eMotion announced the
release of version 4.1 of the company“s leading out-of-the-box
digital media management software. MediaPartner 4.1™ Enterprise
software builds further on eMotion“s core technology, adding new
capabilities in workflow, collaboration and integration. The release of
MediaPartner 4.1 comes less than one year after the initial launch of
MediaPartner 4.0 and reflects the company“s commitment to
innovation in media management.
„The success of MediaPartner, since its launch last year, has allowed
eMotion to gain invaluable insight into the needs of our clients,“ said
Bob Griffin CEO and President of eMotion. „We have used that
feedback as the driving factor for our 4.1 release. We are very
excited about this release and are looking forward to 4.1 helping
eMotion expand its leadership position in the Digital Media
Management market.“
Workflow Innovations
Added functionality in MediaPartner 4.1 Enterprise edition includes a
customizable brand management project workflow. You can now
assign specific, definable phases to each project, with a timeline that
can be easily manipulated to reflect potential changes in a project“s
progress and completion. MediaPartner 4.1 will also automatically
send email reminders to members of a particular project group when
a stage of the project is due. Also part of the enhanced project
workflow is the ability to create sub-projects or a nested hierarchy
within a master project, which allows you to turn the spotlight on
specific segments during the project and use the timeline to keep
the overall objective in sight.
New Collaboration Capabilities
The patented eMotion Viewer™ now allows you to view,
simultaneously, all annotations made to a media file, for every user
and every annotation session. With one of the new customizable
drawing tools called an Outline, you can hide or show annotations by
user, by date or by time. The enhanced Viewer handles MPEG-1 and
MPEG-2 video files with SMPTE time codes, allowing for accurate
editing by providing a direct reference back to the original source
tape.
IPTC Tag Support
MediaPartner 4.1 now imports industry standard IPTC header codes
along with TIFF, JPEG and Adobe Photoshop® image files. IPTC data
contain user-entered information for news media usage.
MediaPartner stores the headers as metadata enabling users to
search on this information and, with the correct permissions, alter
the details before sending the file to their customers or suppliers.
A highly anticipated new feature is the Datacenter Loading Utility
(DLU), a powerful new tool that works with MediaPartner to rapidly
import large amounts of media files, along with any existing
metadata, at one time. The DLU provides a simple workflow that
allows you to import media files, caption them, upload into
collections or projects, and generate browseable versions.
Improved User Interface
And finally, to reinforce eMotion“s commitment to usability,
MediaPartner 4.1 includes a new design for administrative functions
with a more user-friendly interface and on-screen help.
In Central Europe, eMotion“s products are distributed by Business TV GmbH
near Munich, Germany. info@business-tv-gmbh.de
