AE-GFX Manager

Orad’s AE-GFX Manager solution enables operators to easily convert an After Effect® project into a template.  Once converted, the user can control the project’s layers and send parameters such as clips, images, text, and all other relevant information into the After Effects® project. The AE-GFX Manager solution supports Adobe® CS4 and CS5.
 

Elevating post production
 

Some of today’s television graphics are created in compositing applications such as Adobe®’s After Effect®, where the user can create high quality graphics with captivating effects.  For example promos for a specific show can be designed to include all of the show’s details, images, videos, etc., and rendered in several versions with the air date, tomorrow, today, next, and more. 

Prior to Orad’s solution, operators had to sit and manually change any text or media file and render them repeatedly for every version of the graphics used.

Using AE-GFX Manager, users can type new texts, browse different footages, and populate the After Effects® project with content. Knowledge in After Effects® is not required and AE-GFX Manager can be operated by any non graphic oriented operator. He can also create numerous tasks linked to different After Effects® projects. These tasks can be queued while AE–GFX Manager manages the rendering automatically. This process will provide the final outcome required in the desired format. 

Multiple rendering
 

After Effects® can run several instances. AE–GFX Manager takes advantage of this capability and manages several renderings simultaneously on those After Effects® instances. This enables the operator to save time and resources as opposed to waiting for each separate render to take place.

Orad’s AE–GFX Manager can operate as a standalone application and can receive rendering tasks from any Orad application. Moreover, tasks can be sent from any 3rd party application after performing simple xml formatting rules.

Rendering output
 

After Effects® rendering output can be in various media types, such as; single or image sequence, video clips in full or partial frame, with or without alpha.

The above output media types can be controlled and played from Orad’s rendering platform depending on the desired production environment including branding, in MCRs, news studios, etc.

AE-GFX Manager integrates to Blend, Orad’s channel in a box solution, enabling the rendering of full frame clips such as promos to be easily ingested into the Blend clip server for playout.