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InMedia
Editing in the cloud
Contributing Editor Adrian Pennington
has a look at the ever more important role
that remote editing and cloud distributed
workflows continue to play...
O
ne of the biggest challenges
surrounding the topic
is
the
definition of what it means to do
editing in the cloud.
" Everyone has
their own
opinion which can 'cloud' the
subject
up this
entirely. Let's
cloudy
try to clear
mess, " says
Hans Baumgaertner, Solutions
Owner - Cloud Editing, VDI & Post
Production, Qvest.
By moving
everything to the cloud including
the powerful
workstations
original
files, it removes
the
and
production storage filled with hires
separation
point between what is onprem
and what is cloud.
" In this situation, everyone would
work either at the office using their
office laptop with one or several
large monitors at their desk, or work
from home. Finally, with a supporting
ecosystem providing an enterprisegrade
" space " for editors to use their
same NLE tools and plugins without
compromises, it might one day not
even be necessary to call
it 'cloud
editing', but just 'editing.' "
Recently
Qvest
launched
Qvest
Production Spaces, which means
an open ecosystem, designed for
use cases such as Adobe Premiere
Pro editing. Baumgaertner explains,
" Qvest
Production
that
Spaces
covered
was
created because we realized that
such a system didn't exist on the
market
absolutely
everything end-to-end, and more. It's
an enterprise offering supplied and
delivered by Qvest as a single partner
simplifying the entire process for
enterprises looking to modernize and
move to the cloud. "
Scratch the surface of cloud-first
post workflows and you may find
LucidLink under the hub. It's
a
component of many cloud enabled
facilities
and was
also used
to
connect the distributed animation
teams during production on Oscar
winning short The Boy, the Mole, the
Fox and the Horse.
It's a file system that stores media
in the cloud and allows anyone to
work on it locally.
" Traditionally, you have compute
continually
cost, "
next
to the data but
moving data around will
says
Co-Founder, LucidLink.
Peter Thompson, CEO and
" If you can
decouple the need to have data
next to the application that is when
workflows are liberated. LucidLink
offer a single source of truth in the
cloud that can be used as easily with
the same performance remotely as
in the office. Crucially, we enable
users to collaborate on a common
set of data without having to moved
it anywhere. "
In
technical
network
terms
LucidLink
attached storage
is
and it
works with any application from
Resolve to Avid to Adobe.
Less known is
A project being executed with the Qvest Production Spaces at Mediacorp in Singapore
our cloud-based
its use in live
production where LucidLink provides
the connection between camera
feeds at a venue and remote editors
for highlights clipping. Sky Sports
highlight edits of this year's Super
Bowl was also edited remotely over
LucidLink in a workflow that also
included NEP and EVS.
Transitioning
to cloud-based
collaborative editing can also pose
some challenges for clients used to
working with on-premise solutions.
However, as more and more media
professionals get the experience of
real-time remote collaboration, much
faster rendering times, and ease of
use, there's a growing demand for
cloud-based solutions.
" Traditionally, one of the biggest
challenges has been the storage and
transfer time of large files, but we
see that with our innovative transfer
methods and cost-effective storage,
the big benefits of cloud editing
outweigh the challenges still
left, "
says Helge Høibraaten, Co-founder of
Norway-based CuttingRoom.
" At CuttingRoom, we've designed
and
editing platform
to be user-friendly, with familiar
tools
interfaces. We offer
flexible pricing and scalable storage
solutions to meet customers' needs.
We also prioritize security
and
privacy, ensuring that our clients'
valuable media assets are always
protected. "
Editing has gone through major
technology shifts before, just think of
film cutting and splicing to videotape
editing or the introduction of NLEs.
CuttingRoom says it
helping customers
is devoted to
create stories
faster, better, and together.
" When creating the CuttingRoom
Cloud Editor, we wanted to ensure
that experienced editors would feel
at home immediately, " Høibraaten
says. " We are also constantly
innovating and
improving our
cloud-based editing platform. For
example, we've created innovative
technology and solutions to reduce
latency and improve data transfer
speeds, making collaborating with
colleagues and clients in real-time
from anywhere in the world easier
and more efficient than ever.
" Additionally, we've enhanced our
timeline responsiveness, making
it even faster and more responsive
than most
on-premise solutions,
with familiar JKL and frame-by-frame
navigation.
CuttingRoom also has a rich set
of integrations and tools to help
users
seamlessly
transfer their
content and graphics templates from
legacy solutions to our cloud-based
platform.
" Our goal is to provide clients with
the most user-friendly and efficient
cloud-based
editing platform on
CuttingRoom has designed its cloud-based editing platform to be user-friendly, with familiar tools and interfaces
the market, while also ensuring the
security and privacy of their valuable
media assets. "

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