Twister is a complete paint and graphics creation solution for broadcast. Twister runs as a standalone application, or as a sophisticated paint plug-in for industry-leading content creation and management systems General Features Easy transfer of image files to and from Lyric & Thunder Resolution independent Unlimited image & mask layers Paint and effects on image or mask layers 3D image & mask layers 3D image & mask paste functions Previews of image & masking functions Multi-layer file management Import/export Photoshop layer format Multi-level undo/redo Rotoscoping tool Separate undo for image & mask layers Grid, safe title, panning and zoom tools Extensive file importing/exporting Simple cross-platform connectivity Integrated FTP File Browser Paint & Color Palette Tools Zoom/pan, canvas pan (browse) window Automatic alpha channel Over/under painting Full color palette and alpha channel control Multiple color space modes (HSV, RGB, CMYK, color pick & color wheel) Scalable solid, air, graph, & custom brushes Paint modes including normal, multi-color, erase, smear, blur, sharpen, dust, burn, dodge, saturate, de-saturate, pick, reveal, reveal color, reveal hue, reveal luminance, reveal tint, reveal hue tint, clone, duplicate, reveal clone, reveal duplicate, paste, warp & emboss Pressure, jitter, noise, scatter & fractal brush modes Text, Shapes, and Path tools Text on a Path Single and radiate line paint Mask Tools Automatic alpha channel Mask display modes including: colorscale, opaque, transparent & greyscale Fill mask tools based on mask outline, alpha outline, or color match Mask select tools based on alpha, chroma, color component, color difference, field- difference, grids, hue, luminance and safe areas Create geometric solid & gradated shapes Adjust mask tools including: add noise, alpha, blur, contour, median, shrink, erase, key image, pattern, match colors, remove dust, remove noise, shrink, sharpen & safetitle Paintbrush mask tools Movable 3D mask layers Paste Mask Erase, add, subtract and invert mask modes Edit & Color Tools Comprehensive image processing tools include: 5X5 filters, add edges, blur, bump map, contour, cutout, de-interlace, edge detect, erase, min/max brightness, mosaic, pattern, ripples, sharpen & warp Comprehensive color correction tools with full channel control include: add noise, brightness, chroma levels, color levels, color matrix, color fill, map palette, NTSC/PAL color clip, posterize, ramp color, remove dust, remove noise, swap channels & tint Blend layer reveals include: luminance, HLS hue, HLS saturation, HLS color, luminosity, add, multiply, subtract, difference, screen, overlay, soft light, soft dark, darken, lighten, color dodge, color burn, exclusion Adjustable natural texture pattern generator and noise tool Layer RGB channel separation, allowing any effect to be applied to a single color channel Paste modes including shadow, emboss & extrude Transform paste includes: 2D offset, 3D distort & warp corners Supports most Photoshop plug-ins Blue/Green-screen keyer Tile Utility Functions Resolution independent for video, film, multimedia, web or print applications Integrated Chyron-iNFiNiT!, Imagestor!, Aprisa, Pinnacle-Thunder, Lightning & Quantel File transfers Automatic updating of Chyron-Imagestor!, Aprisa, Pinnacle-Thunder & Lightning Database information Support of Wacom's Intuos, UD, SD & Cintiq series pressure Sensitive tablets, including eraser pen Pressure control of all brush parameters, based on pen pressure, tilt, angle, stroke direction, or random values Extensive file support including Alias, Aurora.sim, Cineon, DPX, Chyron iNFiNiT!/Max/Maxine, Chyron Imagestor!, Aprisa, JPEG, PICT, Photoshop, SGI.rgb, Wavefront RLA, Softimage, Targa, Tiff, YUV, Quantel VPB, PNG, Pinnacle G, BMP, Liberty.im, Liberty layer & Liberty mask File management allowing for move, copy, delete & rename within browser Browse undo levels (thumbnails) for each image & mask layer Browse thumbnails (image or alpha) of files on disk, with easy drag & drop to image & mask layers Import/export of Photoshop files with layers Twister HTML help files

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