Viz Pilot Edge
Graphics for the modern, flexible newsroom, now with role-based authentication
Viz Pilot Edge simplifies and speeds up the workflow for journalists
Fast | Easy | Secure
Enrich your stories with beautiful data-driven graphics, stills, clips, and maps, all from your NRCS.
Viz Pilot Edge is the HTML-based newsroom graphics system built for modern, flexible newsrooms. The intuitive new interface helps journalists independently create, manage, and deliver news coverage efficiently using templated graphics. Plan your news, sports, business or election rundowns with state-of-the-art graphics, maps, animations, videos, and images; all from an easy-to-use graphics platform with live, flexible preview. Create graphics from anywhere, even when on the road covering a breaking or developing story.
Get the edge with a workflow that supports last-minute, real-time changes.
Viz Pilot Edge automatically generates templates or builds rich cross-platform custom templates using native HTML for powerful user interfaces. A redundant centralized storage of content allows for easy administration and fail-safe operation. The system includes the latest standards for maximum interoperability, efficiency, and support. (Viz Pilot Edge is HTML5-based, Viz Pilot is built on ActiveX).
Futureproofing and securing your newsroom
Supports all major NRCS: The newsroom component integrates with all major newsroom systems: iNews, Octopus, ENPS, OpenMedia, Dina and more. It supports real-time previews, even for multiple reveals, giving journalists full control of how a news rundown will look.
Metadata and keyword filters: Improve the search function to speed up graphics generation.
Transition Logic: A technology pioneered by Vizrt that provides for sophisticated and smooth orchestration of overlapping graphics in playout.
Concepts and variants: Create once and used across multiple shows with concepts and variants. Pilot Collections help guide journalists to show-aligned templates.
Metagraphics: Instead of burning graphics onto a final clip, save graphics metadata alongside clean video onto the Viz One media asset management system. Simply update graphics, without having to re-edit and re-render the clip.
Template Builder 3.2: Complete HTML template creation solution with shortcuts and intelligent tools to simplify and speed up template creation.
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Product Updates
Viz Pilot Edge 3.2
27 March 2025 | Introducing Pilot Collections, a new way to guide journalists to the correct templates using concepts and tags. Template Builder updated to be a complete HTML template creation solution. Update service that autoupdates critical information like stocks, voting results in real-time. Improvements to Custom HTML, and many more quality of life improvements. The installation file is available on the Vizrt FTP.
