The Silk Designer™ Authoring Tool is a
desktop graphic user interface (GUI) allowing non-developers to author Silk
screens and animate widgets. Designed for use by sales, marketing, and
programming
departments, Silk Designer facilitates rapid screen development and
experimentation without programmer assistance. Now you can create Silk animated
user experiences for resource-constrained devices from the ease of a graphical
desktop authoring application.
SILK Designer includes
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WYSIWYG Silk authoring environment
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Load/Save XML capabilities
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Multiple output formats, including
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Java Standard Edition (SE) code generator for set-tops
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Java Micro Edition (ME) code generator for mobile devices*
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Microsoft .NET for Media
Centers and Home Theater PCs (MC HTPC)*
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Built-in screen simulator
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Silk Animation Engine framework
Silk Designer 1.2 is available immediately for Windows,
Mac, and Linux desktops. Contact us for a FREE developers license, available for prequalified customers. *Featured in Silk Designer
Version 1.3 planned for
release in 3Q 2008 |
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Drag and drop to connect widgets to
screens
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Click and select to
adjust fonts, sizes, colors, and images
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Click and select to
bind keys to animations
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Apply authoring
templates to enforce site-wide consistency*
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Use standard Silk
widgets and animations OR extend the
experience by plugging in your own widgets,
animations, and data sources
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Test animations and
screen transitions on your desktop before
exporting and compiling them to the set-top
or mobile device
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Minimal
training and no programmer assistance
required
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Create interfaces in MINUTES
with no degradation in Silk performance
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Integrate
Designer output with other data sources such
as Electronic Program Guide (EPG) metadata,
Video on Demand (VOD) metadata, news,
weather, and sports to deploy a rich
multimedia experience
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Allow
interface tailoring to support tiered
pricing
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Promote a
consistent, branded experience on multiple
devices
*Featured in Silk Designer
Version 1.3 planned for
release in 3Q 2008
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