Powerful Graphics Development
With the standalone Composition Builder application, you can create professionally looking realtime graphic templates for news, weather, stock exchange, sports and other broadcast applications. These realtime graphics can directly be used in just:play and just:live.
Customize on Air
Customize your realtime 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 air in realtime, 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
Realtime graphics created with the Composition Builder application are interpreted natively and rendered on the fly by ToolsOnAir’s playout engine, ensuring the realtime preview of graphic templates in either the just:play or just:live user interface.
Supported Resolutions
- NTSC, PAL, HD, UHD
Compatibility Matrix
Version | macOS Ventura (13.6) | macOS Monterey (12.7) | macOS Big Sur (11.7.x) | macOS Catalina (10.15.7)* | macOS Mojave (10.14.6) | |||||
5.0 | Intel / Apple silicon | Intel / Apple silicon | Intel / Apple silicon | Intel | Not available | |||||
Composition Builder Application (Mac) | Composition Builder Application (Mac) | Composition Builder Application (Mac) | Composition Builder Application (Mac) | |||||||
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 graphics card. | |||||||
Version | macOS Ventura (13.6) | macOS Monterey (12.7) | macOS Big Sur (11.7.x) | 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 | Intel | |||||
Composition Builder Application (Mac) | ||||||||||
Support for AMD or Intel graphics card. |
Legend: * = macOS Catalina Support, provided on request, Not available = version not available or incompatible with the displayed macOS version.
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 5.0: Apple macOS Catalina (10.15.7), macOS Big Sur (11.7.x), macOS Monterey (12.6.x), macOS Ventura (13.x). Runs natively on qualified Intel- or Apple silicon hardware (Apple silicon preferred).
- Version 4.0: Apple macOS Sierra (10.12.6) up to macOS Mojave (10.14.6).
- At least 8 GB of RAM.
- AMD or Apple silicon graphics card (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 latest Composition Builder v.5.0.0 is included in the latest release version of just:live/just:play installer and can be downloaded by clicking on the “Download” button below. Composition Builder is a Site License and is now part of any purchased Realtime Basic FX Layer .
- Make sure to test the final composition on a system that is equal to the system which 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.
Further Documentation: