Quickstart for Shots-Only Productions
1. Create a new production
To access the list of productions, use the navigation menu and click My Productions:
Admins can also use the Productions page to edit and delete productions:
Create a New Production
Click on the Create a new production button to make the page appear:
Enter your production name, choose a Production Type, and select your production style (2D, 3D).
Then, you must fill in technical information, such as the number of FPS, the Ration, and the Resolution.
All these data will be used when Kitsu re-encodes the video previews uploaded.
Then, you need to define your production's start and end dates.
You can define your production workflow in the next part, 3 to 6.
You need to select your asset task type (3), shot task type (4), task status (5), and asset types (6).
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To create your Production Workflow, you will select Task Types from the Global Library.
If you realize you missed some Task Types, Asset Types, or Task Statuses, you can add them later on during production.
See the Studio Workflow section.
2. Create a Shot
It's time to create shots for your production.
To reach the Shots page, use the dropdown menu and click on Shots.
Click on the Add shots button to start with the shot creation.
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When you create a shot, the task workflow you have designed will be applied, and all the tasks will be created at the same time as the shot.
A new pop-up opens for the creation of the shots. You can now add sequences and corresponding shots:
Enter the first sequence, for instance, SQ01, then click add.
To add shots to this sequence, select it and type a name in the input field of the shots column (e.g SH0020), then again click add.
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You can also define padding for your shots instead of doing it manually.
If you want to name your shots ten on ten as SH0010, SH0020, SH0030, etc, set the Shot Padding to 10.
You can now see that new shots are listed and linked by their sequence: you just created the first shot of the first sequence!
Now, let's add more shots.
The input field already pre-writes an incremented name code based on your padding, so you just have to keep clicking on add to create more shots:
To add more sequences, go to the left part, type the name of your new sequence, and then click on add.
Your second sequence is selected, and you can now add shots.
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If a shot is misplaced on a sequence, you have to edit the shot in its dedicated Shot page to change the sequence. Look at the section Update your shots for more information.
3. Creating Custom Metadata Columns
To add a new custom metadata column, click on the + icon next to the Name column.
First, choose the name you prefer for your field. Then, select the appropriate Type based on your needs:
Text: This type accommodates text based input, including both letters and numbers. It offers flexibility in storing information such as descriptions, comments, or textual content.
Number: Reserved solely for numerical data. It's recommended for tracking information exclusively comprised of numerical values, such as framerates, dates, or times.
Checkbox: This option allows you to mark items as either on or off. It's suitable for tracking data with only two possible states, like indicating shots intended for a trailer cut.
List of values: With this type, you define a list of options from which only one unique element can be selected. It's ideal when you need to track data with a limited number of choices. For instance, for tracking camera movements, options like "Static," "Pan," "Tilt," or "Zoom" could be included.
List of tags: Here, you can define multiple tags. Unlike a list of values, which allows selecting only one item, this type enables selecting multiple entries from the list.
Checklist: This type presents a list of options, each accompanied by its own checkbox. It's useful for tracking minor sub-tasks associated with a shot or asset, which don't warrant their own task in the production pipeline.
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When creating Text and Number metadata types, a default value is not required upon creation.
However, when using the List of value, List of tags, and Checklist, you have to specify which values you want to include at the point of creation.
Type the list elements below Available values, and confirm them by clicking on Add value.
4. Create a Sequence
Use the navigation menu to go to the Sequences page:
You can access all the sequences in one go or per episode if your production is a TV show:
You can assign tasks, do reviews, change status, add a metadata column, fill in the description, etc.
If you click on the name of a sequence, you will see the detail page of this sequence.
On the detailed page, you have access to the sequence casting to see all the assets used in the whole sequence.
You can also access the schedule, Preview Files, Activity, and Timelog of the sequence tasks.
Create a Sequence
You can create a sequence with the + New Sequence button.
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You can create a sequence directly from here (+New sequence button) or create a sequence linked to your shots from the global shot page.
5. Create an Edit
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Per default, the Edit page will not be displayed until you have task types for it on your production library (setting page)
To use this page, you need to first create a dedicated task type on your Global Library with the Edit attribute.
See the Creating a New Task Type section to create a new Task Type.
Once you have created your Task Types on your Global Library, add them to your Production Library, you will see the Edit displayed on the navigation drop-down menu.
This new page behaves like the asset and shot global page. You can add your edits with the + New edit button.
You can assign tasks, do the review, change status, etc.
You can add a metadata column, fill in the description, etc.
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Depending on your deliveries, you can also change the resolution per Edit.
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The detail page is different from the other entities.
As Edit focuses on a specific long video, the detail page looks more like the comment detail page.
You can Rename and Delete the Edit entity on this page for the asset and shot entity.