GALILEO TO BE DISPLAYED AT IBC

WITH IBC right around the corner, AccuWeather are gearing up to display the latest technological advance in weather forecast broadcasting to date: Galileo.
As a state-of-the art weather graphics package built on the Windows 2000 platform, Galileo is the most advanced, dynamic, versatile, and intuitive weather forecast production system to date. It sports 32-bit animated graphics that move ultra-smoothly and animated 3-D FlyThru capabilities that show viewers in an exciting, moving way, the advancement of weather elements.
A new, integrated user interface automates the process of building a weather show, generating on-screen graphics as a user edits scenes, and making changes and edits a quick, easily accomplished task.
Galileo provides users with a host of choices to customize presentations-graphics are presentable in either static or animated 2-D or 3-D formats, and may be further adapted with shading and lighting effects.
Galileo has live background video capability, allowing users to give an exciting and up-to-the-minute look to weather forecasts. Animated surface maps use key frames, and the system offers full graphic layering capabilities, with masking and transparency features.
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