Visitors to the ENPS stand at the IBC conference in Amsterdam will see the latest developments of ENPS version 5.0. Attendees of the ENPS Client Conference will also get a preview of the next generation of Associated Press broadcast technology from ENPS Product Manager Bill Burke and APs Director of Global Video, Mike Palmer.
Among the latest enhancements to ENPS 5.0 is the My ENPS feature, which has been improved to allow users a top-level view of their most critical material. My ENPS now stores dynamic searches of any agency or local content and monitors media folders for new video, still, or graphic content. Journalists using ENPS as part of a group can now see remote running orders and assignment information from remote sights. The new tabbed list window lets users go back and forth between the My ENPS window and the list window.
Additionally, the new script media pane provides an area in which all media (video, audio, stills) can be previewed in line with the text that describes the media. This allows the journalist to see all the visual elements that make up their story at a glance.
Other new features include the new always on briefing bar and the detachable ActiveX window. This new feature allows users to run up to three plug-ins in the window and tab between them. This means that users can, for example, have a web browser, graphics plug-in and a non-linear editor plug-in open simultaneously. The widow can be sized to full screen or displayed on a second monitor.
A good example of this functionality which will be on display at the ENPS stand is the new integration of Apple Computers Final Cut Pro non-linear editor with ENPS. Using a third party plug-in made by Gallery, editors using Final Cut Pro can now see ENPS scripts and rundowns within Final Cut Pro, and with the ActiveX component, producers can review the published Quicktime material in ENPS. The published Quicktime material can also be previewed in the new script media pane.
Visit ENPS on Stand 7.430 at IBC 2006 in the Amsterdam RAI