The system

Viz NLE allows broadcasters to work smarter. It seamlessly connects the Vizrt real-time graphics pipeline with an existing post-production environment. Broadcasters can thus retain the same graphical elements in both surroundings. Instead of recreating existing Vizrt graphics using other design software, a station can now design each graphic once, and use it both live and in their post-production work.

Viz NLE provides fast turn-around times in busy newsrooms, and reduced design and development overheads, for example, when changing a station’s branding.

The workflow

With Viz Content Pilot, the operator can pick ready-made graphics for a specific story. When using Viz Trio or Viz NLE on the Mac, the operator chooses an existing template and inserts text, images and video to create a new graphic which then appears in the timeline.

After choosing a graphic, the operator can move the Viz NLE effect around in the video project's timeline and change its duration. All the time, the effects can be edited, from simple spell checking to choosing different pictures or graphics.

When stretching or shortening graphics that contain in and out animations, the integrity of these animations is safe-guarded. The support for variable-length effects means that out-animations are always triggered at the proper time near the end of the effect. The same unaltered graphic can thus be used in NLE effects of e.g. five seconds as well as five minutes.

Advantages and benefits

One of Viz NLE’s key advantages is the ability to preserve existing channel branding without additional effort. The same graphics can be used in different scenarios, from a station's video editing projects to live broadcasts.

This is especially useful in near real-time coverage of, for instance, elections and sports events, where the newsroom-oriented workflow of Viz Content Pilot or the live-system performance of Viz Trio excels. Another important advantage is Viz NLE’s unobtrusiveness. As a plug-in within the NLE application, it saves the NLE operator time and effort by extending the power and functionality of the products in Vizrt's graphics pipeline without complicating the workflow with unnecessary details. The workflow is native to the NLE application; Vizrt simply provides the plug-in to include Vizrt graphics.