[Specification]

• Supports up to 12 independent windows or 6 windows with seamless transitions
• (2) Native high resolution background channels provide background video with seamless transition effects
• Special Effects
  • A full range of transition effects (dissolve, wipe, etc.)
  • Smooth PIP move & sizing controlled via key frames
  • Adjustable PIP aspect ratio
  • PIP borders, including drop shadows and soft edge
  • PIP clone (mirror and offset)
• Keying
  • Luminance key
  • Split key (key alpha and fill)
  • Reverse key (key on background)
  • Color key (graphics)
  • Alpha mixing
• (1) Native high resolution downstream key channel independent of PIP/KEY processing channels
• Video processing
  • 10-bit processing
  • 1:1 pixel sampling
  • Motion adaptive de-interlacing (SD & HD)
  • 3:2 and 2:2 pull down detect
  • Image cropping
  • Aspect ratio correction
• Athena proprietary high-performance scaling
• Low video delay – less than 3 input fields
• Z-order control (priority layers) for overlapping PIP or key images
• Each mixer layer is dynamically re-assignable as a mixing (transitioning) PIP, or as two individual (SPLIT) nontransitioning PIP or key images.
• Still frame : frame grab of background and downstream key sources
• Complete look-ahead preview
• On-screen display (preview monitor) of layer information and status
• Supports blended widescreen projection
• Output synchronization: free-run or vertically locked to NTSC/PAL blackburst
• Edge blending
  • 10-bit processing
  • Variable overlap
  • Supports standard and pre-overlapped background sources
  • Edge blending (feathering)
• 3G/HD/SD SDI output
  • SMPTE 259M-C (standard definition)
  • SMPTE 292M (high definition up to 1080i @ 60Hz)
  • SMPTE 424M (high definition up to 1080p @ 60 Hz)