s popular cloud-based technologies in use across the broadcast and post-production communities. Specifically, the session will examine how today’s cloud-based graphics creation platforms can be integrated with leading editing and publishing programs — such as Apple® Final Cut Pro®, Adobe® Premiere® Pro, Adobe Photoshop®, and ENPS publishing software — to achieve more efficient broadcast productions.

Chyron Products at BVE 2012:

BlueNet™ Graphics Creation and Playout System
This year at BVE 2012, Chyron will demonstrate BlueNet™, a comprehensive solution that fully addresses broadcasters’ requirements for streamlined end-to-end graphics workflows. BlueNet leverages Chyron’s acclaimed suite of graphics tools for ordering and graphics asset management, collaborative graphics creation, and real-time playout. Integration with Axis World Graphics, Chyron’s cutting-edge cloud-based services offering, extends the power of BlueNet workflows to speed even the most sophisticated graphics to air.

BlueNet minimizes the cycle time from creation to air, ensuring very fast news and sports workflows. Order management tools allow producer-driven content to move smoothly into a rundown, and management tools and easily accessible templates enable instant and efficient collaboration in preparing graphics.

Channel Box² Branding and Promo System
Chyron also will showcase its newly enhanced Channel Box². Channel Box² is a next-generation channel branding system that features 2D/3D design with a complete data acquisition toolset for all branding applications. Built on Chyron’s Lyric technology, Channel Box² allows users to access any data — RSS feeds, traffic, financial, weather, elections, tickers, promos, snipes, and more — and publish it on-air anywhere, anytime.

New Channel Box² software (v. 4.5) introduces a playlist sequencer that allows single traffic log events to play out multiple Channel Box² scenes. By automating these processes and reducing the operator workload, the Channel Box² streamlines the workflow and saves the broadcaster valuable time in creating quality broadcast graphics.

Axis World Graphics
Axis World Graphics is the world’s only cloud-based graphics creation system designed specifically for broadcasters. Axis World Graphics simplifies, streamlines, and facilitates the graphics creation process, enabling artists, reporters, production assistants, and news producers to create broadcast-quality graphics using their own graphics package. Combining award-winning technology and functionality, proven integration, and point-and-click customization, Axis World Graphics allows users to create templates in Chyron’s award-winning Lyric PRO 8 software, further streamlining integration within the broadcaster’s existing workflow or within Chyron’s BlueNet™ workflow.

Several new features have recently been introduced to the system, including fully integrated electronic order management, asset management, and integration with Final Cut Pro® video editing, all of which are designed for ease of use and maximum workflow efficiency. Axis World Graphics empowers broadcast production staff to access prebuilt templates that they can leverage for quick creation of graphics for multiple outlets, including websites, mobile devices, and print publications. Graphics creation that once took hours now takes minutes, saving time and money and enabling artists to concentrate on high-end design. The result is a fast return on investment, followed by substantial savings in operations.

HyperX^3.1 On-Air Graphics System
The new HyperX^3.1 will also be displayed at BVE 2012. This new release of Chyron’s flagship on-air graphics system supports even faster real-time rendering, in turn enabling broadcasters to take even more 3D graphics and animations to air quickly. Like its predecessor, the HyperX^3.1 is ideal for demanding environments like live sports, news stations, and outside broadcast productions. This extremely fast, powerful, and easy-to-use platform features seamless creation-to-playout capability and real-time 2D/3D animation, and the system is 3D stereoscopic-ready.

The turnkey HyperX^3.1 is scalable to two independent channels and incorporates optional DVEs, clips, and Chyron’s award-winning Lyric PRO 8 advanced creation and playout software.

Lyric PRO 8 Promo Feature – Stereoscopic 3D

This video highlights the new “Stereoscopic” feature of Lyric PRO, with which a designer can create 3D graphics packages, or use older 2D packages, which will literally pop off the screen when integrated into the 3D broadcast environment. A highlight of this feature is that graphics to not have to be “converted” to 3D. Any animations, 2D or 3D, can be played back stereoscopically.

Lyric PRO 8 Feature Promo — Inherit State

This video highlights the new “Inherit State” feature of Lyric PRO, with which a designer can add “condition awareness” to a keyframe, creating a “to anywhere, from anywhere” style of animation.

Chyron 2011 Demo Reel

Witness just how far you could push your graphics: fully integrated solutions providing all your graphic requirements from online to channel branding, proving why Chyron is the innovative leader in the graphics field.