NewBlue Captivate Broadcast

Boost your broadcasts with dynamic visuals.

NewBlue Captivate Broadcast offers unlimited layers of dynamic 3D motion graphics, including lower thirds, rolls and crawls, capture sequences, transitions, and markers. Streamline your workflows and instantly increase the value of your production with a more powerful, intuitive, and affordable live broadcast graphics solution for sports, live media, corporate events, and more.

 

It offers unlimited graphics.

View unlimited layers of 3D motion graphics per channel across up to 16 key/fill channels 4K-NDI® or 4K-SDI.

Experience real-time playback and gain greater control over your charts with TriCaster® macro controls, automated chart sequencing, data search tools, quick access functions, and much more.

 

Create multiple charts from a single one.

Create numerous custom iterations of the same chart with an integrated spreadsheet interface. Customize unlimited sets of text, images, and colors for a single chart with a streamlined workflow that eliminates the need to duplicate and re-edit your existing charts.

 

Automated graph scaling.

Create flexible charts that intelligently adjust to the length of your text. Plus, design accents and other visual elements can be automatically configured so your chart's style is never compromised.

 

Integrates with leading solutions.

It works seamlessly with leading NDI and SDI-based streaming solutions, including Blackmagic Design®, NewTek™, Broadcast Pix™, EVS®, Lumantek, vMix®, Wirecast®, Roland®, Panasonic®, and more.

 

PTZ camera support and controls.

Include NDI-enabled PTZ cameras directly in your project to pair them with your media and graphics layers. Access pan, zoom, tilt, and focus adjustments with a predefined system to manage all your camera shots and angles for production.

 

Enter data to get real-time results.

With NewBlue Captivate Broadcast, you can seamlessly connect to your data to create dynamic charts for any broadcast or stream. Control your charts with our powerful API to customize your workflows as well.

 

It includes spreadsheets, XML, RSS, and more.

· Connect to Google Slides and Sheets, spreadsheets and Excel tables, XML files, RSS feeds, clocks, and more.

• Use the data search and selection tool to quickly incorporate spreadsheet data into a design.

· Take advantage of the spreadsheet's autoplay mode to navigate through your lower thirds, tables, and traces.

 

Integrates with social networks.

· Engage your audience with comments, tweets, and Facebook polls for feedback and reactions.

· Combine your Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube feeds into one to easily manage your program.

· Quickly place your most relevant comments and posts in a custom playlist for social media.

 

It displays scores and statistics.

· Includes scoreboard data from DataLink, Stat Crew, Scorebird or Sportzcast.

· Stat Crew statistics support soccer, football, volleyball, basketball, and hockey.

• Direct Serial Data Support allows you to control your graphics data with Daktronics, Fair-play and OES hardware consoles (serial port to USB adapter required).

· The leaderboards allow you to import leaderboard files and sports event templates (csv) and connect them to real-time leaderboard charts.

· Scoreboard Tools 2.0 offers streamlined workflows, smart game logic, new in-game events, and an expanded palette of sports.

 

Full duplex I/O with Zoom and Teams.

· Produce beautiful and engaging virtual and live productions like never before, simultaneously sending/receiving audio and video from Zoom.

· It offers engaging and professional virtual or hybrid experiences for guests and minimizes the applications you need to use by hosting meetings and webinars directly from Captivate.

· Automatically brings the live video and your participant's name into fully dynamic Picture-in-Picture graphics.

• Simplify your event itinerary structure by inverting shared guest screens from Zoom. Display stunning picture-in-picture graphics, overlays, or full-screen layouts.

 

Support for Bitfocus Companion 3+.

· Perform multiple actions in Captivate, in parallel with other tools, by pressing a button (updated to support the latest version of Companion).

• Set, increment, or toggle values ​​for any variable in Captivate charts with just the push of a button.

 

ATEM improvements.

• Easily integrate NewBlue Captivate with your upstream or downstream ATEM workflow using the new intuitive NewBlue Captivate setup wizard.

Prepare for key moments and navigate your production summary while on air by incorporating multiple graphics, camera changes, transitions, and more into "shot plans" for perfectly synchronized graphics with a single button.

 

Adobe After Effects Importer.

Seamlessly integrate After Effects projects into NewBlue Captivate Broadcast:

Easily connect live data sources such as scoreboards and spreadsheets,

and watch as your animations update in real time, just as you designed them.

 

A better way to use After Effects designs in a live production.

NewBlue Captivate's After Effects importer is a powerful new way to

Incorporate After Effects motion graphics into your live production.

• Minimal setup required: Plug-and-play After Effects Project/MOGRT layers in Captivate or configure sophisticated interactions.

• Data-driven flexibility: Easily connect text and image layers to dynamic data within Captivate.

• Real-time performance: Play back high-quality, layered animations live with smooth, accurate frame delivery.