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Clock builder, Audio builder 2, Batch converter – Grass Valley Media Conversion User Manual

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Also, images can be copied to the windows clipboard, allowing them to be
pasted into any other windows program.

Animation sequences can be built from a series of sequentially numbered
images in any of the above formats. For importing animations from graphics
workstations, formats which include key/alpha channel information (eg
Targa, TIFF, etc.), are the preferred format.

Clock Builder

For units with the Bugclock in-vision clock option, digital and analogue clock
designs can be constructed from still images for each of the clock
components. All still image formats supported by Animation Builder are also
supported by Clock Builder. Various parameters associated with the clock
can be set using the program. A preview allows immediate testing of the
clock being generated. Clock files generated by Clock Builder use Miranda
Technologies Ltd. OXA format.

Audio Builder 2

WAV

files can be converted to Miranda Technologies Ltd. audio files

(.OXW) and (.OXE) for use with Easysound/Playsound systems. WAV,
OXW and OXE files can also be played on the PC’s audio system. Properties
of OXW and OXE audio files such as looping control can also be examined
and adjusted.

Batch converter

The Batch Image Converter software is a utility to convert industry standard
graphical file formats into Miranda Technologies Ltd. .OXT files.

The supported formats are:

1. Standard image formats (.BMP, .TGA, .GIF, .TIF, .JPG, .PNG)

2. Adobe Photoshop file (.PSD)

3. Quantel VPB images (.VPB)

4. Miranda Technologies Ltd. OXT still image format (.OXT)