Focus PTM-1 Specifications

Personal
Titlemaker

MODEL PTM-1

PERSONAL TITLEMAKER:
WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM A
CHARACTER GENERATOR IN THIS
PRICE RANGE? GET READY TO HAVE
YOUR EXPECTATIONS EXCEEDED.

Now there’s a character

generator for video

producers on a budget.

The Personal TitleMaker

™

incorporates many of the

features found in Videonics’

high-end character

generators, like high-

resolution titles in over one

million colors, and even

see-through video ef fects

with scroll and crawl

capabilities. Add credits

to video or create video

message boards.

Personal TitleMaker has lots of
features you’d never expect from
a product in this price range –
like patterns, fades, wipes and a
lot more. After years of experience
engineering professional quality
character generators, Personal
Titlemaker has brought high-end
technology to the consumer.

EXPRESS YOURSELF WITH

28 FONT AND SIZE

COMBINATIONS

Personal TitleMaker fonts are
specifically designed to look
great on video. Each line of text
can be enhanced with drop
shadows, several grades of bold
letters, outlines, scrolls, crawls,
and much more. Digital technology
gives Personal TitleMaker a smooth­as-silk look.

SPECIAL EFFECTS

GIVE YOUR VIDEO

AN EXTRA DIMENSION

Choose from 24 special effects
for transitions between title screens,
including cuts, fades, wipes and more.
And then implement each effect at
one of eight speeds. Transitions add
that professional touch.

COLOR AND PATTERN:

DRESS UP THOSE TITLES

Imagine a million colors at your
fingertips. Personal TitleMaker
puts them there. You can apply
any color to your titles, outlines,
backgrounds, and borders. Then
pick a pattern to give your titles
a unique look and feel.

GIVE MORE DEPTH

TO YOUR WORK WITH

SEE-THROUGH EFFECTS

Superimpose titles over video,
or over colored or patterned
backgrounds. Even use video
as a “color” for titles, backgrounds,
or outline/shadow areas. Use
dimmed or tinted video as a
background for stunning video­on-video effects.

WITH A KEYBOARD

THAT WON’T LIMIT YOU.

Personal TitleMaker comes with
a full-sized, full-function keyboard
that allows you quick and easy
access to special effects. So
you can make changes on the
fly. The keyboard also includes
accented and special characters
for 36 different languages.

Specifications subject to change.
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APPLICATIONS

▼ Classroom and Video productions
▼ Bulletin and Message Board systems
▼ Public, Education, and Government (PEG)

TV Stations

▼ Night Club and Restaurant

Messaging Systems

▼ Low Power TV Stations

FEATURES

▼

High resolution titles: 720 x 480

▼ 28 font and size combinations
▼ Drop shadow, outline, bold, variable

character spacing

▼ Over a million colors

backgrounds and borders

▼ 24 special effects (fades and wipes),

at eight speeds

▼ Scroll and crawl (eight speeds).

Scroll-in one direction, hold, scroll-out
another direction

▼ Superimpose (genlock): Title over

video, or use video for letters, outlines,
or borders

▼ Each line can use a different font, size,

and style and different colors for
letters, outlines, and shadows

▼ 32 rainbow and pixel patterns, including

animated patterns, can be applied to
backgrounds, letters, outlines/shadows,
and borders

▼ Background video mix: Mix colors or

patterns with video for see-through or
tinted-video effects

▼ 4,000 character memory with battery

back-up

▼ On-screen text editing features

include undo and clipboard-style
copy and move

▼ Full computer-style keyboard
▼ Special characters for 36 languages
▼ Built-in demo shows features
▼ Video inputs and outputs. Both

S-video and composite (RCA) jacks
for video in and out

▼ GPI trigger input allows remote trigger

of titles from external controller

▼ Lightweight, rugged construction.
▼ Two-year warranty

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Create titles the inexpensive way with
the Videonics Personal Titlemaker. Assign
shadow, outline, fonts, font size, and color
attributes on a line per line basis. Advanced
features include 24 special effects for page
transitions including dissolves, cuts, fades,
wipes, slides, rolls and crawls.

Personal TitleMaker

MODEL PTM-1

SPECIFICATIONS

IN

V V

OUT GPI POWER

Video

Inputs

GPI

Control Jack

Powe r

Jack

Video

Outputs

General

•Power Supply: External in line; 110VAC@60Hz

•CE/FCC/UL/CSA approved
(non-US/Canada versions meet local regulatory standards)

•Dimensions: 13” x 6.5” x 2.5” (330mm x 165mm x 64mm)

•Weight: 3 lbs. (1.4 kg)

•Ambient temperature: 32-104˚F (0-40˚C)

•Ambient humidity: Less than 90%

Video Inputs

•S-video (Y/C) Y=1 Vp-p, C=0.30 Vp-p, 75-ohm
4-pin mini-DIN connector
Composite: 1.0 Vp-p 75-ohm, RCA connector

Video Outputs

•S-video (Y/C) Y=1 Vp-p, C=0.3 Vp-p, 75-ohm
4-pin mini-DIN connector
Composite: 1.0 Vp-p 75-ohm, RCA connector

GPI Connection

•Standard Mini-jack

Colors & Patterns

•Titles, outlines, backgrounds and borders, millions of colors

Video Performance

•Compatible with all NTSC video sources and tape formats
(PAL version available)

•Gain: Unity

•Bandwidth: 5.0 MHz

•S/N Ratio: Greater than 60 dB

•Resolution: 720 pixels per line, 480 lines (70ns)

Keyboard Layout

Controls and Connectors

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