In as we speak’s remote-oriented world, post-production groups are more and more working from bodily totally different areas.
This form of workflow used to require delivery arduous drives via the mail, or passing footage forwards and backwards through sluggish and cumbersome FTP companies. That has modified considerably in the previous few years, particularly within the final 6 months with the discharge of latest instruments like Frame.io Transfer. Distant collaboration is now simpler than ever.
And it’s wonderful how far we’ve are available such a short while. I nonetheless keep in mind the primary time I noticed Body.io in motion on the 2018 Closing Minimize Professional X Artistic Summit (the place the Frame.io Workflow Extension was first announced).
The primary time I noticed the dialogue field that allow me select between downloading authentic or proxy media, I knew that distant enhancing would by no means be the identical.
Once I labored for Lumaforge, the makers of the acclaimed JellyFish shared storage server, we constructed a strong distant enhancing workflow powered by Kyno and Body.io.
We had about 3 years of archival footage from a plethora of tutorials, case research, shows, commercials, behind-the-scenes movies, and vlogs. And we continually wanted to make use of this media in newer tasks
Utilizing simply Closing Minimize Professional X, Premiere Professional CC, or DaVinci Resolve to sift via all of that footage can be a ache. And that’s the place Kyno got here into play. This easy-to-use, media administration answer offers you a bunch of options for ingesting, discovering, taking part in again, and distributing media. And now Kyno integrates directly with Frame.io!
You’re most likely considering, “Okay, in order that’s an archive. What’s this bought to do with collaboration?” Properly, about two movies earlier than we constructed this workflow, we introduced in a contract cameraman/editor to assist catch us up in submit. We spent about 2 hours taking pictures and copying over the talking-head for the video. We ran out of time earlier than we may shoot any b-roll. So he took the talking-head footage house on an exterior arduous drive. However I nonetheless wanted to get him the precise b-roll.
That’s after I discovered to make use of Kyno together with our Jellyfish. Kyno made this very straightforward. Nevertheless, getting the footage to my editor proved to be a harder problem till I began utilizing Body.io. Due to Body.io, I knew we may use a proxy workflow in Closing Minimize Professional X to assist save obtain time on his finish.
However what about getting the footage as much as Body.io? I didn’t wish to have to leap from Kyno to Finder to tug the footage over. And numerous it was RED footage, so it wasn’t tremendous straightforward to add. Fortunately, Kyno’s integration with Body.io permits you to choose footage and add the unique straight. Nevertheless, 4.5K RED Raven footage can take up numerous area within the cloud. Fortunately, Kyno has a built-in transcoder. You’ll be able to truly choose a variety of clips, choose Ship To Body.io, after which optionally transcode.
We ended up transcoding at full decision to H.264. This made our uploads and downloads of full decision a lot sooner. And since Kyno helps RED Uncooked natively, we had been capable of apply a easy coloration grade to the RED footage in REDCINE-X that was baked into the transcoded footage earlier than sending to Body.io. We additionally made positive to call the transcodes precisely the identical because the originals. This might allow re-linking to the digicam originals on the finish.
Utilizing the Frame.io Extension in Final Cut Pro X, our editor was capable of choose the specified clips, right-click, and import. The import dialogue offers you the choice of both downloading the unique file, or a proxy. You’ll be able to at all times change to a unique high quality later if essential (simply right-click the clip within the Body.io Extension, then choose Change High quality.)
On the finish, our editor exported a grasp in Closing Minimize Professional X. We then used Body.io’s evaluation instruments to do a number of rounds of notes. Because the uploads had been full-quality, I used to be capable of obtain the authorized reduce and instantly distribute. Had we needed to re-link to the RED Uncooked for coloration grading, all he would have wanted to do was ship an FCPXML of the timeline. I may have then re-linked to the RED media and graded the footage.
This is among the finest methods to work with a distant collaborator in Closing Minimize Professional X.
Kyno is a superb addition to the Body.io ecosystem, and we’re excited to assist convey extra distant workflow choices to our customers!
