DALiM Software showed significant features in its ES and Virtual Library systems at the Cross Media show in London this week. They allow users to turn print-ready PDFs into interactive, browser-based HTML 5 flipbooks.
This complements previous announcements introducing the latest release of its popular customer-facing online production management, ES 3, (Enterprise Solution) at drupa 2012.
Part of ES, DALiM Virtual Library (DVL) is a page-turning application providing real-time access to a realistic publication ‘look and feel’, even simulating paper grades, for soft proofing review and approval before a job is printed.
The Enrichment option of ES lets brands and publishing customers turn otherwise static, print-ready PDF files into interactive digital magazines, newspapers, corporate publications, brochures and catalogues-even adding movies and slide shows-for the iPad.
Now, the very same documents can also be placed as HTML5 files (rather than Flash) on the web, eliminating the need for any reader application or plug-ins, even on mobile devices. This offers the ability to post interactive online content without any need of cumbersome and time-consuming programming.
‘With ES and DVL, anyone – for example, publishers or catalogue producers – can embed dynamic page-turning content on any website, just as is done with YouTube videos, easily viewed by anyone,’ said Isabelle Billerey Rayel, business development director.
‘For example, a prepress house producing printed catalogues can help a retailer display a digital version online, even before printing. Combine this with ES enriching technology, and you have a powerful tool to produce interactive online catalogues or magazines within minutes, that can be dynamically updated if an item is sold out. While some prepress houses already provide this service, many are Flash based, with its compatibility issues. Or, other systems require very time consuming and costly programming. ES and DVL make it a very simple process.’
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