The document summarizes and compares three digital authoring tools: Klynt, 3WDOC, and Popcorn Maker. Klynt and 3WDOC are desktop applications that allow importing various media types to create interactive narratives. Popcorn Maker is a web-based tool for creating HTML5 video/audio projects. All three provide WYSIWYG interfaces and embeddable players, with Klynt and 3WDOC also offering paid business models and Popcorn Maker being open source.

1. Authoring tools
confronted
i-Docs Symposium 2012
March 23rd 2012. Bristol
www.i-docs.org
Eva Domínguez & María Yáñez

2. Tools
Klynt 3WDOC Popcorn Maker

3. Development stage
Klynt 3WDOC Popcorn Maker
First public version: Beta version Currently at version 0.1
2011
New releases every
May 2012: Klynt for Next version: April month
tablets (iOS or Android 2012
applications) 1.0 version will be
released in November
2012.

4. Tool components
Klynt 3WDOC Popcorn Maker
Desktop application Web-based authoring Web-based authoring
tool tool
Data formats (standard Media manager
handling traditional Code library Popcorn.js
w3c XML)
media and extended & Butter.js
media offering on-fly
Player encoding solution
Player and facilitation
to publish on different
environment and
platform
Based on a Javascript
library and jQuery.

5. Player characteristics
Klynt 3WDOC Popcorn
Based on Flash Based on HTML5 HTML5 video / audio
based
Not HTML5 by now
Compatible with
Android + all web
browsers

6. Types of content managed by the editor
Klynt 3WDOC Popcorn Maker
Still images (jpg, gif, png) Still images (JPG, GIF, Video: Webm, MP4,OGG,
PNG third parties
Video files [mov (h264),
mp4 (h264), flv] and third Audio (MP3, Soundcloud) Still images
parties videos Text
Video OGG, MP4, third
Audio (MP3) parties Twitter
Texts Text Flickr
Google Maps Flash elements Wikipedia
(embedded in a HTML5 Google Maps
Flickr photos article)
Anything you can find
Flash elements, swf (AS3) Google Maps on the web

7. Third parties services
Klynt 3WDOC Popcorn Maker
Video Video Video
Youtube Youtube Youtube
Daily Motion Vimeo
Daily Motion
Any video file in an url
Vimeo (webm, MP4-->this
Still images only works in Chrome)
Still images
Flickr Audio
Flickr Google Images
Soundcloud
Audio MP3 or OGG
Souncloud Video upload and
transcoding for Q3
2012

8. Where the files are hosted
Klynt 3WDOC Popcorn Maker
The user’s hosting The files are hosted in Hosting of work slated
the Cloud (Amazon S3) for April release
They can also be
downloaded by the
user to broadcast on its
own website (internet
or intranet). The
creations will work off-
line too.

9. Usability of the back-office
Klynt 3WDOC Popcorn Maker
WYSIWYG interface WYSIWYG interface WYSIWYG interface
(interface for non (interface for non (interface for non
programmers) programmers) programmers)
The learning curve is 2 There is also
No html or css skills hours Popcorn.js (a library for
needed developers).
Users can fork from
GitHub (social coding
network) to make
custom versions of app

10. Integration with other platforms
Klynt 3WDOC Popcorn Maker
Standalone version of Standalone version of Code embeddable in
the final work the final work any website.
(embeddable) (embeddable)
Facebook (share Facebook (share
option & embedding on option & embedding on
a FB page) a FB page)
Twitter (share option Twitter (share option
from the player) from the player)
Integration with CMS Integration with CMS
(Can be embedded (A module for Drupal, a
using an iframe) plugin for Wordpress
are in the pipe)

11. Customization of the front-office
Klynt 3WDOC Popcorn Maker
Custom CSS design Custom CSS design Custom HTML
(available in the free
Custom menu and version) Custom CSS design
navigation
Some templates
Custom menu and available
navigation (available in
the free version) New templates can be
created (like
Wordpress)
Open Source

12. Any other features to highlight?
Klynt 3WDOC Popcorn Maker
Visual mock-up The concept of co- Future versions will have
Visual storyboard creation, you can work ability to "fork" popcorn
Various media import anywhere with anyone. creations - ie copy and
Connect to external media modify.
libraries
You can create any
Rich media editing content, anywhere at any
Organize media in a time, with anyone.
timeline Integration of the best web
Instant preview usages for content
creation: aggregation,
Easy publishing curation and sharing.
Create index and map
menus
Export and embed Both player and editor
Share and monitor your will work on iPad as we
project leverage on browser.

13. Languages
Klynt 3WDOC Popcorn Maker
English English English (open to
Spanish translations)
French

14. Business model
Klynt 3WDOC Popcorn Maker
1- Lite (150 €) Freemium model Free
One user account*, Unlimited
projects. A version will be Free and Mozilla is a non-profit
All Standard Features, for the paid versions, user organization
Support Center (48-hour will be charged on a
assistance by e-mail). Their mission is to
monthly basis between 25 promote openness,
2 - Pro (500 €) to 100 euros per month innovation and
One user account*, Unlimited opportunity on the web.
projects.
All Standard Features,
Support Center (24-hour
guaranteed assistance by e-
mail and Skype).
+ Custom Branding
+ Script Export Feature
+ Detailed Analytics
+ Collaborative Features

15. Thanks!
@edominguez
@maria_yanez
@klynt_app
@3wdoc
@popcornjs