Create and edit budgets of all sizes for all types of productions.

EP's clients have long requested a budgeting application that would address the expanded range of needs facing cost estimators today. Greater flexibility. A wide range of options for comparing budgets and examining individual components. Capacity for an additional level of detail. More time saving features. A facility for making notations. Interaction with Movie Magic Budgeting files. In response, Entertainment Partners proudly introduces EP Budgeting.

BASIC FEATURES:

Fringes and Contractual Charges - Fringes and contractual charges add, calculate and adjust fringe rates with efficiency and ease.

Groups - Inclusion or exclusion of various grouped items enables planning through "what if" scenarios.

Globals - Quickly change and update components throughout the entire budget.

Captions - Create customized budget forms, including budgets in different languages.

Library - Store preselected ranges of information for easy reuse later on.

NEW FEATURES:

Ability to Read Movie Magic (.MMB) Files

Complimentary EP Budgeting Viewer - For users who do not own EP Budgeting (EP Budgeting delivers additional functionality and enhancements that cannot be read by Movie Magic Budgeting).

Foreign Currency Column - Allows users to budget and view entire productions using native or budgeted rates for selected currencies.

True Independent Set Field - Offers the ability to track and view sets with greater ease.

Multiple Budgets May Be Compared - And contrasted to produce variance reports. For television series, average pattern budgets can be computed across numerous productions or episodes.

4th Level - Spreadsheet enables an additional level of information to be broken down and linked back into a Details account level, with the ability to paste data directly from the spreadsheet application.

Location Fields - Offer review by separate or mixed locations.

Note - Feature allows users to attach notes to individual budget entry items.

Formula Maker - Facilitates easy entry for multiple global equations.

Export Budget Data - To standard spreadsheet applications.

Enhanced Export to Vista - Integration with accounting software packages, plus Enhanced Export to Vista providing set and currency information.

Subsets - Create Subsets according to specific criteria, such as "sets" or "location," enabling only those selected budget items to be viewed.

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Internet Explorer 5.0, Safari 1.0 or higher

RECOMMENDED: Internet connection with 56K or higher

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"EP Budgeting is an interesting option, providing most of the functionality of Movie Magic while adding some additional new features."

-- Jerry Kolber, MovieMaker Magazine