essential tools for file based workflows andrew wild
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Post - 1998
Standard Def
Beta / Digi Beta
DV / DVCam
Tape Tape DecksBeta / Digi
BetaDV / DVCam
NLE
Linear Online
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a dramatic and wide-reaching change in conditions, attitudes, or operation: marketing underwent a revolution
EvolutionNoun The process by which different kinds of living
organism are believed to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
The gradual development of something: the forms of written languages undergo constant evolution
Chemistrythe giving off of a gaseous product, or of heat:the evolution of oxygen occurs rapidly in this process
[count noun] a pattern of movements or manoeuvres:flocks of waders often perform aerial evolutions
Mathematics, dated the extraction of a root from a given quantitySource: Online Oxford dictionary
What’s happened? Editing and additional tool set being
reduced to commodity computers and infrastructure!
Camera to file based acquisition (Tapeless) giant increase – its here!
Acquisition to edit timescales reduced (zero time?)
Production costs driven ever lower
What can we do in Post?
Specialist skill set is still required. Specialist tool sets still required for
finished program – Grade / Dub / Deliver.
Specialist infrastructure still required. Back catalogue of tape based material
access still required.
Rule 1: Workflows You had a workflow for Tape, you just need
several now for file based material! Understand the acquisition process and the
material it makes and the needs it brings with it. Adequate provisions for the production (Toolset
for transcoding/storage etc) Data management. Delivery.
Camera Codecs
What type of file will you receive? RAW-MXF-.MOV-.MPG
Can you access the data easily? Can you process the data natively? How much footage/data will you get?
It can be hard to relate GB to HRS of footage.
Storage
How much storage? What type of storage?
Local disks Network Storage
How to manage the the storage? Man power Software tool set
Storage
What’s a TerraByte mean in real terms?In hours what does a TB mean?Its hard to tell!
Data still needs to be ingested and this still takes time. 600:1 shoot ratios are madness but sadly the norm. Desktop copies can take hours when being copied to SANs.
Local disks
Still has its place. Pocket drives still the most common
‘transit’ medium. High performance at low cost. High capacity at low cost. Finishing workstations MAY need it if
using uncompressed data streams.
Network Storage
Expensive to deploy for real time editing.
Expensive to expand and maintain. Does bring increased flexibility. Limited performance – delivery
medium depending.
NLE Systems
Can we use the camera codecs directly?
Do we need to transcode material? Are the workstations powerful
enough? Do you have enough workstations? Do you have the right type of toolset
for the job?
NLE Software
Appropriate tool set. Avid – Final Cut Pro – Adobe - Autodesk
Keep track with software versions. Native Codec support etc.
Staff training. Understand new technology, workflows and project needs.
Workstations
Hardware more important then ever! CPU speed, RAM and GFX Card.
Highly efficient high quality codecs need fast systems and GPU acceleration to decode the image for playback.
Delivery
What format does the client want delivery in? Tape File
Do you have the right tool set to deliver the right file format?
Transcoding
How much to transcode? How much time will this add to the
process? New files also need to be stored. Transcoding can be performed on
NLE workstations or dedicated transcode software.
Encoding
Files may need to encoded for delivery or shared workflows.
Dedicated software or NLE software?
Archive?
Does the client need their rushes archiving?
Does the final deliverable need to be archived?
Does the entire project need archiving, if so in what format?
Disk Archiving
Do you have the needed storage capacity for storing data indefinitely?
Do you have the appropriate RAID protection?
Do you have the power and the aircon?
Could the cloud offer you a solution?
Data Tape
Data tape solutions are easy to install...
Good software search tools however are hard to come by.
LTO5 is the current IT type solution – but expansive and only 1.5TB per tape.
What about a MAM?
What do you think you need a MAM for?
How much will the MAM cost? What’s the ROI on your MAM? What will the MAM do for you? Ask yourself again... Do you really
need a MAM?
Posts shopping list
Knowledge of cameras and workflows. Storage – plenty of it. Workstations ability. Data management skill set and SW
tools. Archiving hardware and software.
Conclusion Costing of equipment is falling but skill set is
still king. You must keep pace with camera technology
to understand what you may have to tackle. Just because its on a drive doesn’t make it
instantly available. Make your client understand what can help
you can help them!