The CG Live Broadcast Graphics Software from Axel Technology is a software-based solution for real-time character generation. CG Live works via both SDI video boards and NDI and is very simple to use without any specific training. Page compositing is also very user friendly and allows to add multiple objects like texts, clocks, crawls, rolls, and media (audio, bitmaps, video, and animations) and define their specific aspect in detail.

The solution is ideal to display graphical contents, such as text, logos and animations, crawls, tickers, and rolls with dynamic contents/metadata retrieved from external data sources, like RSS, txt, Microsoft Excel files, and more. It can be used for News Graphic, live production in talk shows, sports, and entertainment.

Broadcast Quality

CG Live delivers top-quality antialiased text, smooth interlaced crawls, tickers, and rolls over SDI or NDI output. All layers are managed in 32 bits, allowing precise alpha channel and transparency compositing. Text and media can be updated on the fly, allowing to perform in live production environments.

Spreadsheet Importation

CG Live imports data automatically from TXT, CSV, RSS feeds, and especially Excel files, so whenever data is updated, it goes straight on air. CG Live respects fonts, colors, and alignment specified in the Excel files selecting from sheet and cells to acquire the data. Hidden or unprintable cells will not air, very handy for comments and remarks to the user inputting the data. CG Live also respects the formulas and database connections specified in the Excel files, allowing to create custom applications with macros and VBA scripting.

Social Media

CG Live integrates with Social Hub (optional), which allows retrieving text, images, and video clips from your favorite social media sources, such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Skype, email, sms, OpenWeatherMap, line, and rss feeds. User can select and edit messages before airing or create them from scratch. If your favorite social media is not among the supported plugins, a special Google Chrome plugin allows capturing text and images directly from the browser window and send them on air. Social Hub is a great add-on for any live program to add dynamic graphical content to the production and engage more efficiently with the audience.

Best of Both Worlds

Included in the CG Live package is also the DLG Plus software, which share the same multimedia engine, allowing interchange of templates and projects. DLG Plus features an easy to use video mixer-like user interface, so it can be used both in master control as in production environments. According to the type of interactivity, which is needed for a specific production, you can choose which application to deploy.

Video Support

• Video file animations in bitmap sequences, GIF, quicktime ANIM, and Prores 4:4:4:4
• Video files import in DV, HDV, DVCPRO, MJPEG, MPEG-2, TS, MPG, VOB, H.264, H.265,
• AV1, MP4, QuickTime, PRORES, DNxHD, AVI, WMV, ASF, MXF, XDCAM, IMX, GXF, LXF, FLV, MKV, WebM, HuffYUV, VP8, VC3, JPEG2000, DPX