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[cbutters]

I currently work for a post production company in Colorado. We are making some workflow adjustments and one of them would be transitioning from local storage of the project folder structure (.pproj and .aep files included) to one centralized server location. This way every editor has access to any project without having to transfer from computer to computer. We have 6 edit bays and this can be a hassle sometimes.

 

How would you tackle this problem? 

 

I understand there can be issues with people saving over someone else’s work. But, that's were premiere project locking could come in handy. After Effects doesn’t have this feature yet, not sure how to ensure safety of those files. Also, the network could haver a hiccup and the project could have trouble saving. We will still keep auto saves locally on each system.

 

I would love to hear any suggestions you guys might have.

 

Thank you!

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[Acedia]

Get a server, set up Active Directory, set up a file share, set up permissions fitting for your needs, set up a backup.

[cbutters]

3 minutes ago, Acedia said:

Get a server, set up Active Directory, set up a file share, set up permissions fitting for your needs, set up a backup.

I failed to mention we are running MacOS.

[kirashi]

2 hours ago, cbutters said:

 

As a dark theme user, I am unable to read your initial post. Tag me once you've updated it to use automatic colors using the editor, and I'll see if I'm able to answer your question.

[cbutters]

1 hour ago, kirashi said:

As a dark theme user, I am unable to read your initial post. Tag me once you've updated it to use automatic colors using the editor, and I'll see if I'm able to answer your question.

Sorry about that @kirashi! New user over here.

 

I currently work for a post production company in Colorado. We are making some workflow adjustments and one of them would be transitioning from local storage of the project folder structure (.pproj and .aep files included) to one centralized server location. This way every editor has access to any project without having to transfer from computer to computer. We have 6 edit bays and this can be a hassle sometimes.

 

How would you tackle this problem? 

 

I understand there can be issues with people saving over someone else’s work. But, that's were premiere project locking could come in handy. After Effects doesn’t have this feature yet, not sure how to ensure safety of those files. Also, the network could haver a hiccup and the project could have trouble saving. We will still keep auto saves locally on each system.

 

I would love to hear any suggestions you guys might have.

 

Thank you!

[kirashi]

7 minutes ago, cbutters said:

Sorry about that @kirashi! New user over here.

 

I currently work for a post production company in Colorado. We are making some workflow adjustments and one of them would be transitioning from local storage of the project folder structure (.pproj and .aep files included) to one centralized server location. This way every editor has access to any project without having to transfer from computer to computer. We have 6 edit bays and this can be a hassle sometimes.

 

How would you tackle this problem? 

 

I understand there can be issues with people saving over someone else’s work. But, that's were premiere project locking could come in handy. After Effects doesn’t have this feature yet, not sure how to ensure safety of those files. Also, the network could haver a hiccup and the project could have trouble saving. We will still keep auto saves locally on each system.

 

I would love to hear any suggestions you guys might have.

 

Thank you!

No problem; thanks for fixing the text color  Since Adobe doesn't yet have true collaboration for their applications, one solution is to assign each editor to different portions of a project, then merge the projects together afterward. This does take a lot of coordination though, so a better idea would be to have each editor assigned to a different type of editing - have a couple main editors, someone responsible for opening / ending credits, the advertising spot guy, the b-roll guy, and the "guy" guy, because you always need one of those.

[Thirdgen89GTA]

3 hours ago, cbutters said:

I failed to mention we are running MacOS.

OS X can handle Windows SMB file shares no problem, and can authenticate against Active Directory. Centralizing the storage is easy.  The workflow management is harder and not always a Software solution, sometimes its a People solution.