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Turn graphics intoan easy task forjournalistsBroadcastViz Content Pilot allows journalists and producers to add graphicselements to their stories through a simple fill-in-form interface. Itoffers a complete overview of the graphics rundown and integrateswith all the major newsroom systems.BROADCASTERS WORLDWIDE use Viz Content Pilot, from majorTV networks to local TV stations. Because Viz Content Pilot is notlimited to broadcast productions, it can deliver graphics content toall types of graphics displays and is also used as the core controlcomponent in a Viz Virtual Studio setup. Viz Content Pilot can serveas the core content control system for all users that require speed, aconsistent look, and a streamlined workflow for their graphics.CREATE, MANAGE, AND DELIVER high volumes of top-qualitycontent with Viz Content Pilot. It supports live and taped news,sports, election, and other broadcast productions. By using a varietyof template forms, the editorial staff can enter new data, images orvideos in pre-defined graphic animations, and preview the resultinstantaneously. Therefore, day-to-day content creation can betotally independent from the design department.PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT. Viz Content Pilot includes a powerfulmulti-user playlist with real-time updates allowing multiple producersto update the playlist simultaneously. The playlist can also beautomatically synchronized with a variety of applications, such asnewsroom systems or Viz Trio.Viz Content Pilot includes full support for Vizrt’s Look-AheadTransition Logic . Transitions between graphics are triggered automaticallyusing a single video output channel. This enables seamlessand automatic transitions between multiple layers of graphics.NEWSROOM INTEGRATION. Viz Content Pilot easily integrates intothe editorial workflow, as its templates can be accessed by anymajor newsroom system. The Newsroom Connect Component isa small, but advanced, graphics editing tool that is bundled withViz Content Pilot and installed on your newsroom system clientmachines. It enables journalists to add images, text, videos, andmaps, and to select the graphics concept and variant. It also supportsa real-time preview and snapshots. For time-critical situations,the Quick CG command line tool allows the user to create graphicswith text on the fly.TEMPLATES WITH CUSTOM APPLICATIONS. Template designers cancreate small applications, using drag-and-drop operations, scripts,and macro commands in Viz Content Pilot.These applications can access and processexternal data, and trigger any kind ofcustom logic. With good usability design,designers can create templates that exactlyfit the needs of journalists.BY LINKING GRAPHICS AND VIDEO workflows,Vizrt extends the capabilities of itsgraphics systems, including the Viz ContentPilot. With our broadcast graphics solutionsvideo, high-quality graphics, productiontools, and media asset management worktogether in one integrated environment.THE JOURNALIST can access a shared databaseof video clips and stills from the newsroom.By enabling Viz Content Pilot withVizrt’s video and graphics link and combiningit with Viz Media Engine, it is possible toadd video to graphics from the newsroom.Using Viz EasyCut or Viz PreCut, journalistscan edit video clips, save them, and thenadd them to the story, either as video or asvideo in graphics from their desktop PCsin the newsroom. For last-minute editing,video clips, images, and text can also beedited by the Viz Content Pilot operator.NON-LINEAR VIDEO EDITINGINTEGRATION. With the Viz NLE plug-in,graphics templates can be used withinthe non-linear editing system without anymodifications.All the standard Viz Content Pilotcontrols and features are available withinthe non-linear editing system. The plug-inwindow includes a real-time preview of thegraphics, including full length animation.Once the template is validated, the graphicswill be rendered into the timeline.Viz Content Pilot supports amongstothers the NLE systems by Avid andQuantel, as well as Apple’s FinalCut Pro.Viz Content Pilot Viz Content Pilot supports concept andvariant enabled playlists. Concepts can beunderstood as branding styles, and are usedto define the theme of a playlist. For example,Music , Sports, 6 o’clock News, 9 o’clockNews, where each of these concepts havetheir own look and style. To further enhancethe usability of concepts, Viz Content Pilotalso supports variants of graphics. With differentvariants of a template the user can switchvariants of a scene on the fly, even rightbefore the graphics are aired. Typical variantsof a template will be a one bar graphic, a twobars graphic etc.Key Features• Support for concept and variant-enabledplaylists• Advanced newsroom integration with allmajor newsroom systems• Integration with all major automationsystems• Integration of a maps system for addinghigh resolution custom maps with styledefinitions• Full integration of video in graphics duringtemplate design, template filling, andplay out• Access to previews in real-time or assnapshots• Template-driven graphics with a completelycustomizable interface• Built-in macro commands and scriptinglogic• Customizable real-time playlist with snapshoticons of templates and videos• Runs on top of a powerful enterpriselevel Oracle database that supports up to100,000 usersThe Vizrt Catalogue 2011 43