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Adding graphicsto the timelineBroadcastViz NLE connects the Vizrt real-time graphicspipeline with existing post-productionenvironments and reduces design and developmentoverheads. Our plugins for nonlinearediting allows broadcasters to worksmarter. It seamlessly connects the Vizrtreal-time graphics pipeline with an existingpost-production environment. Broadcasterscan in other words retain the same graphicalelements in both surroundings.The system. Instead of recreating existingVizrt graphics using other design software,users can now design each graphic once,and use it both live and in their post-productionwork. Viz NLE provides fast turnaroundtimes in busy newsrooms,and reduced design and development overheads,for example, when changinga station’s branding.The workflow. With Viz Content Pilot, theoperator can pick ready-made graphics fora specific story. When using Viz Trio or VizNLE on the Mac, the operator chooses anexisting template and inserts text, imagesand video to create a new graphic whichthen appears in the timeline.After choosing a graphic, the operatorcan move the Viz NLE effect around in thevideo project’s timeline and change its duration.The effects can be edited at any timeand in any way, from simple spell checkingVIDEO BRANDINGThe key to a fasterediting workflow isthe optimization ofas many steps ofyour workflow aspossible. Read moreabout the Vizrt videoediting workflowon p.101to choosing different pictures or graphics.When stretching or shortening graphicsthat contain in and out animations, theintegrity of the animations are safe-guarded.The support for variable-length effectsmeans that out-animations are always triggeredat the proper time near the end of theeffect. The same unaltered graphic can thusbe used whether an NLE effect lasts for fiveminutes or five seconds.Advantages and benefits. One ofViz NLE’s key advantages is the ability topreserve existing channel branding withoutadditional effort. The same graphics can beused in different scenarios, from a station’svideo editing projects to live broadcasts.This is especially useful in near realtimecoverage of elections and sportsevents, for instance, where the newsroomorientedworkflow of Viz Content Pilot orthe live-system performance of Viz Trio.Another important advantage is Viz NLE’sunobtrusiveness.As a plug-in within the NLE application,it saves the NLE operator time and effort byextending the power and functionality of theproducts in Vizrt’s graphics pipeline withoutcomplicating the workflow with unnecessarydetails.The workflow is native to the NLE application;Vizrt simply provides the plug-in toinclude Vizrt graphics.Viz NLE Available plug-insViz NLE provides a suite of plug-ins forthese NLE applications:• Avid NLE systems with AVX2 support:Media Composer, Xpress Pro, NewsCutter• Avid Liquid (formerly Pinnacle Liquid)• Apple FinalCut Studio• Viz EasyCutSome third-party vendors have developedViz NLE-like functionality in their ownsoftware:• Harris Velocity• EVS CleanEdit• Sony XPRIAdding graphics to thetimeline becomes a smoothoperation with the templatedriven NLE plug-inThe Vizrt Catalogue 2011 55