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Character generator

A character generator, often abbreviated as CG, is a device or software that produces static or animated text (such as news crawls and credits rolls) for keying into a video stream. Modern character generators are computer-based, and they can generate graphics as well as text.

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Integrated circuits

Software character generators

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Character generator

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Avg. degree1.96
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Character generator

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has method · 15
Character generator → Again, Although, As, Before, CG, CG's, CGs, Finally, In, On, TD, The, They, TV, Viewers
related to Usage · 12
Character generator → As, Aston Broadcast Systems, Astons, Character, Chyron, Chyron Corporation, In, North America, Similarly, The, These, United Kingdom
related to Integrated circuits · 10
Character generator → Apple, Apple II, By, For, ICs, Several, Signetics, Texas Instruments, These, TMS
related to history · 9
Character generator → Anchor, BBC, CBS Laboratories, Dick Videograph, Monoscopes, System, The CBS Laboratories Vidiac, US, Vidifont
related to Software character generators · 6
Character generator → CG, CGs, In, NLE, Software CGs, Some
related to Hardware character generators · 5
Character generator → CG, Hardware, RGB, SDI, They

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character video generators generator cg used television graphics software text hardware live often also broadcast graphic news modern keying computer

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