® Avid Interplay Pulse User’s Guide Version 1.
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Using This Guide This guide is intended for users of an Avid Interplay Central system with the Interplay Pulse feature. This guide describes product features and basic user procedures, such as Interplay Pulse multi-platform publishing. For initial installation and configuration of Interplay Pulse, see the Avid Interplay Pulse Installation and Configuration Guide. For administrative information for Interplay Central, see the Avid Interplay Central Administration Guide.
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1 Avid Interplay Pulse Avid Interplay Pulse allows users to publish news stories and audio and video content directly from the Interplay Central interface to multiple outlets: • Corporate and broadcast Web sites and Web content management systems • Social media services such as Facebook® and Twitter® • Online video platforms such as YouTube™ and Brightcove® Before you can use Interplay Pulse to publish to these services and platforms, you need to configure profiles in Interplay Central for specific ta
Setting Up a System Profile Setting Up a System Profile Before you publish a package to a Web site, social media service, or video platform, you must set up user or system profiles for Interplay Pulse. A system profile contains credentials for a target associated with a corporate or group house account and accessible by multiple users — for example, @Avid for the Avid corporate Twitter account. Interplay Central Settings layout: Settings pane, Details pane, and Add Profile and Delete Profile buttons.
Setting Up a User Profile A new profile appears in the profile list, displaying your publication type. 6. Type a name for the profile in the Profile Name text box. 7. Type the appropriate text for each of the remaining parameter fields. The publication type determines which fields display. For more information, see your platform documentation. 8. Click Apply. The profile list displays the new profile. To delete a profile, do the following: t Select the profile, and then click the Delete Profile button.
Using the Interplay Pulse Layout User Settings: Name column, Interplay Pulse settings, Add/Delete Profile button 3. Select a target from the Publication Type menu. 4. Click the Add Profile button. A new profile appears in the profile list, displaying your publication type. 5. Type a name for the profile in the Profile Name text box. 6. Type the appropriate text for each of the remaining parameter fields. The publication type determines which fields display.
Using the Interplay Pulse Layout The following illustration shows the Interplay Pulse layout with Social Message selected in the Platform pane. For information on the Web Story and the Packages panes, see “Publish to the Web” on page 21 and “Review and Approval” on page 26. n You can customize Interplay Central by adjusting a layout’s areas and panes. A single area can contain one or more panes.
Publish to Social Media 2 Pane or Area Description Interplay Pulse Creation area An area in which you can select a platform for your package or review and confirm specific packages for the available targets.The options that display in the area change when you select one of the following panes: • Social Message — You use this pane to create packages for publication to social media sites. • Web Story — You use this pane to create packages for publication to Web Content Management Systems (CMS).
Publish to Social Media The workflow for publishing your package to a social media service such as Facebook depends on whether or not you want to start with an iNEWS story as your source. Working from an existing story, you can use the Social Message pane to select a profile, modify the content appropriately for a particular target, edit and add video, and then publish to one or more service.
Publish to Social Media Social Message pane: iNEWS story loaded in the Message box; target buttons; Profiles and Video Profiles menus; selected profile; Attach/Remove Video button; Load iNEWS Story button 4. Click Load iNEWS Story. The Message text box displays the iNEWS story, with all production cues removed and the character count listed below the text box. If you selected the option to transform iNEWS stories to lowercase in the System Settings, all text changes to lowercase characters. 5.
Publish to Social Media 7. Click the Profiles menu, and select a profile. You can select multiple profiles for each target. Profiles display in the Selected Profiles area. System profile User profile If you want to delete a profile, click the “x” next to the profile name. 8. (Option) In the target message box, edit the text for the applicable platform. For example, you can edit your story to fit Twitter’s 140-character limit.
Publish to Social Media If your package does not include video and your target uses a user profile — for example, if you publish the package to your personal Twitter account — the package does not require review or approval and is posted automatically to your account.
Publish to Social Media Social Message pane: Social media target buttons; Profiles and Video Profiles menus with selected profile; Attach/Remove Video button; video target buttons 4. In the Message text box, type the text for the applicable platform. The text in the Message text box automatically displays in the message box for each target. 5. Click Attach Video. The video displays in the Video area of the Social Media pane and a sequence is automatically created.
Publish to the Web Profiles display in the Selected Profiles area. System profile User profile If you want to delete a profile, click the “x” next to the profile name. 8. Click Post. The story is sent for approval and the Social Media pane clears all fields. For information on approving stories for publishing, see “Review and Approval” on page 26. Publish to the Web Interplay Pulse allows you to create your package and publish it to a corporate or broadcast Web site.
Publish to the Web The queue’s contents open in the Queue/Story pane. c. Select the story in the queue you want to view and click the Story button to display the story in the bottom half of the Queue/Story pane. 3. Click the Panes Menu button and select Web Story. The Web Story pane opens. Web Story pane: Title, Lead, and Body text boxes; Selected Profiles 4. Click Load iNEWS Story. The Title and Lead text boxes display the story slug, and the Body text box displays the iNEWS story.
Publish to the Web Profiles display in the Selected Profiles area. System profile User profile If you want to delete a profile, click the “x” next to the profile name. 7. To add a video to your package, do the following: a. Double-click a video asset in the Asset pane or drag the video asset to the Media viewer. The video asset displays in the Media pane. You can select a master clip, a subclip, or a sequence. b.
Publish to the Web Publishing from Interplay Production to the Web You can also publish your package to a Web site without using an iNEWS story by selecting video from Interplay Production, adding and modifying the text for the story, and submitting the package for approval. To prepare a video for publishing to the Web: 1. Click the Layout selector and select Interplay Pulse. The Interplay Pulse layout opens. 2. Do the following to load an asset in the Media pane. a.
Publish to the Web Web Story pane: Selected Profiles; Add/Remove Video button; Update Poster Frame button; Add/Remove Image button; Update Image button 4. Click Add Video. The video displays in the Video or Image area of the Web Story pane. The position indicator in the Media viewer determines the video poster frame that appears on your Web page. 5.
Review and Approval Profiles display in the Selected Profiles area. System profile User profile If you want to delete a profile, click the “x” next to the profile name. 9. Click Send draft. The story is sent for approval and the Web Story pane clears all fields. For information on approving stories for publishing, see “Review and Approval” on page 26.
Review and Approval To view the submitted packages: 1. Click the Layout selector and select Interplay Pulse. The Interplay Pulse layout opens. 2. Click the Panes Menu button and select Packages. The Packages pane opens and displays all packages. Packages pane, listing all media packages: Filter Content button; Refresh button; Delete button; Collapse button 3. If you want to view only a list of the packages, click the Collapse button.
Review and Approval Filter Content button with filter criteria: User and User text box; Date and Date Range slider; Status and Add Status menu; Target and Add Service menu; Search button 2. Do one of the following: a. To filter by user name, select User, and then type in an Interplay Central user name. b. To filter by the creation date, select Date and then adjust the Date slider to specify a range of dates. c.
Review and Approval Packages pane, listing all media packages: Refresh button; Edit/View button; Publish button 2. To approve and publish the package to an online target, click Publish. The status displays as Approved and the package moves to the bottom of the list. If the package contains video content, the status indicates the mixdown and transcode process before publishing it to your target.
2 Workflows for Avid Interplay Pulse The following topics provide an overview of the workflows possible in Interplay Pulse in an Avid Interplay Production environment that includes Avid iNEWS. • Media Flow from Ingest to Publication • Interplay Pulse Roles Media Flow from Ingest to Publication Interplay Production and Interplay Central Workflow Interplay Central delivers workflow tools for media professionals using either Avid iNEWS or Interplay Production, or both.
Media Flow from Ingest to Publication News Show 1 1 2 3 Capture Server Ingest operator Interplay Database Show Producer iNews server Interplay Capture Workstation Story 1 Studio Recordings 4 1 1 4 Video editor ISIS Airspeed 5000 Tapes Editing Client (NC, MC) SEND TO PLAYBACK 1 1 4 Journalist NewsCutter & Media Composer Interplay Central 1 1 1 File ingest A/V Material flow tapes , forms ...
Media Flow from Ingest to Publication Material and edits Stories 6 ISIS 5 Interplay Database 10 iNews server Interplay Central with Interplay Pulse Social media producer 7 9 Central Server With Pulse Journalist Publish to CMS Review & Approval 8 10 Publish to Social media 10 OVP H.
Interplay Pulse Roles 8 Social media packages can also be created for publication, containing the following: • Text • Links to video, stored on OVP 9 The Multi-Platform Distribution (MPD) Producer reviews and approves all packages before publication. The producers can also edit the story before final approval.
Interplay Pulse Roles 2 1 iNews server 1 Post to Twitter Story Interplay Central with Journalist Interplay Pulse The iNEWS Journalist writes the story within iNEWS in Interplay Central (or in iNEWS directly). Once the story is completed, the Journalist uses Interplay Central to publish this story to a house account and to personal social media sites.
Interplay Pulse Roles Material and edits Stories 2 1 Interplay Database iNews server 3 Interplay Central with Interplay Pulse Publish to Social media Journalist 1 The Advance Journalist writes the story within the Story pane of Interplay Central, and then uses the Media and Sequence panes to build the video associated with the story. When the story is complete, the journalist saves the assets and, if necessary, sends it to playback.
Interplay Pulse Roles 3 The journalist chooses an OVP — for example, YouTube or Brightcove — and provides any additional information, such as tags or categories, for the video provider's site to help Web users find the story. Then the journalist clicks Post to forward the item for approval by the social media producer. As before, the item does not get posted until the News Producer approves it. For publishing to a Web site, the journalist uses the Web Story pane.
Interplay Pulse Roles 1 Review & Approval Interplay Central with Interplay Pulse Social media producer Social media 2 Publish Story Web CMS Central Server With Pulse OVP Story Video 1 For this role, the News Producer uses the Packages pane of the Interplay Pulse layout. This allows the producer to review content created by reporters in the iNews Journalist and the Interplay Central Advance Journalist roles.
Interplay Pulse Roles 2 The producer selects Publish to approve the content. The publishing operation triggers the background transcoding processes required for video publication to the OVP. The producer can monitor the progress of the action c by refreshing the view. For social media messaging, the producer posts messages after the transcode process completes. Once the producer posts the message, it can be viewed by clicking the link posted in the Packages pane.
ACILOPSTUW Index A Advance Journalist 34 Avid online support 8 training services 8 C Web Producer 38 Web stories 21 Web Story pane 21 workflows 30 Interplay Pulse layout 13 L Combined Messages pane 26 Layouts Interplay Pulse 13 I N iNEWS Journalist 33 Interplay Pulse Advance Journalist 34 approving media packages 28 Combined Messages pane 26 Content creation and distribution workflow 31 described 10 iNEWS Journalist 33 Interplay Production and Interplay Central workflow 30 News Producer 36 publish
ACILOPSTUW System profile Interplay Pulse 11 T Training services 8 Troubleshooting 8 U User profile Interplay Pulse 12 W Web Producer 38 Web Story pane 21
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