CG Plus from Axel Technology is a live television graphics generator application with broadcast applications in on-air graphics and channel branding.  CG Plus merges all the features of its predecessors DLG Plus and CG Live into a single solution, broadening its integration into all CG application workflows.

Among the most important features are a fully customizable GUI, background rendering for Adobe After Effects projects with live data tags, and MOS protocol for integration with news systems.

CG Plus delivers top quality anti-aliased text, smooth interlaced crawls, tickers, rolls and animations over SDI or NDI output. All layers are managed in 32 bits, allowing precise alpha channel and transparency compositing with key and fill output on SDI cards which support the feature, such as Blackmagic DeckLink.

Key Features

• 4K/HD/SD static and animated graphics and logos;
• Anti-aliased text with gradients, borders and shadows;
• Fully customisable Main GUI with sizeable/dockable panels for Video Preview, Video Program, Page buttons, Live data tags, Playlists, etc;
• Four different layouts available for engine control;
• Clock, count up/down, date, crawl, ticker and roll;
• Template editor with multiple layers;
• Preview channel over VGA and SDI/NDI;
• TGA, BMP, PNG, TIF, JPG bitmap sequences;
• Smooth IN/OUT transition: fade, move, zoom;
• 32 Bit image processing with alpha and transparencies;
• Style templates for text, crawls and tickers;
• Background rendering for Adobe After effects projects with live data tags;
• MOS protocol for integration with NRCS – News Room Control Systems certified on most popular NRCS manufacturers;
• GPI triggers;
• Elgato StreamDeck layouts;
• REST API commands for complete remote control;
• Effects: shadow, blur, motion blur, smooth edge (deflicker);
• Internal key mode (video in – video out) or external key mode (Key and fill outputs);
• Audio output over SDI/NDI in external key mode;
• Infinite layers on each page;
• Social media integration with Social Hub (sold separately);
• Customisable shortcuts for each page;
• Safe area on page composer;
• Checkered background on page composer for transparencies highlight;
• On the fly text and media change from user lists;
• UNICODE texts with double byte language support;
• Right to left language support;
• Automatic text size adaptation to areas;
• TTF fonts support;
• Top/bottom/left/right/middle text alignment;
• Text foreground, border and background with 10 points color and alpha gradients with custom angle;
• Custom indentation for precise background alignment;
• Fade in/out, move left/right/top/bottom, squeeze X/Y/XY transitions;
• Shadows with color, offset and blur which follow animation alpha;
• 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, etc;
• AV1, MP4, QuickTime, PRORES, DNxHD, AVI, WMV, ASF, MXF, XDCAM, IMX, GXF, LXF, FLV, MKV, WebM, HuffYUV, VP8, VC3, JPEG2000, DPX, etc;
• Animations and video files in loop/stop at end/ stop at end and hide modes;
• Automatic upscale/downscale of media as background;
• Media on background outputs audio in external key mode;
• Smooth crawls with area and speed selection;
• Text, Crawl, roll and ticker data source from text, CSV, RSS and excel files;
• Automatic update of graphics on data source change;
• Excel file support of font, front/back color, alignment and hyperlinks to media;
• Smooth tickers with number of lines, timing and transition type;
• Multiple shapes with color gradients, outlines and rounded corners;
• Date and clock with customisable formatting;
• Object layering with priority management;
• As run logs database with queries;
• Object grouping with timing for entry and duration;
• EAS (Emergency Alert System) messaging on crawls.

Specifications

• Supported Video Cards: Blackmagic Design DeckLink and Intensity, AJA Corvid, Bluefish
• Resolutions: SD, HD, 2K, 4K (depending on AV card)
• Simultaneous NDI output (up to 4 channels)
• Preview output on SDI (depending on AV card) and NDI
• External key mode in SDI with fill and key outputs (depending on AV card)
• Internal key mode with SDI input and output (depending on AV card)
• Up to 16 Audio channels (not available in internal key mode)
• Fast GPU not mandatory, but suggested (NVIDIA/AMD)
• EAS messages with external receiver on RS232 (not included)
• Compatible Windows 10/11 and Windows Server OS
• Triggers/GPI with MOXA iologik, JLCooper GPI, Rs-232, Novation Ableton, Elgato StreamDeck (not included)

NOTE: As of December 2024, all CG Plus licenses include one year of software updates and remote technical support (TA-CGPLUS-2CH). Software updates and support after the first year must be ordered separately at $880 per license, per year.