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Real-time Scores & Dynamic Graphics for Sports
The Captivate family of products delivers cost-effective broadcast-quality graphics, live camera switching, and streaming for television stations, sporting events, businesses, classrooms, event production studios, religious gatherings, town halls, virtual/hybrid meetings, and many more. Display real-time scores and highlights with dozens of customizable templates. Get a professional sports look affordably with Captivate Sport.
Bring in gametime data
Seamlessly connect to your data to create dynamic graphics for any stream or broadcast. With Captivate Sport, you can control your graphics to customize your workflows.
Display dynamic scoreboards.
- Bring in scoreboard data from Scorebird, DataLink, Stat Crew, or Sportzcast.
- Stat Crew statistics inputs support football, soccer, volleyball, basketball, and hockey.
Integrate spreadsheets, XML, and more.
- Connect to Google Slides and Sheets, Excel spreadsheets and tables, XML files, clocks, and more.
- Leverage spreadsheet autoplay mode to run-through your lower thirds and crawls.
What’s new
Virtual live video.
- Effortlessly control multiple live video and audio sources from Zoom, webcams, PTZ cameras, and more for easy switching and mixing.
- Gain unprecedented control of media playback by using imported video clips as a switcher source, shot layout element, or mapping to PiP graphics. This feature adds versatility to your live production capabilities.
Zoom and Teams production workflow.
- Deliver engaging and professional virtual or hybrid experiences for guests and minimize the apps you need to use by hosting meetings and webinars directly from Captivate.
- Automatically bring your meeting participant’s live video and name into fully dynamic Picture-in-Picture graphics.
- Display in stunning picture-in-picture graphics, overlays, or full-screen layouts.
New Live Chat, Comment, and QA Controller.
- Drive all your chat sources in one place with the intuitive Chat controller.
- Along with Zoom or Teams messages and QA, incorporate Facebook comments, YouTube Live comments, and X posts into your on-air graphics, enhancing audience engagement and interaction.
Support for Bitfocus Companion 3+.
- Perform multiple actions in Captivate, in parallel with other tools, with the push of a button (updated to support latest Companion version).
- Set, increment or toggle values for any variables in Captivate graphics with the push of a button.
ATEM enhancements.
- Easily integrate Captivate with your ATEM workflow downstream or upstream using Captivate’s new intuitive setup wizard.
- Prepare for key moments and navigate your production’s rundown while on-air by incorporating multiple graphics, camera switches, transitions, and more into “shot layouts” for tightly synchronized graphics with a single button playout.
Reliable project transfers.
- Our streamlined package export/import setting now includes AE projects, MOGRTs, images, video, audio, and more, ensuring reliability and ease when transferring or sharing projects.
New Global Account management.
- Streamline integrated third-party workflows by managing internet accounts and storing/sharing credentials across data controllers in one centralized panel.
Achieve network-quality sports graphics
Captivate Sport delivers dynamic scoreboard graphics to streamline all your high school, college or professional broadcasts. Easily connect to scoreboard data from Daktronics, Stat Crew, Scorebird, or Sportzcast, Direct Serial Data from hardware scoreboards plus access included web controllers for all your games.
+ Display dynamic scoreboards. NEW
+ Connect to scoreboard data in real-time. NEW
+ Create team branded graphics.
+ Easily integrate with leading solutions.
+ Control with a Stream Deck and Bitfocus Companion.
+ Create Leaderboard graphics. NEW
Streamline Your Workflows
Captivate Sport features new workflows and controls to help you get started quickly and easily make changes on the fly. Flexibly design, set up, and playout your sports graphics in one complete solution.
- Design. – Drag and drop included design templates onto your playlist or import your own designs from Adobe Photoshop. Flexibly edit text, color and images right in the Edit/Preview window.
- Connect. – Easily connect scoreboard data to your graphics to streamline your game operations. Drag and drop scoreboard inputs or variables onto any part of a design to repurpose it as you need.
- Go live. – Quickly make animated updates to your graphics on the fly. Deliver one live scoreboard or sports graphic on a single channel.
WeatherCast Add-On
WeatherCast offers real-time, location-specific weather forecast graphics.
Ideal for live broadcasts, WeatherCast seamlessly integrates into Captivate, offering customizable hourly or daily weather updates from around the world in over 50 languages.
It’s included with any Captivate Broadcast Subscription or Perpetual License with an active Maintenance Plan, or as an add on for Present or Sport.
More info on WeatherCast can be found on the Captivate Broadcast product page.
Instant Replay Add-On
Instant Replay
Effortlessly capture and replay key moments in real-time, ensuring you never miss a beat. Whether it’s highlighting a crucial play in a sports broadcast or revisiting a pivotal moment in a live event, Captivate Instant Replay offers seamless integration, superior control, and exceptional playback quality.
It’s included with any Captivate Broadcast Subscription or Perpetual License with an active Maintenance Plan, or as an add on for Present or Sport.
More info on Instant Replay can be found on the Captivate Broadcast product page.
Learn more about Instant Replay
Captivate Features
Control
- Real-time playout
- Live animated updates per layer
- Hotkey functionality
Outputs
- 1 channel
- 15 total layers
- 3 simultaneous live layers
- NDI
- SDI key/fill (Blackmagic® and AJA®)
- HDMI
- OBS
Inputs
- Google Sheets and Slides
- Scorebird scoreboards NEW
- Direct Serial Data Support from hardware scoreboards NEW
- Stat Crew scoreboards
- Leaderboards NEW
- Daktronics scoreboards
- Sportzcast scoreboards
- Clocks
Design
- 3D animated graphics
- Animations, effects & transitions
- Adobe Photoshop import
- Title Designer interface
- Sports & scoreboard packages NEW
Description
Which version of Captivate is right for you?
Captivate Present | Captivate Sport | Captivate Broadcast | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simultaneous live layers | 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. |
System Requirements
Software
- macOS 10.15 and later
- M1 Mac supported via Rosetta
- Windows 10
Hardware
- 2 GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor CPU recommended for HD)
- 16 GB RAM (32 GB RAM or greater recommended for HD)
- 1.82 GB drive space for installation
GPU
- 2015 or later
- 1GB VRAM (2GB+ recommended)
- 902Mhz base clock (1506Mhz+ recommended)
Inputs
- Any switcher with NDI inputs
- Any keying switcher with HDMI inputs
- Any switcher with SDI key/fill inputs (Blackmagic Design and AJA cards)
Change Log
What’s new in Captivate December 2024
Media Sequencer
This dedicated tool simplifies complex workflows and maximizes creative potential with features such as:
- Set In/Out Points: Adjust media clips with pinpoint accuracy.
- Customizable Transitions: Add transitions with tailored timing for polished results.
- Dynamic Playback Sequences: Build and randomize sequences for unique visual storytelling.
- PiP Integration: Map media clips and sequences directly to Picture-in-Picture (PiP) graphics for a cohesive presentation.
Expanded Media Clip Support
- Broader Format Compatibility: Effortlessly import and play a wider variety of media clips.
- Alpha Channel Support: Add advanced transparency options to video clips, enabling stunning overlays and transitions.
Graphics Optimizer
- automatically enhances the performance of custom-built graphics. This ensures smoother playback and a professional finish, even in the most demanding live production environments.
Shot-Centric Workflow
- Toggle between shot-centric and project-centric modes
Improved Integration for Seamless Collaboration
Enhanced integrations with popular platforms make Captivate 2024 a robust solution for modern media production:
- Zoom Enhancements:
- Mute Zoom call audio directly within Captivate Monitor.
- A simplified interface by removing unnecessary meeting hosting and monitoring functions.
- Teams Integration:
- Streamlined meeting joining for an improved user experience.
These updates make it easier than ever to incorporate virtual meetings into your productions, ensuring a smooth and hassle-free workflow.
Refined Stability and Performance
NewBlue Captivate December 2024 addresses over 30 stability and performance issues, delivering a more reliable platform for creators. Key improvements include:
- Enhanced media file support and playback reliability.
- Fixed issues with inconsistent media looping and blank frames.
- Improved SDI and ATEM workflows for live production.
- Resolved sluggish drag-and-drop operations in the Designer.
- Faster and more reliable Google Sheets reconnections and XML/JSON updates.
What’s new in 5.10
Released July 17, 2024
New Live Chat, Comment, and QA Controller.
- Drive all your chat sources in one place with the intuitive Chat controller.
- Along with Zoom or Teams messages and QA, incorporate Facebook comments, YouTube Live comments, and X posts into your on-air graphics, enhancing audience engagement and interaction.
Virtual live video.
- Effortlessly control multiple live video and audio sources from Zoom, webcams, PTZ cameras, and more for easy switching and mixing.
- Gain unprecedented control of media playback by using imported video clips as a switcher source, shot layout element, or mapping to PiP graphics. This feature adds versatility to your live production capabilities.
Support for Bitfocus Companion 3+.
- Perform multiple actions in Captivate, in parallel with other tools, with the push of a button (updated to support the latest Companion version).
- Set, increment, or toggle values for any variables in Captivate graphics with the push of a button.
ATEM enhancements.
- Easily integrate Captivate with your ATEM workflow downstream or upstream using Captivate’s new intuitive setup wizard.
- Prepare for key moments and navigate your production’s rundown while on-air by incorporating multiple graphics, camera switches, transitions, and more into “shot layouts” for tightly synchronized graphics with a single-button playout.
Reliable project transfers.
Our streamlined package export/import setting now includes AE projects, MOGRTs, images, video, audio, and more, ensuring reliability and ease when transferring or sharing projects.
New Global Account Management.
Streamline integrated third-party workflows by managing internet accounts and storing/sharing credentials across data controllers in one centralized panel.
What’s new in 5.7
Highlights
- New Name: Newblue Titler Live is Now Captivate – Titler Live 5 has evolved over the years and has become more than just a live titling solution
- Automatically bring your Zoom meeting participant’s live video and name into fully dynamic Picture-in-Picture graphics.
- Incorporate multiple graphics, camera switches, transitions, and other production elements into dynamic “shot layouts”.
- Unleash the power of the NewBlue TotalFX suite to infuse your content with a vast array of effect transitions or use customizable graphics templates as stinger transitions.
Shot Layouts
Central to the innovation in NewBlue Captivate is the new Shot Layout system. It facilitates the fusion of multiple graphics over live video, creating dynamic scenes or ‘shot layouts’. These layouts serve as different moments in the production, each encapsulating a unique blend of graphics and video content.
With just a simple button click, users can effortlessly move between these intricate scenes. This triggers an automatic, synchronized action that animates the incorporated graphics, switches videos, and applies optional transitions – all in perfect harmony.
Camera Switching and Transitions
In order to facilitate the shot layout solution, NewBlue Captivate expands its functionality to include intuitive camera switching with transitions. The result is a versatile tool that can function as a complete production studio, capable of managing video, audio, and graphics simultaneously in a simplified flow.
Yet, despite its expanded capabilities, NewBlue Captivate continues to excel as a specialized graphics solution, seamlessly integrating with industry-standard switchers for truly powerful productions.
Zoom & Microsoft Teams Integration
Captivate also offers seamless integration with Zoom and Teams meetings for sophisticated virtual productions. Gather guests and organize them with shot layouts for visually impressive picture-in-picture graphics, overlaid with essential real time information such as names, speaker information, chat comments, and more.
RTMP Streaming
NewBlue Captivate eliminates the need for third-party encoders by including RTMP streaming, with direct support for leading platforms such as YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook.
Streamlined User Interface
Along with everything else, NewBlue Captivate provides a streamlined broadcasting experience, enabling users to quickly configure how they want to work and focus on the essentials for delivering visually stunning productions.
New in 5.5
New Features
- Added PTZ Camera import and control for Present and Sport versions.
- Updated Companion integration to support changes in version 3.0.
- Implemented SAC support for Windows.
Bug Fixes
- Text is no longer resized in crawls.
- Crawls no longer stop rendering with long text strings.
- Fixed hung login in Microsoft Excel data controller.
- Resolved freeze when 2 or more imported AE layers are rendering simultaneously.
- Solved issue when EPS vectors are imported without transparency.
- Fixed intermittent hang when rendering complex charter sets.
- Resolved missing fonts and message fields in Carbon graphics.
New Features in V5
Workflow
- Edit/preview editing – Edit variables directly in designs
- Input list – Edit variable connections directly in designs
- Input library – Drag input-connected designs onto the playlist
- Thumbnails in playlist – Preview designs in the playlist
Sports
- Stat Crew full scoreboard inputs – Key score variables
- Tennis scoreboard controller – Included scoreboard controller for tennis
- New sports graphics – Two new graphics packages per sport
Output
- Lumantek ez-DSK support
Experience Powerful Features
Control
- Real-time playout
- Live animated updates per layer
- Remote operation on your network
- Network tally support
Inputs
- Stat Crew® scoreboards
- Daktronics® scoreboards
- Sportzcast scoreboards
- Clocks
- Facebook Live comments
Outputs
- 1 channel
- 1 graphic per channel
- 15 graphics per playlist
- NDI®
- SDI key/fill (Blackmagic® and AJA®)
- HDMI
- OBS
- Watch Folder
Design
- 3D animated graphics
- Animations, effects & transitions
- Adobe® Photoshop® import
- Title Designer interface
- Sports & scoreboard packages NEW
| Titler Live 4 Term | Titler Live 5 Term |
|---|---|
| Inputs, controllers, Data Sources, Service Handler, “External Data” | Data Controls |
| Designs, Graphics, Design Templates, Title, Title Design | Graphics, Graphics Template |
| Background (View Menu) | Preview Background |
| Library | Graphics Library |
| Playlist Panel | Channel Panel |
| Playlist | Layers |
| Graphic Preview Panel | Preview Panel |
| Live Monitor | Program Monitor |
| Attributes Panel | Properties Panel |
| Multi. Data | Multi. Entry |
| Titler Designer | Designer |
| Playlist Cell | Field* |
| Show Input (Button) | Link Data |
| Edit Title Design | Edit Graphic |
| Scene Tab | Global Tab |
| Global Tab | Motion & Data Tab |
| Object Tab | Layer Tab |
| + Style Layer (in style tab) | + Style Element |
| Dynamic Variable (Checkbox in Layer->Style) | Allow Updates while Live |
FAQs
Tutorials
NewBlue Captivate with Zoom: Step-by-Step Guide
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Cut the Cable: Choosing the Right IP Media Protocol for Your AV Workflow
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NewBlue Captivate Instant Replay Tutorial
Ian Stark from NewBlue walks you through the brand new Instant Replay feature in NewBlue Captivate in this tutorial.
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NewBlue Captivate: Comprehensive Overview
This in-depth video guide to NewBlue Captivate shows you how to leverage Captivate’s powerful features for your broadcast. It gives a detailed overview, a step-by-step guide to key features, some tips and tricks, and a few real-time demonstrations and examples.
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WeatherCast Tutorial: Master Weather Graphics within Captivate
This tutorial guides you through the powerful features of WeatherCast, a new add-on for NewBlue Captivate, showing you how to integrate real-time weather data into your projects. Learn to customize forecasts with ease, manage multiple city data, and create visually stunning weather presentations.
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NewBlue Titler Live After Effects Import Tutorial Series
NewBlue has a full tutorial series on working with After Effects compositions in Titler Live, from choosing AEPs or MoGRTs, to how to modify properties and connect data controllers.
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NewBlueFX: Making Custom Scoreboards with Titler Live SportzCast Edition
In this Tutorial, Sean shows you how to create a custom scoreboard using your existing designs. See how to add text, image and other variables to have your design ready for game day.
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