MacroSystem - Software expansions

Produced by TVPAINT

CBPaint is a software created with professional productions in mind, offering a wealth of functionality for graphics, video effects and design. The software requires a VGA monitor, a Casablanca Prestige, Kron or Solitaire and last but not least, a portion of creativity!

Created by the renowned french programming team TV-Paint, in cooperation with MacroSystem, the package contains a sheer unlimited amount of tools for creating your own graphics, backgrounds, timeline-based animations and effects. The software interfaces directly with the standard Casablanca SMART EDIT editing software, making for an import and export facility for pictures and video sequences. The package contains a high-quality Wacom graphics tablet, countless drawing functions, filters, style and color tools, a timeline for creating your own sequences, as well as a logically structured user-interface, comprising to an absolutely professional utility.

4-Point Pixel Tracking

Use the "Bevel" effect to enhance your titles.

Easily create simple or complex animations.

CBPaint offers natural-media drawing tools like airbrushes, penbrushes, pencils,... that can be combined with video-effects like light, keying, special-fx, motion-tracking, picture in picture, ....

CBPaint is designed for artists who want to experience a whole new world of 2D animations and visual effects. CBPaint combines tools like video-paint, auto-paint, stop-motion, volumetric light, keying, image/color corrections, pixel-tracking, transitions, ...

Become an artist with the Wacom Graphictablet.

Due to the complexity, CBPaint's user interface differs considerably from the normal Casablanca menu structure. In-depth studying of the manual is therefore highly recommended.

Color Picker, Drawing Tools, Custom Brushes.

Chroma Keyer.

Record a Path or work with paper textures

Working with Video-Layers.

Pixel Tracker, FX Stack for Volumetric Light Effects

The most important features of CBPaint:

Real-Time Video Paint	The paint system that is pixel accurate includes features like animated brushes, multiple drawing and paint tools, filling, video tools and advanced text tools.
Animation System	The animation interface is layer-based. It includes powerful keyframing and motion path tools. The CBPaint artist can use an unlimited number of video layers.
Layer Manipulation	All layers work like independant layers of glass. You can paint on top or behind a layer. The layer structure can be modified. A layers can "influence" another layer by using powerful keying effects or tools like four-point pixel tracking or two-point image stabilization.
Color Correction	Multiple color- and image correction tools.
Effects	Select from a huge number of video-effects like light, volumetric light, plasma effects, perlin noise, mirror, cloning, mosaic, negative, noise, sharpen, warp-effects, to create stunning visual effects.

Please also visit the CBPaint forum (hosted by MacroSystem US, registration required).

Watch a Quicktime video for CBPaint (8,4 MB).

CBPaint image gallery:

3D-Cube effect (KeyFramer+AnimBrushes)	Painting and drawing	animated PIP collage
Animation / Clip	multiple animated independant objects	multiple light sources
Painting and drawing	Cartoon animation	Cartoon animation
cut out objects	Trickeffects	Commercial
animated drawing	volumetric light + pixel tracking	animated objects
animated opening title	animated weather map + keying	4-point pixel tracking
animated DVD-menu background	control colour	Keying + Gloweffect
Bevel Effect	Mirror	Color Range
HalfTone	Radial Blur	Bloom
Ceter Blur	Bump	Volumetric Light
Add Spots	Illuminated Title-Effects	Var. Special FX
4-Point Pixel Tracking	4-Point Pixel Tracking	Animated 3D-PIP
Animated Multi-PIP	Animated PIP-Sequence	Keying
Perspective PIPs	Animated Drawing	Painting and Drawing
Volumetric Light	Cartoon Sequence	Animated Logo + Light
Background-, Logo- and PIP-Animation	Auto Paint	triple PIP-Animation
Painting and Drawing	Painting and Drawing	Painting and Drawing