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PC-Link is a software package that allows you to connect Casablanca with a computer to take advantage of both systems' possibilities
The PC-Link package consists of:
Software for Casablanca Avio, Prestige and Kron: The software can easily be installed on a SmartMedia card. Installation runs from the "Install product" menu.
Software for your PC: The PC software is a Windows program with a graphical user-interface. This is your command center, where all commands are initialized.
A connection cable: connects your Casablanca with the PC via USB interface, which is standard for Casablanca Avio, Prestige and Kron. The required cable is included with PC-Link.
Manual: The user's guide with extensive information on the features and possibilities.
PC-Link is compatible with PCs running Windows-98, Windows-ME, Windows-2000 or Windows XP.
A USB-port is required on the PC. Windows-95 and Windows-NT are not supported due to the lack of USB drivers. While transferring pictures, PC-Link automatically converts them to Casablanca's own format. If needed, they are additionally scaled. You can choose between single pictures, picture-sequences, AVI files (incl. audio) or MPEG data: PC-Link converts them all and sends them to Casablanca, where you can use the pictures as you are used to from editing scenes.
Picture sequences can be read as a numbered sequence of pictures and transferred as single pictures, fields or frames (field-rendering). Each picture can be sent with an alpha-mask to determine a transparency value.
You can also let PC-Link transfer pictures automatically; e.g.: When saving pictures from a ray-tracing program.
When sending single pictures or entire scenes from Casablanca to the PC, PC-Link is limited to using picture formats capable of true color. Scenes area saved either as a numbered sequence of picture files, an AVI file or an MPEG-II data-stream on the PC.
PC-Link supports a large amount of different picture formats such as JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PCX, Kodak, WMF, PhotoShop, PNG, Targa, EPS, Macintosh Pict) and video formats such as MPEG and AVI.