DNEG is planning the upcoming launch of xSTUDIO, a flexible playback and review application designed to serve content creators throughout the production process.
DNEG is planning the upcoming launch of xSTUDIO, a flexible playback and review application designed to serve content creators throughout the production process. Currently in development at DNEG, xSTUDIO aims to replace other image review tools across DNEG’s content creation pipeline, allowing individuals and teams to review shots, edits and grades in a single, unified application on all desktop platforms and operating systems -- Linux, Mac and Windows.
DNEG is intending to publish xSTUDIO as an open-source project, allowing each industry partner and filmmaking team to integrate the application into its own pipeline, with a view to encouraging the adoption of the tool as a new industry-standard toolset for collaborative review.
“From its conception, xSTUDIO was designed to allow everyone working in the media creation industries to collaborate directly,” said Chas Jarrett, Senior VFX Supervisor, DNEG. “VFX supervisors, artists, directors, DoPs, studio executives, producers – we all look at images every day in many different ways. xSTUDIO will give us a common industry set of tools for organising and displaying all types of media, annotating and editing them, and then securely sharing the results with each other, on our laptops, in screening rooms or over the internet.”
Expected to launch as an open source beta application later this year, xSTUDIO will be available for free download and use, offering DNEG’s industry partners the ability to contribute features and workflows to support their own specific needs.
“Our teams across the globe design, create, animate and submit thousands of visual effects shots and animation sequences across multiple projects every day,” said Paul Salvini, Global Chief Technology Officer, DNEG. “In xSTUDIO we have created a modern, flexible playback and review application that we hope will become the new industry standard. By sharing xSTUDIO as an open source project with our clients and our industry partners we are encouraging everyone to use and develop the tools, so that we all benefit from the collective expertise in our community.”
xSTUDIO will feature a pipeline-agnostic core application with a full Python API, C++ plugin framework and extensive use of open-source libraries to allow contributors control of its integration into their pipelines.
“By developing xSTUDIO and releasing it as an open source project, DNEG has created an opportunity for greater collaboration and more efficient workflows for content creation teams across our industry,” said Namit Malhotra, DNEG Chairman and CEO. “Built specifically for filmmakers by filmmakers, we are thrilled to launch this innovative, flexible platform that will support substantial efficiencies and advancements in our craft.”
More information about the application’s features and capabilities is available on https://www.dneg.com/xstudio/.
Currently in development at DNEG, xSTUDIO aims to replace other image review tools across DNEG’s content creation pipeline, allowing individuals and teams to review shots, edits and grades in a single, unified application on all desktop platforms and operating systems -- Linux, Mac and Windows.
DNEG is intending to publish xSTUDIO as an open-source project, allowing each industry partner and filmmaking team to integrate the application into its own pipeline, with a view to encouraging the adoption of the tool as a new industry-standard toolset for collaborative review.
“From its conception, xSTUDIO was designed to allow everyone working in the media creation industries to collaborate directly,” said Chas Jarrett, Senior VFX Supervisor, DNEG. “VFX supervisors, artists, directors, DoPs, studio executives, producers – we all look at images every day in many different ways. xSTUDIO will give us a common industry set of tools for organising and displaying all types of media, annotating and editing them, and then securely sharing the results with each other, on our laptops, in screening rooms or over the internet.”
Expected to launch as an open source beta application later this year, xSTUDIO will be available for free download and use, offering DNEG’s industry partners the ability to contribute features and workflows to support their own specific needs.
“Our teams across the globe design, create, animate and submit thousands of visual effects shots and animation sequences across multiple projects every day,” said Paul Salvini, Global Chief Technology Officer, DNEG. “In xSTUDIO we have created a modern, flexible playback and review application that we hope will become the new industry standard. By sharing xSTUDIO as an open source project with our clients and our industry partners we are encouraging everyone to use and develop the tools, so that we all benefit from the collective expertise in our community.”
xSTUDIO will feature a pipeline-agnostic core application with a full Python API, C++ plugin framework and extensive use of open-source libraries to allow contributors control of its integration into their pipelines.
“By developing xSTUDIO and releasing it as an open source project, DNEG has created an opportunity for greater collaboration and more efficient workflows for content creation teams across our industry,” said Namit Malhotra, DNEG Chairman and CEO. “Built specifically for filmmakers by filmmakers, we are thrilled to launch this innovative, flexible platform that will support substantial efficiencies and advancements in our craft.”
More information about the application’s features and capabilities is available on www.dneg.com/xstudio
