Creating and Downloading a Logo
Instruction Manual: evolution 5000 E57xx DSNG and DENG Voyager Enco d er Page E-5
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Figure E.3: Files for OSD Creator and Loader
E.4 Creating a Logo Using OSD Creator
Osd Creator (creator.exe) is an application fo r creating logo files ( .osd
format) for use with the Osd Loader application (osd.exe) to download
them to the Encoder. It accepts Windows Bitmap (.bmp) format files as
input. It includes the facility to introduce a mix component into the image,
so that when the image is superimposed onto video, some areas appear to
be transparent.
The application also in cludes the facility to downsample the image to the
desired size.
The application runs under Windows 95 or Windows NT.
NOTE…
The OSD Creator program only has limited features for the manipulation of images. It is wise to carry
out any complex image editing using dedicated graphics software prior to importing the .bmp image file
into the OSD Creator.
E.5 Using OSD Creator

E.5.1 Overview

To create a logo (.osd) file:
1. Load a Bitmap (.bmp) file.
2. Add transparency in the desired areas.
3. Downsample to the desired size.
4. Save as an .osd file.