Peter Hartwig
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Hi there
I was just wondering if there's any interest in a tool like the one we're building and using inhouse for a couple of tv shows here.
Basically, it's a web application, which should be run, ideally, on an inhouse server. It keeps a catalog of the red files on your drives, with thumbnails and other details, to later grab those files when needed.
What you do then, after setting up your show, episode, and so on, is let you load up final cut pro xml files, see all the shots in there, and arrange them as you want... you could, for example, tell it to grab three clips and put them in one shot directory, as plate, element and smokelayer or whatever you choose to call them. You tell the system what sequence you're importing, and give the specific shots the right names etc.
Once this is done, the system copies the needed redfiles locally, and generate your folders for the job, and then starts to generate the dpx/tiff sequences, correctly named, into these folders.
Now you have your shot directories set up, with all the plates you need, and even reference quicktimes if needed. These are all logged into another part of the system, where you have your working shots. From here, you can generate nuke or fusion setups with the right loaders, durations and savers in them.
Later on, you can use this part of the system to upload new versions of the shots as you're working on them, and share these, along with comments, either locally with your colleagues, or on a web server, to allow your director etc to log in and comment or approve the work.
Bear in mind, we're not replacing systems such as shotgun, and we're not creating a system to assist DI etc, as we know nothing about these things. It's just a simple, easy to use workflow tool to help us go from fcp/red to something that can be used in vfx, and then keep track of the shots.
It will be cheap, preferbly priced on a monthly basis, and it will run as a web application, so everyone in your organization (if you allow them to) can keep track of the work.
What's your take on a system like this? We're trying to figure out if it makes sense to open it up for users other than ourselves =)
Sincerely
Peter Hartwig
VFX sup and Engineering lead
Kamikazepost
I was just wondering if there's any interest in a tool like the one we're building and using inhouse for a couple of tv shows here.
Basically, it's a web application, which should be run, ideally, on an inhouse server. It keeps a catalog of the red files on your drives, with thumbnails and other details, to later grab those files when needed.
What you do then, after setting up your show, episode, and so on, is let you load up final cut pro xml files, see all the shots in there, and arrange them as you want... you could, for example, tell it to grab three clips and put them in one shot directory, as plate, element and smokelayer or whatever you choose to call them. You tell the system what sequence you're importing, and give the specific shots the right names etc.
Once this is done, the system copies the needed redfiles locally, and generate your folders for the job, and then starts to generate the dpx/tiff sequences, correctly named, into these folders.
Now you have your shot directories set up, with all the plates you need, and even reference quicktimes if needed. These are all logged into another part of the system, where you have your working shots. From here, you can generate nuke or fusion setups with the right loaders, durations and savers in them.
Later on, you can use this part of the system to upload new versions of the shots as you're working on them, and share these, along with comments, either locally with your colleagues, or on a web server, to allow your director etc to log in and comment or approve the work.
Bear in mind, we're not replacing systems such as shotgun, and we're not creating a system to assist DI etc, as we know nothing about these things. It's just a simple, easy to use workflow tool to help us go from fcp/red to something that can be used in vfx, and then keep track of the shots.
It will be cheap, preferbly priced on a monthly basis, and it will run as a web application, so everyone in your organization (if you allow them to) can keep track of the work.
What's your take on a system like this? We're trying to figure out if it makes sense to open it up for users other than ourselves =)
Sincerely
Peter Hartwig
VFX sup and Engineering lead
Kamikazepost
