Definition of Kiron?
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I need a definition of kiron for another book we're writing. Can someone
help? The dictionaries we have don't.
You mean "Chiron"? Like the brand name for a character generator,
typically owned by TV studios? It's a company, I'm sure if you call them,
they'll snd you literature. It's a character generator, it makes overlay
words to put beneath talking heads.
Many thanks, John. Tch..tch… I did not even know how to spell it. Thanks
again.
I made the mistake of giving the classical spelling, while of course the
computer company bastardized that, so…
For the record the name is Chyron. It is an outdated but very pro-looking
character generator some even have frame store capabilities. You never see
a studio without one.
Jeff
CHYRON. Any of several standalone character generators by the recently
bankrupt Chyron Corporation.
At the low end of the scale is the Chyron VP-1, which contains the
character generation circuitry but lacks a keyboard or other user-interface
and possesses no means of storage. The VP-1 is intended to be connected
via a serial interface to a PC or other source of input.
Then there's the VP-2, which has its own keyboard and (3-1/2" flexi) disk
drives.
Different fonts are available as plug-in chips, which must be purchased
from Chyron. Fonts may not be user-created or downloaded. There are no
means for animated transitions like the ProVideo and Broadcast Titler Amiga
products: the units are straight character generators. They do offer
higher resolution than the Amiga (35ns pixels as opposed to the Amiga's
70ns ones) but the new Amiga Super Denise will equalize that.
Higher up on the scale are the Chyron Scribe and SuperScribe, which will do
animated page transitions, flips, wipes, etc. These units store fonts on
disk rather than in firmware, and the fonts are outline, rather than
bitmapped, so fonts of any size may be generated. In order to actually use
a font, the operator must select the outline shape (s)he wants to use and
determine an appropriate point size. A bitmapped font of the appropriate
size is then genererated from the outline. These units go for $20K+.
Pete
Pete, you are the right person to ask about Chyron. Even bankrupt, I
imagine their name is an asset. I hope they're in corporate reorganization
(chapter 11) vs. liquidation (chapter 7). Thank you for the rundown. By the
way, after I found out Chyron was a company name, we used "character
generator" but at least now I will know what we're talking about when in a
production situation. Thanks again.
Don't forget the Infinite from the now chapter 11 Chyron. IMHO they
deserve to be in trouble, an arrogant company who treated their customers
poorly and traded on their name, not their technology for years.
Keith
Such behavior as you describe often leads from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7
without a change of management and attitude.