Get cost-effective broadcast-quality graphics, live camera switching, and streaming for any live production.
Engage your audiences by visualizing data and information in professional, creative, eye-catching ways with Captivate. Used worldwide by broadcasters big and small, Captivate offers powerful, creative tools that deliver beautifully produced productions for live broadcasts without all the ‘building’ that often bogs down less-flexible packages.
Deliver sports productions that sports fans expect with Captivate. Produce network-quality stats, scoreboards, lower thirds, and more in minutes—not hours. Quickly connect to scoreboard data from Daktronics, Fair-Play, OES, Stat Crew, Scorebird, or Sportzcast to drive scores for any sporting event. Create a buzz with Captivate.
Capture your students’ attention with Captivate, the budget friendly live solution for the classroom, on-campus studio, or athletic department. Whether you’re teaching live graphics creation or producing an educational or athletic live stream for your school, Captivate meets all your production needs.
Inspire and invigorate your congregation with polished video graphics. With Captivate, you can easily integrate into ProPresenter or Easy Worship and deliver lyrics, scripture, announcements, and sermon notes as animated graphics right on the screen. Captivate allows you to be creative and engaging without a steep learning curve.
Improve your communication and engage your audience with a broadcast-quality live production. With Captivate's powerful Zoom and Teams integration, you won’t have to be a TV network to broadcast high-end, professional graphics to your employees, clients, or advisory board. Now anyone, in any organization, can create beautiful, compelling productions with the Captivate family of products - all at an affordable price.
Engage and inform your constituents with live video outreach, essential for today’s government. With Captivate, government agencies at all levels—federal, state, county, and municipal—can produce professional live broadcasts with a minimum of expense or effort. Captivate fits into all government budgets and provides an easy way to accomplish your live broadcast needs quickly and affordably.
Enthrall the crowd with a high-end network feel—without breaking the bank. With Captivate, you’ll elevate your production value with live graphics, dynamic data inputs, and social media integration. Whether your event is in-person or virtual, Captivate brings broadcast graphics to every live production suite.
An option for every production need.
Enhance live productions and events with professional data driven graphics and streamlined workflow controls for live camera switching, streaming, and more.
Achieve the professional sports broadcast look with minimal effort. Connect scoreboard and stats graphics with industry standard hardware and data integrations.
Includes all the features and integrations available in Present and Sport, plus exclusive features that allow you to scale your production in powerful ways.
Channels
1
1
16
Simultaneous on-screen graphics.
3
3
Unlimited
Real-time playout interface
3D Animated graphic design interface
Map Live Video onto graphics
Shot layouts.
Video switching and transitions.
Audio Mixing.
Output to Zoom.
Direct After Effects integration.
Instant Replay.
Downstream keying.
LIVE SOURCES
Live audio/video inputs(USB, HDMI,NDI, etc.)
No SDI/Decklink
No SDI/Decklink
All
Image, video, audio clip playback
Built-in PTZ controls
Zoom/Teams video and audio in.
Simultaneous on-air Zoom/Teams sources.
1
1
Unlimited
DATA CONTROLLERS - GENERAL
Custom clock/system clock.
Excel(Cloud)/Google Sheets
Spreadsheets(Local XLSX/CSV.
Zoom/Teams data(chat, participants).
RSS Feeds.
Easy Worship/ProPresenter Controllers.
JSON & XML Readers.
Tables from Spreadsheets(Block Mode).
WeatherCast Controller.
Custom API to support additional data sources.
DATA CONTROLLERS - SPORT
Built-in Scoreboard Control Interface.
Scorebird integration.
Daktronics/DataLink scoreboards integration.
StatCrew scoreboards/stats integration.
Sportzcast scoreboards integration.
Direct serial hardware integration(Daktronics).
DATA CONTROLLERS - CHAT
Zoom/Teams Chat, Zoom Q&A.
Facebook live comments.
X posts.
YouTube live chat.
DESIGN
Fully customizable graphic templates.
500+
500+
950+
3D animated graphics.
Over 500 animations, effects, transitions.
EPS vector importer.
Crawls.
Rolling Credits.
Automated graphic scaling.
Adobe Photoshop importer.
Adobe After Effects Importer.
UHD 4K resolution.
CONTENT.
Main title templates.
Lower third templates.
Motion bug templates.
Social media and polling templates.
Table templates.
Picture-in-picture templates.
Sports and scoreboard graphic templates.
Corporate graphic templates.
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Captivate Broadcast, developed by NewBlue, is an advanced live graphics solution for video production. It enhances live broadcasts with dynamic, data-driven graphics, including overlays and layouts. It's ideal for various live production needs, from sports broadcasting to corporate events, offering both versatility and professional-grade quality in graphics.
The software integrates directly with Adobe After Effects, allowing users to import and play complex After Effects designs in real-time during live broadcasts. This integration simplifies the workflow for graphic designers and broadcasters, providing a seamless transition between graphic design and live video production.
Yes. Graphics created in Captivate can be used directly in NewBlue Titler Pro, compatible with major Non-Linear Editing (NLE) systems. This feature ensures a fluid workflow, allowing graphics used in live broadcasts to be seamlessly incorporated into post-production processes in tools like Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, and Blackmagic Resolve.
Captivate is capable of creating a wide range of dynamic 3D animated graphics. This includes lower thirds, crawls, bugs, transitions, scoreboards, and much more, offering a rich set of tools for enhancing live video content with visually appealing and informative graphics.
Yes, it is designed to work seamlessly with leading switching and streaming solutions via NDI, HDMI, and SDI. It also has direct integrations with Zoom and Wirecast. Additionally, it supports the RTMP protocol, ensuring compatibility with a diverse range of streaming services, making it a versatile tool for every broadcasting need.
Captivate, while professional in its capabilities, is designed with user-friendliness in mind. The learning curve may vary based on the user’s experience with live graphics software, but it generally offers a more accessible approach compared to other complex graphics systems, making it suitable for both experienced broadcasters and newcomers.
Yes, Captivate Broadcast supports up to 16 channels of 4K-NDI® or 4K-SDI key/fill, enabling users to produce high-resolution, 4K-quality video content. This makes it a suitable choice for high-end video production requiring superior image quality.
For live sports broadcasting, Captivate Broadcast is particularly effective due to its real-time, data-driven graphic capabilities. It can dynamically display scores, statistics, and other relevant information, enhancing the viewing experience for sports audiences with up-to-date and visually engaging content.
Yes! Instant Replay is now included in Captivate Broadcast and is available as an Add-on for Captivate Sport and Present. See our Instant Replay page for more details.
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