Powerful Graphics Development
The Composition Builder 2025 application for macOS enables TV stations and Live Event broadcasters to effortlessly generate high-quality real-time graphic templates for news, weather, stock exchange, sports, and other broadcast applications, which can be utilized directly in just: live and just:play.
Customize on Air
Customize your real-time graphics On Air or use external sources (XML, RSS, images, and text files) to manually or automatically update your graphics.
We love XML and XPath
Out-of-the-box support for XML files, coupled with the powerful XPath query language, enables data extraction from local or networked files.
Sample Content Included
The Composition Builder application ships with a package of pre-designed templates that can be used and modified for free. Drop them into any graphics layer in just:play or just:live to play them out concurrently with any video clip.
Stop Frames for Dynamic Graphics
The powerful “stop-frame” functionality allows you to dynamically extend the duration of graphic templates while maintaining the individual duration of animations within the template.
Live Graphics Control
Changes to graphics and information sources can be easily made during playout and taken to the air in real-time, enabling fast turnaround on-air adaptations where needed.
Extensibility
The Composition Builder application is designed to enable the fast creation of your custom template compositions to extend your graphic template’s portfolio.
Native Integration
Real-time graphics created with the Composition Builder application are interpreted natively and rendered on the fly by ToolsOnAir’s playout engine, ensuring the real-time preview of graphic templates in either the just:play 2025 or just:live 2025 user interface.
Supported Resolutions
- NTSC, PAL, HD, UHD
Solution Video Gallery
Please click on the Link to access the video(s) on YouTube directly.
Compatibility Matrix
| macOS Sequoia (15.5.x) | macOS Sonoma (14.7.x) | macOS Ventura (13.7.x) | macOS Monterey (12.7.6) | macOS Big Sur (11.7.10) | macOS Catalina (10.15.7)* | |||||||
| 2025.1 | Apple silicon only | Apple silicon only | Apple silicon only | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| Composition Builder Application (Mac) | Composition Builder Application (Mac) | Composition Builder Application (Mac) | ||||||||||
| Support for Apple silicon GPU graphics. | Support for Apple silicon GPU graphics. | Support for AMD, Intel or Apple silicon graphics card. | ||||||||||
| macOS Sequoia (15.3.x) | macOS Sonoma (14.7.x) | macOS Ventura (13.7.x) | macOS Monterey (12.7.6) | macOS Big Sur (11.7.10) | macOS Catalina (10.15.7)* | |||||||
| 5.0 | Apple silicon only | Apple silicon only | Intel / Apple silicon | Intel / Apple silicon | Intel / Apple silicon | Intel | ||||||
| Composition Builder Application (Mac) | Composition Builder Application (Mac) | Composition Builder Application (Mac) | Composition Builder Application (Mac) | Composition Builder Application (Mac) | Composition Builder Application (Mac) | |||||||
| Support for Apple silicon GPU graphics. | Support for Apple silicon GPU graphics. | Support for AMD, Intel or Apple silicon graphics card. | Support for AMD, Intel or Apple silicon graphics card. | Support for AMD, Intel or Apple silicon graphics card. | Support for AMD or Intel GPUs. | |||||||
| Version | macOS Sonoma (14.7.x) | macOS Ventura (13.7.x) | macOS Monterey (12.7.6) | macOS Big Sur (11.7.10) | macOS Catalina (10.15.7) | macOS Mojave (10.14.6) | ||||||
| 4.0 | Upgrade to Version 5.0 | Upgrade to Version 5.0 | Upgrade to Version 5.0 | Upgrade to Version 5.0 | Upgrade to Version 5.0 | Intel | ||||||
| Composition Builder Application (Mac) | ||||||||||||
| Support for AMD or Intel graphics card. |
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NOTE: All updates and upgrades mentioned are available to customers with an active support and software maintenance contract. To renew your maintenance contract, please contact moc.rianosloot@selas
System Requirements
- Version 2025.1.1: latest versions of Apple macOS Ventura, macOS Sonoma, macOS Sequoia are recommended. Runs exclusively on Apple silicon hardware (M1-M4).
- Version 5.0 (part of just:live/play 5.5): latest versions of Apple macOS Ventura, macOS Sonoma, macOS Sequoia are recommended. Runs natively on qualified Intel (Mac mini 2018, Mac Pro 2019)- or Apple silicon (M1-M4) hardware. Apple silicon hardware is highly recommended). When running macOS Sonoma, Apple silicon is required!
- 16 GB of RAM recommended.
- Version 2025.1.1: Apple silicon GPU
- Version 5.0: AMD or Apple silicon GPU (integrated or discrete).
- A screen resolution of at least 1920×1080.
- For detailed system requirements, please consult the online user manual or contact us
Free Download / Infos
- A trial version of our the Composition Builder application for macOS is included in the release version of the just:live/just:play 2025.1 installer and can be downloaded by clicking on the “Download” button below. Composition Builder is a Site Licence that is now part of any purchased Realtime Base FX Layer.
- Make sure to test the final composition on a system that is equal to the system that is used to run the Just Out engine. Depending on the CPU, GPU, and storage system used for playout, you will be able to play more or less complex compositions.
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