What’s New in Avid Deko?
Deko Version 5.0
Deko 5.0 delivers advanced animation features allowing you to create sophisticated real-time motions with Deko’s easy-to-use interface.
- Advanced Motion Features!
- PowerClips: Create stunning video effects like multiple, moving headshots and animating treatments like traveling flares. PowerClips are integrated clip effects for smaller size video playback and are available in HD and SD for Deko 3000 systems with the ClipDeko option. They play in addition to the full-resolution clips and can be animated with all the signature Deko effects. [watch video]
- Motion-in-Motion: Grouped motion effects for Deko 3000 and Deko 1000 models that “add on” to standard Motion actions. For example, animate your text layers with real time, content independent glows and blurs, then animate the entire graphic with scale and rotation effects for a “breathing” treatment. [watch video]
- Auto-Motion: A type of animation logic, Auto-Motion enables a more “automatic” way of animating Deko graphics back to back while still providing unique and specialized effects. Built for artists, users predefine “Graphic Classes” and create transitions for each defined in an intuitive table -- no programming skill required. Every graphic in a “Class” can be played back in random fashion and Deko will determine the proper transition automatically – saving tons of time and effort in the process while achieving the most design flexibility possible. Great for live news, sports and elections! [watch video]
- Z-Depth Animation: Allows greater Motion playback in true 3D space with additional Z position parameters in Deko’s Motion editor. [watch video]
- Deko3D in HD: Now you can import HD models and animations created in 3ds max and map live, editable Deko layers for a flexible choice in 3D playback! Text and image remain a live component of the graphic, allowing you to swap out content fast and easy! [watch video]
- Texture Shadows: New Deko shader treatments that can be added dynamically to an image texture based off the key (or alpha) of the image, and more commonly to a static headshot. You’ll no longer have to spend time prepping all your cutouts. The Deko layer will automatically shadow control color, distance, direction, blur and opacity.
- ClipDeko Updates:
- Clip Viewer: Video clips can now be viewed from the Clip Editor interface, allowing clip edits and previews to take place right from the users desktop.
- ClipDeko in PostDeko: With the new Clip Viewer in ClipDeko, you have the ability to view the Clip Editor UI from PostDeko software giving users access to Clip assignments to graphics in an offline environment.
- New Options:
- Expanded Storage: This new configuration provides RAID 5 protection while providing total of 250 GB, or over 5 hours of high-definition clip storage.
- ClipDeko Plus: Expanded storage and enhanced Clip playback capability with 2 clips (video and key) playback per output channel in a Dual channel configuration. Users will get the additional clip storage noted above.
Graphics Workflow Integration
- DNxHD: Now supports alpha! Movies created in Deko (with Make Deko Movie) can now be saved with the new DNxHD codec to allow for “fast import” to Avid Editors! This will quickly and easily bring in your broadcast graphics and effects to your post environment.
NOTE: Not all features are available on all models.
Recap of earlier versions:
Version 4.1
Version 4.1 for provides significant new features in HD models and broadcast workflow enhancements with playback control from iNEWS Command.
- HD Audio support: Now available for Deko HD and Hybrid, 3000 and 1000 models, users can incorporate audio from embedded video clips, input video and file-based (.wav) audio for sound effects in HD.
- HD Clip Capture: With Deko HD models, users can now ingest audio as part of the video and key stream, for internal clip playback with the ClipDeko option.
- HD DekoObjex: combines persistent graphic objects including news crawls and animating logos with page-based graphics for more dynamic branding possibilities in high definition.
- iNEWS Command Support. Multiple channels of Deko can now be controlled using iNEWS Command, for efficient playout to air of Deko graphics, embedded effects and video clips.
Version 4.0
Version 4.0 expands the creative toolset with new Motion features, offers tools that work to cut steps out production better position users for HD cross-over.
- Motion Behaviors: New “interactive” text and layer animation properties that enable more real-time, attention-drawing effects like flash, bounce and repel – that are applied without custom scripting. Available for 3000 model systems.
- Depth Rotation: Animate with even greater 3D control than ever. Depth Rotation gives users finer control of the Z Rotation Motion parameter enabling animations with more depth and perspective.
- Deko Model Motion Compatibility: Deko-signature Motions created on a higher-end Deko model are not restricted for playback on any lower-end Deko model running version 4.0 software. Where previously the Motion or non-optioned feature would not open, Deko now enables a more automatic workflow experience by recognizing the missing feature and performing a dissolve in its place, making management of multiple systems that much easier.
- Multi-Compose: You no longer need to build redundant sets of graphic assets for unique production needs such as HD and SD, or multi-language broadcasts. Deko now provides an alternate canvas for creating unique versions of one graphic! Take full advantage of that extra HD real estate, or create identical copies of your graphic but in different languages.
- Auto “Fixed or Fit” Text Layers: Users now have two more smart options for auto-formatting graphic templates and maintaining flexibility without compromising the appeal of a station brand. Either set a fixed character count for text insertion to a layer or set the layer to render only what fits in the layer. Now get even more choices for the look you want on air - guaranteed.
- Format-friendly graphics: Management and behavior of graphics and textures has improved to apply as appropriate to the current video standard – regardless of the format of origination. Format properties can be set globally on each file read or on individual graphic layers which enables all assets to work in SD and HD predictably.
- QuickTime Import: Deko models with the ClipDeko option now import QuickTime .mov files directly into the Clip database. Users will now benefit from a single file of fill and key, in a commonly used leading graphics format.
- The ClipDeko option now available for HD and Hybrid models: ClipDeko allows internal playback for up to 2 HD clips with key and now moving keys. This provides transitions from clip to clip or more movement in your motion graphics through clip backgrounds and layers.
This represents key features introduced with Deko version 5.0, 4.0 and 4.1 software. For a complete list of new features, operational changes and software issues resolved, see the Avid Deko Version 5.0, 4.0 and 4.1. ReadMe documentation. www.avid.com/support