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Post-Production Studio Integrating LucidLink and Wasabi Storage
Company Situation
The company operates a post-production facility specializing in short-form commercial content, typically 30-second spots. Their team includes on-site workstations housed within their facility and a mix of remote workers, including freelancers distributed globally. While they maintain a legacy on-premises SAN infrastructure for high-speed access, remote collaboration is crucial for their distributed workforce. Their clientele includes large automotive brands, necessitating occasional long-term access to archived footage.
Existing Workflow
The company currently relies on a self-hosted SAN for on-premises storage combined with remote access via remote desktop into facility workstations. For cloud-based workflows, they have used a legacy version of LucidLink’s platform to enable remote file access and collaboration. They also utilize Frame.io for review and approval processes, which is familiar to both their team and companies. Their storage backend involves Wasabi cloud storage, which has been part of their cloud workflow.
Issues with the Existing Workflow
The legacy LucidLink platform they use is grandfathered and not the latest version, leading to limitations and occasional reliability issues.
Recently, fluctuating latency in the Wasabi storage backend caused performance problems impacting user experience.
They pay for multiple platforms (LucidLink and Frame.io), adding to operational costs.
Pricing models for alternative solutions they are trialing seem steep, complicating budgeting decisions.
Searching for assets is constrained by traditional file/folder naming conventions, limiting quick retrieval and management of media assets.
Review and approval workflows are fragmented across different tools, lacking an integrated solution.
How Shade Would Change Their Workflow
Shade offers a unified platform that combines cloud-based shared storage with built-in review and approval capabilities, eliminating the need for separate tools like Frame.io. Shade’s advanced AI-powered indexing and search capabilities would enable them to find assets using natural language prompts rather than relying solely on file names or folder structures. This would significantly improve the efficiency of asset retrieval and collaboration. Additionally, Shade’s modern storage infrastructure promises improved reliability over legacy Wasabi-backed systems at a competitive price point. The flexibility to scale usage and the availability of unlimited AI tokens provide a future-proof, cost-effective way to manage media workflows.
Benefits
- Integrated review and approval tools streamline company and internal collaboration.
- AI-driven asset indexing and search reduce time spent locating files.
- Modern, reliable cloud storage reduces latency and performance issues.
- Potential cost savings by consolidating multiple platforms into one.
- Flexible pricing and month-to-month options enable agile budgeting and deployment.
- Supports hybrid workflows with on-prem SAN and remote access requirements.
- Simplifies management of both short-term projects and longer-term archival needs.
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