Animation workflow, pipeline, asset management & production control.

It´s not Christmas yet, but Santa has come to visit this blog and brings an exclusive present for all readers! :-D Marcus just sent this email for you all: Hi there, My name is Marcus.  I've created a free CG Project Manager called Buckshot. I used it a couple of years ago for the TV show Spartacus and it worked really well. My aim is for us to all work together to create more open standards for our industry.  I want to help individuals, teams and companies collaborate better and improve their efficiency. We need to be smarter not just cheaper. The reason this system is revolutionary is that it's built entirely inside Google Apps and it's free. So if you use Gmail like some of the big studios do you're all set. You can test it out for yourself at:  http://links.vfx2.com/ buckshot _light This is an open project so we need your input to improve the system. If you like it, you can also get on the free beta test programe for the full Buckshot system which utilizes...

WeVideo has been  redesigned and  updated:   You can choose between  the original Timeline mode and  the new Storyboard mode  by clicking on the Settings icon in the top right. Use photos, video clips, graphics, music and other files you’ve already uploaded to Facebook, Instagram, Dropbox, Google Drive or Flickr. http://www.wevideo.com/

Cerebro´s latest newsletter informs of a few new features: Task Tracking : More intuitive "matrix" displaying the current situation on the project, divided into standard process steps. New Notification Types : Task displaying filter in the users e-mail notification system. Thus, the user can choose the most convenient mode of getting notifications that new tasks are available to him, as well as warnings for the approaching start of the planned tasks. Assigned Tasks Filtering : On the "To Do List" tab, a new filter has appeared to hide the assigned tasks, which are currently unavailable to start working on. The filter is useful when a user is working on a long-time project with a large number of interconnected tasks. http://cerebrohq.com

Sorry for posting in spanish, En nuestro día a día interaccionamos con el cloud de una manera constante a través de banca electrónica, redes sociales, prensa electrónica, streamings de música, archivos multimedia... y las empresas también utilizan soluciones basadas en cloud como CRM, webmail, etc. ¿Está la industria audiovisual adaptando sus procesos a esta nueva realidad? ¿Se aprovechan estas nuevas soluciones para mejorar la productividad y reducir costes en un entorno cada vez más competitivo, sobretodo bajo la coyuntura actual? ¿A qué retos se enfrenta la industria del cloud para adaptarse a los requisitos de la industria audiovisual? ¿Cuáles son los temores de nuestro sector al utilizar este tipo de soluciones? VSN, KIM y MRi os invitan a participar en estas jornadas, donde principales actores de la cadena de valor audiovisual como productoras, distribuidoras de contenidos, organismos públicos, gestores de derechos y medios de comunicación, compartirán su aproximación a las so...

Vortex is a very flexible cross-platform, Python based platform tool designed to consolidate the features of a complex animation/vfx pipeline into a single unified interface, from individual to large size studios.  Vortex acts as a development platform upon which to build more complex pipeline methods, with the following built in systems: - Custom file views - Versioning - Role management - Task management - Cross platform interoperability - Queue management - Scalable database backend - 3rd party software access - API http://vortex.hydralab.com/ While you are there, have a look at the blog as well:  http://vortex.hydralab.com/blog/

Scott Squires has been keeping this blog for 7 years now. I think readers of this blog might be specially interested in: Naming conventions and workflow VFX management VFX schedules Although not directly related to animation, I find the whole blog really interesting, since it covers many subjects related directly or indirectly to VFX, and also has a substantial amount of VFX INDUSTRY - STATE OF THE INDUSTRY articles. http://effectscorner.blogspot.fr

WeVideo is a web based online platform for collaborative video production in the cloud. It has a full-featured video editor,  supporting all digital file formats from common camera devices,  exports to 360p up to 1080p full HD. Render is fast regardless of your CPU,  since all processing is done on the cloud (you need a  paid subscription also to get local download of exports to your computer) Being online, uploading the files form your desktop can be time consuming but  WeVideo for Google Drive allows to  create and organize videos directly from your Drive, and even  share a WeVideo edit  like any other Google document. You can also c onnect WeVideo to your Social media accounts to e xport directly to social media networks like Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook and Twitter. At last, you can use WeVideo mobile uploading application to add videos, images and music directly to your WeVideo account, and invite your friends into the project. http://...