WoodWing's SmartDPS to Help Enhance Adobe's InDesign for Digital Publishing Ease

It will become easier for digital designers to create their publications with a new tool from WoodWing. The company has created SmartDPS which will work with Adobe’s InDesign program.

WoodWing started by making plug-ins’ for Adobe products over 10 years ago. Even though they have moved onto an enterprise web publishing and DAM based company, they still work with Adobe to improve and enhance their products.

SmartDPS is designed to assist InDesign users by making their work faster, easier and more efficient, as the program works directly with InDesign’s file system.

“Users of our publishing system love the Digital Publishing Tools — plug-ins for InDesign that help to quickly add all sorts of interactivity to tablet and mobile publications,” said Erik Schut, President of WoodWing Software. “By introducing SmartDPS, we offer the same benefits to anyone who is using Adobe DPS, and not just users of WoodWing Enterprise.”

What's in SmartDPS

Additions that the SmartDPS program gives to InDesign includes: scrollable areas, hotspots and widgets. No additional training in code or other technical skills are needed to work with these features. The SmartDPS website has brief introduction videos to show how they work.

• The scrollable areas function works like a traditional scroll bar. Content can be moved vertically or horizontally within the page.
• A Hotspot, a touch sensitive area of a publication, is a way for users to show information that isn’t initially seen in their publication. Information is showed in columns and can be linked to other informational hotspots.
• Widgets are found in the online library features that can add an extra level of interaction to a publication Some of these examples include Google Maps, Twitter and captioned slideshows. 

To use SmartDPS you need to have:

• Adobe InDesign CS5, CS5.5 or CS6
• Adobe DPS plug-ins.  Minimum versions: CS5/5.5: Sprint 19 (version 1.9.1), CS6: v8.0.0.370.

Where to get SmartDPS

SmartDPS is currently available as a free trial, once a user signs up with the site. Those who download the program have a limited access to all of the aforementioned features. When the full version is available additional features will be added, such as being able to convert pdf’s into .foilo files.

There will be a variety of paid subscriptions available in the full version, but details haven't been released yet.

 

 

Source : cmswire[dot]com

WoodWing Software Adds DAM Capabilities to Portfolio with Elvis DAM Purchase

Elvis DAM has a new owner. WoodWing Software, provider of multi-channel publishing solutions, has purchased Dutchsoftware, maker of Elvis DAM.

The digital asset management solution, developed in 2008, is powered by the Lucene search engine, best known for its use in Wikipedia, and is extensible through integrations with other apps and through plug-ins. The product, available for local installation or as a software-as-a-service, is intended to be open, scalable and easy to install and administer.

Working in Tandem

Hans Janssen, WoodWing Software CEO, said in a statement that publishers and corporations “are looking for solutions that support their increasing multi-channel publishing activities,” most notably rich media. He said that Elvis DAM “makes digital assets such as images and videos easily accessible and manageable,” and that its addition to the WoodWing portfolio strengthens his company’s market position.

The two companies’ main products have been working in tandem for some time. WoodWing’s flagship publishing system, Enterprise, is used as part of an integrated solution with Elvis DAM for a number of mutual customers worldwide. Moving forward, the companies said that Enterprise’s channel of over 90 partners will now also be offered Elvis DAM.

WoodWing President Erik Schut told news media that the two products are “very much complementary.” He noted that Enterprise provides a workflow for publishing to multiple channels in a collaborative environment, while Elvis “is all about securely storing a quickly growing amount of media assets,” classified with metadata for fast access and re-use.

Separate Product

Schut added that Elvis’ media assets can be accessed directly from Enterprise, and WoodWing intends to “bring the integration to an even higher level.”

Elvis will continue as a separate product, as will Enterprise’s ability to integrate with other, third-party DAM providers. Schut said the company was committed to open systems so that customers can pick the most suitable components.

Dutchsoftware staff will move to WoodWing’s headquarters, which is only a few kilometers away in Zaandam, The Netherlands. Founded in 2000, WoodWing’s products began with the line of Smart productivity and efficiency plug-ins. Its Enterprise Digital Publishing Solution, designed to publish content to multiple channels, includes the content management application Content Station.

 

 

Source : cmswire[dot]com