{"id":22826,"date":"2025-01-16T11:23:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T19:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kuusoft.com\/nexsigns\/?page_id=22826"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T23:05:48","slug":"eas-sme-comparison","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kuusoft.com\/nexsigns\/eas-sme-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"(Info) EAS & SME Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Features<\/th>\n Editable Animation System (EAS)<\/th>\n Smart Menu Editor (SME)<\/th>\n Notes<\/th><\/tr>\n
Replaceable Background Video\/Image<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n Changing the video\/image in the background layer with EAS requires Kuusoft Graphic Department\u2019s involvement to make modifications to the design. With SME, users can easily replace the background video\/images by themselves without affecting the menu text layer.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Editing Text<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Change Images<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n <\/td><\/tr>\n
Basic Animation on Editable Text or Images<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n <\/td><\/tr>\n
Full Animation on Editable Text or Images<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n Full text and image animation is not recommended in Menu Board use cases. However, complex animation can be achieved in SME by utilizing the video animation layer.<\/td><\/tr>\n
Instant Changes<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n EAS requires rendering time (10-120 minutes)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Native Menu Editor<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n EAS consists of pre-defined fields in the template. Users will edit the contents in a linear fashion (form-filling style). In contrast, SME provides a structured methodology where users simply focus on the menu data (category, item, price, etc.) without having to worry about the formatting (non-linear editing style).<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Drag and Drop Category and Item Ordering<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Multiple Text Styling and Formatting Options<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Dynamic Positioning<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n EAS has fixed text and image positioning. SME will optimize spacing as you change text and images.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Dynamic Categories and Items<\/td>\n Fixed Number<\/td>\n Flexible<\/td>\n Ability to add or remove the total number of menu categories and items.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Cost of Future Template Alterations<\/td>\n Higher<\/td>\n Lower<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EAS and SME Comparison Chart Features Editable Animation System (EAS) Smart Menu Editor (SME) Notes Replaceable Background Video\/Image Yes Yes Changing the video\/image in the background layer with EAS requires Kuusoft Graphic Department\u2019s involvement to make modifications to the design. With SME, users can easily replace the background video\/images by themselves without affecting the menu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21755,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22826","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kuusoft.com\/nexsigns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kuusoft.com\/nexsigns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kuusoft.com\/nexsigns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kuusoft.com\/nexsigns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21755"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kuusoft.com\/nexsigns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22826"}],"version-history":[{"count":77,"href":"https:\/\/www.kuusoft.com\/nexsigns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31952,"href":"https:\/\/www.kuusoft.com\/nexsigns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22826\/revisions\/31952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kuusoft.com\/nexsigns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}