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TriCaster™
Portable Live Production System

Turn it on. Engage the World. Presentations are all about making your message as professional and persuasive as possible. Let TriCaster™ help you focus on the message, instead of formats and resolutions. TriCaster is a revolutionary portable live production system from NewTek, the company that created desktop video. Turn it on, and in seconds, you will be mixing live cameras with video, images, titles and PowerPoint®.

NewTek TriCaster is designed for enterprise market professionals who want to get their message across with the most powerful tool possible: video. TriCaster combines everything found in a television live truck into a box the size of a small backpack. TriCaster's user-friendly interface is in plain English instead of video jargon, allowing you to produce professional quality video within minutes of opening the box. Corporate communications, human resource and corporate training professionals can benefit from rapid set-up on site and easy use. TriCaster is also perfect for educators, local access channels or anyone wanting to communicate live events.


Feature Highlights

Just turn TriCaster on, lug in a camera, and seamlessly mix audio, video, pictures, titles, and computer presentations, into one compelling message. Creation, collaboration, presentation and distribution of your communications has never been simpler.

  • Easy Interface - Quickly connect up to 3 cameras, bring in another computer's it with PowerPoint, pictures and titles. Anything you need is on-screen and one click away from your eager audience.

  • Live output times Three - TriCaster allows you to simultaneously send your message to video output, to high-quality projectors and to stream live to the internet or intranet.

  • Virtual VCR - Allows you to add pre-edited video clips into your live presentation, and have them ready for playback as soon as they are selected.

  • Graphics - to support your message can be organised and recalled in any order.

  • Network IN - allows you to import PowerPoint presentations, pictures or even video from any computer on the network. Collaborations at its finest.

  • Titles - to reinforce your message can be smoothly faded on top of live inputs or video with one click. Replace the text in any of the dozens of templates for immediate recall.

  • Video Transitions - by the score are loaded and ready for you to spice up your presentations and keep your audience fully involved.

  • Archive and Record - your live presentation to hard drive for later use or editing.

  • Internet Streaming - has never been this easy: Click once to immediately send your live presentation to the corporate intranet or around the world.

  • Audio Mixing - of two microphones or a stereo input, gives you the sound reinforcement you need to help drive the message home.

  • Keying - allows you to do TV-weatherman-type displays mixing live cameras with your own graphics.

  • Media Edit - provides all the real-time power and speed you could ever hope for in video editing software to refine your messages for later integration into your live presentation.

  • TriCaster VM™ - is the optional desktop Video Mixer giving tactile control of all sources, to cut, fade, transition, and select your overlays.

  • Projector Output - means that your presentations never compromise quality for the sake of convenience. Video sources are sized up through TriCaster's VGA Out to match the size of all your other assets.

  • Network IN - allows any computer on the LAN to send you graphics, text or even video straight from their screen. TriCaster provides the ultimate in network collaboration.

  • Digital Video - can be imported from cameras for easy playback or editing.

  • Headphone - output makes monitoring audio levels a snap.

  • Dual Microphone Input - to give a presence and power to your presentation at any time.

  • 3 Camera Inputs - available for instant connection to bring the human element into your presentations and meetings. Plug it in and go.

Solutions

Enterprise
Enterprise communications are fast-paced and rich in detail. TriCaster can help Enterprise professionals in rapid creation of persuasive messages, with an eye on live production and Intranet delivery.

  • Department Reports can be accurately shared with the company, using TriCaster's live production flexibility. Incorporate the presenter along with key graphics pages, and animated PowerPoint™ pages.
  • Special meetings can be captured live to disk within TriCaster, and then posted on the corporate Intranet. Policy changes, new product roll-outs and marketing initiatives can be played back later for a consistency of message not possible by word-of-mouth.
  • Daily reports need to occur with efficiency and accuracy, and TriCaster allows the hottest information off the wire to be shared across the Intranet in real time, along with the company's internal analysis of what those numbers mean to your customers. In the fluid world of finance, information has to be shared immediately, and TriCaster gives you all the tools you'll need to do this quickly and convincingly. Network IN allows you to bring up any real time statistics as an input into your presentation. Send the output as high-resolution imagery to the board room projector while connecting with the entire staff via Intranet stream.

Corporate
Corporate Presenters usually have to 'do more with less' on a regular basis. Lacking the budget or expertise of a full-time video production department doesn't mean you have to lower quality standards. TriCaster levels the playing field for presenters, marketers and ad agencies, with a very portable live production system that can produce high-quality presentations with a minimum production crew.

  • Shareholder reports need to be produced in high quality, and TriCaster presents all the tools you'll need: Live switching of several cameras, and seamlessly incorporating graphs, titles and even PowerPoint animations from any network-connected computer.
  • Product Roll-outs and mock-ups can go through many trials before the final messaging is decided. Let TriCaster's real-time presentation and delivery tools speed the process, with the power of live production amplified by instant Intranet distribution.

  • Human Resource departments are tasked with keeping staff informed of the latest policies and regulations. TriCaster can be easily carried to wherever you need to present the latest news on these important matters to managers or staff. Present to any size group via the video and projector outputs, or even on a computer screen.

  • Ad Campaigns can be rolled into a TriCaster, and then presented in their logical order. Persuade the client on-site with key messages, then move on to PowerPoint presentations, and then take advantage of TriCaster's integrated editor to show preliminary pitches in one compelling session.

  • TCO, or total cost of ownership, is where TriCaster shines:
    Unprecedented price
    Certified, pre-configured components guaranteed to work out-of-the-box
    Spend your time refining the presentation instead of corralling the necessary equipment There are no licensing fees for streaming

Education

Educators are constantly seeking great tools that are powerful enough for staff, yet easy enough for students. TriCaster is just such a tool. As an appliance, TriCaster powers up to the Live Production screen. There is nothing to configure or set up. Everything professional presenters require is in here.

  • Morning Newscasts are becoming widely popular with primary schools as they allow students of all ages to learn real-life lessons on deadlines, writing and time management. TriCaster can easily wheel around school on an A/V cart for use after each morning's show.
  • Dignitary visits to campus can be simply captured for replay in the next morning's newscast, and distributed to parent organizations and the local media.
  • In-service training is an ongoing demand on every campus, and TriCaster can assist in efficient information transfers, and also allow the archived presentation to be available at a later date on video, CD or as a streaming file on the school intranet.

Ministry

Media Ministry has the perfect tool in TriCaster, with its small footprint, light weight and easy-to-use system that is 'volunteer-proof'. Simply powering up the box brings you immediately to the Live Production screen, with transitions, overlays and graphics at the ready for a memorable presentation.

Lyrics Support for such popular software as Easy Worship™ or Sunday Plus™ is easily introduced from a networked laptop computer to make the most of what you already have. You can keep one operator focused on the correct lyrics while easily managing the overall presentation.

Live Services can be recorded, while seamlessly inserting edited lessons and text, and quickly bringing up titles and lyrics. At the same time, TriCaster can be recording to hard disk and streaming the service to the Internet for greater out-reach.

Lecture Series can now be archived for review, distribution, or as an ongoing resource in the library. No longer does that hard work, research and impassioned presentation have to be expended as a one-time experience. TriCaster will help preserve the moment, in high quality.


Technical Specifications

Components
Live production • Live Internet Streaming • Professional Titling • Video Capture • Network Input • Media Editing • Virtual VCR Playback • Picture Sequencing • VGC Out • Camera Setup • Colour Background Creator • Audio Mixer • Headphone Output

Inputs

  • 3 Camera inputs (composite or Y/C)
  • 2 phono Mic inputs
  • 1 Stereo RCA line input
  • 1 Firewire video input
  • 2 USB 2.0 inputs
  • 1 RJ45 Network input

Outputs

  • 1 video output (Y/C or composite)
  • 1 stereo RCA line output
  • 1 VGA monitor output
  • 1 DVI projector output
  • 1 Internet Streaming output

Storage

  • 150 Gigabytes, for more than 6 hours of digital video storage

Formats

  • Video: DV, avi, wmv, MPEG-1
  • Images: png, bmp, jpg, tga, psd
  • Audio: wav, mp3

Dimensions

  • 11.5 x 8 x 7.5 inches
  • 10 pounds
 
 

 


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