Scenarist^® Publisher Configurations

Available in three configurations – Studio, Professional, and Enterprise – Scenarist Publisher is a fully customizable productivity solution, enabling professional production facilities to configure their workflow to suit their exact requirements. Contact your nearest Sonic office or Professional Reseller to discuss your requirements to ensure you receive the solution that suits your existing workflow.

Scenarist Publisher Family

• Scenarist Publisher Studio - A ground-breaking efficiency tool that seamlessly integrates with all existing Scenarist systems. Drastically improve your authoring workflow by using Scenarist Publisher to quickly publish multiple projects that contain similar elements, like DVD box sets. Scenarist Publisher Studio requires an existing Scenarist SD system for multiplexing.
• Scenarist Publisher Professional - Designed for larger facilities looking to further improve their authoring throughput, Scenarist Publisher Professional builds on the efficiency increase offered by Scenarist Publisher Studio to include a separate multiplexing server. This frees up existing Scenarist systems from all multiplexing tasks, leaving them to do what they do best – author incredible interactive DVD titles.
• Scenarist Publisher Enterprise Edition - Designed for Enterprise businesses looking for the ultimate in production efficiency and workflow, the Enterprise Edition enables facilities to author form-based titles from remote locations – either within a company’s intranet or even from the other side of the world. Publisher’s Enterprise server and utilities enable facilities to prioritise and manage all incoming jobs to produce an incredible number of tailor-made titles in a matter of minutes.

Scenarist Publisher Feature Matrix	Studio	Professional	Enterprise
Sonic Scenarist SD (for multiplexing)	Required	Not Required	Not Required
Scenarist Publisher Automatic Form Builder
Scenarist Publisher Project Builder (Local)			X
Scenarist Publisher Remote Project Builder	X	X
Scenarist Publisher Custom Form Builder	X	X
Scenarist Publisher MuxManager (local single-user)	X		X
Scenarist Publisher MuxServer (server-based, multi-user)	X	X
Scenarist Publisher Job Manager	X	X

Scenarist Publisher Components

• Scenarist Publisher Automatic Form Builder - The Automatic Form Builder is included with all versions of Scenarist Publisher. It ingests a Scenarist SD script file to automatically generate a Publisher Form which is used as a starting point for Form generation. Skilled authors are then able to build a master form that describes the configurable portions of the form (the title elements that can be changed). The output is then made available on a facility’s network for use by the Publisher Project Builders.
• Scenarist Publisher Project Builder - The Project Builder application enables unskilled authors to create complex DVD titles in a matter of minutes. Included with Publisher Studio and Professional, it uses Publisher Forms (generated by the Form Builder) to provide authors with a wizard-like authoring experience. Users simply select the assets unique to a specific title and either output a Scenarist script file (Studio) or multiplex the title within the Project Builder (Professional).
• Scenarist Publisher Remote Project Builder [Enterprise only] - The Remote Project Builder enables unskilled authors to create complex DVD titles in a matter of minutes from the other side of the world. Using the same wizard-like interface as the Local Project Builder, unskilled authors access online Forms via Internet Explorer to specify the title’s content and navigation. Completed titles are then sent to the MuxServer for completion.
• Scenarist Publisher Custom Form Builder [Enterprise only] - The Custom Form Builder enables enhanced Form customization, allowing skilled authors to provide unique Forms that are more efficient and suited to a particular workflow environment. The Custom Form Builder can also create Forms from scratch without the need for a Scenarist SD script file for a starting point. The output is made available on a facility’s network for use by the Publisher Project Builders.
• Scenarist Publisher MuxServer [Enterprise only] - A server-based service that accepts and multiplexes all incoming jobs created by the Remote Project Builders. The Scenarist MuxServer frees up existing Scenarist seats by moving all multiplexing tasks to this server-based utility, enabling industrial scale production. The priority and progress of each incoming Job is managed by the Scenarist Publisher Job Manager.
• Scenarist Publisher Job Manager [Enterprise only] - A server-based application that logs and displays any messages or status information from the MuxServer. The Job Manager also enables users to access scheduling information, set-up job notifications, and specify job priorities.