I resisted using Frame.io for some time. Did I really need another application in my life? Could it really be worth switching everything over and having my team learn a whole new platform? Frame.io had initially caught my attention at NAB last year. My producing partner (Rin Ehlers Sheldon) and I were given a demo, and afterward, we were both strongly advocating for the interface to win one of Cinema5d’s “Best of Show” awards. It also took home awards from just about every publication and the exposition itself. A few stills arranged in the most common folder view you see in Frame.io. Note that both RAW .CR2 stills and .jpegs are present here. There are also a few images marked with “Needs Review” to avoid ambiguity. At that point, our company had a busy year ahead with huge post-flow headaches looming over us. Rin and I had a personal mission for NAB 2018, and it was to find affordable innovations that would ward off those headaches for our small company. On the docket was 6 hour long episodes for a documentary series and 12 episodes of a digital series, both shooting in 8K on Red Monstros and Heliums. We needed organization and retention. Above all, we needed a way to access and communicate with our teams while traveling. For us this meant coordinating between 6 editors and a slew of stakeholders and collaborators giving notes. Frame.io claims this is what sets them apart. After all, it was designed by post production pros who...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 18 March, 2019