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Aerospace Content Team Streamlining Video Editing Outsourcing
Company Situation
The company operates within the aerospace sector, managing a corporate content team responsible for producing and distributing video media. Their team includes a head of content who oversees the outsourcing of video editing tasks to various external editors. The content production involves handling large video files, including raw and proxy footage, requiring efficient collaboration between internal stakeholders and external creative partners.
Existing Workflow
Currently, the company’s workflow relies heavily on a combination of physical hard drives for transferring footage and a company-wide SharePoint system for digital file sharing. Editors download footage from SharePoint and send back edited cuts via various cloud services, including Blackmagic’s cloud for review and feedback. The team uses a mix of editing platforms, primarily DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere, complicating collaboration. Review and approval processes are managed through disparate tools, including timestamped comments in DaVinci’s cloud and Frame.io, without a unified system for all collaborators.
Issues with the Existing Workflow
Slow Upload and Download Speeds: SharePoint is not optimized for large video files, resulting in lengthy upload and download times that waste valuable work hours.
File Compression Concerns: Existing solutions compress footage, which is unacceptable for the company’s need to maintain raw quality for editing.
Disjointed Review and Approval: The lack of a centralized review platform creates inefficiencies, as feedback is scattered across different tools and formats.
Incompatible Editing Software: The use of multiple editing platforms among editors complicates the sharing and annotation of footage.
Limited File Preview Options: SharePoint and similar tools lack visual thumbnails or previews, making file identification cumbersome.
Inefficient Asset Search: Difficulty finding specific clips quickly due to reliance on file names and folder structures.
How Shade Would Change Their Workflow
Shade offers a unified cloud solution that combines secure, high-speed storage with advanced review and approval capabilities tailored for video production workflows. By leveraging Shade, the company can upload raw or proxy footage quickly without compression, enabling editors to start working sooner and reducing downtime. Shade’s AI-powered content search and metadata features eliminate the need to rely on file names or folder hierarchies, allowing users to locate assets using natural language queries. The platform integrates review and approval directly with stored media, providing a centralized space for timestamped comments, clip flagging, and collaborative decision-making regardless of the editing software used. Additionally, Shade supports mounting cloud storage as a local drive, facilitating seamless access to media for editors working remotely or on different platforms.
Benefits
- Fast, reliable uploads and downloads optimized for large video files
- Preservation of full-quality raw footage without compression
- Centralized review and approval system with timestamped feedback and clip annotations
- AI-driven natural language search for quick asset discovery
- Unified platform bridging storage, editing, and collaboration tools
- Cross-platform compatibility supporting diverse editor preferences
- Visual previews and thumbnails for easier file identification
- Reduced dependency on physical hard drives and clunky file-sharing systems
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