Media Cache Files in Premiere Pro can have a significant impact on performance during the editing. Do you struggle with smooth playback in Premiere Pro from time to time? It’s easy to assume that a better computer would solve the problem. But this isn’t necessarily the truth. While obviously having a decent machine will do no harm, Cache Files management can be the real answer. Something that makes a significant difference. Let’s dive in. Media Cache Files are temporary files Premiere Pro uses for better performance. Each time you import a new video or audio file into a project, media cache files are being created which is indicated by a progress bar in the bottom right corner. Sounds familiar, right? If they’re managed correctly, they can ensure proper performance during the editing process. On the other hand, sometimes these files get corrupted and in such a case they can cause a lot of problems. Should you delete them in this case? In the following video, we take a closer look at the topic. Time for the takeaways. Dedicated Storage for Media CacheBe sure to allocate as much space to these files as possible in the Media Cache Management section of Preferences. Whenever possible, you should have a disk dedicated to cache files to separate them from the operating system, the software, and footage. This alone should noticeably speed up Premiere Pro’s performance. It would be best to have a dedicated SSD for that purpose. However, if you only have a spare USB 3.0 external HDD, it’s still worth to use it. You can manually change the location for cache files in Preferences - Media Cache. There’s also a position for Media Cache Database which links together projects and specific cache files. The database is much smaller than the Media Cache so it’s not that important to move to an external location. However, if you have a dedicated drive, just go ahead and move the database as well. Automation rule for deleting Media CacheYou can decide if Premiere Pro should automatically delete Cache Files based on when they were created or after a given size limit is reached. Both options are good. If you have a dedicated drive, I think it’s better to limit the size of Media Cache because in this way you can use a whole drive. If not, I think that going with the files age option is better. Still, feel free to choose the one that works better in your case. Deleting Media Cache on demandYou can always delete Media Cache files. This will not delete anything from the project. Premiere Pro will just need to regenerate Cache files for a given project on a launch. But if you’re having issues with Premiere Pro's performance, the benefits can be potentially huge. If you’re having performance issues, sometimes this procedure alone can be a fix. Keep in mind that the Clean Unused option in Preferences deletes those cache files that are linked to clips previously deleted or moved to another location and no longer available. Due to that fact, cleaning Cache in Preferences may not solve the problem with corrupted cache files. Performing this task manually will delete all cache files including the ones that are in use in a working project (don’t worry, they will be rebuilt once you relaunch the project). What follows is the order of operations you should follow to Clear Cache files and reset Preferences. Just make sure that before you continue your preferences are uploaded and synced to Creative Cloud. To do it just go to File - Sync Settings. You can manage what is being uploaded in the Preferences - Sync Settings tab. Step no. 1: Close Premiere. You can use a keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Q (Mac: Cmd + Q). Step no. 2: Double-click on the Premiere Pro icon to open the program. Step no. 3: A moment after clicking on the icon hold Alt + Shift (Mac: Option + Shift). It should clear Preferences and Plug-in Cache. Previous projects will not be visible and if you run Premiere Pro 13.0 (CC 2019) or later version, it’ll ask you if you’re sure that you want to perform this operation. Step no. 4: If it didn’t help, it’s time to manually clear all Media Cache files. If you’ve set up your own Cache location, then you know where to go in order to do it. If not, go to the following directory: Windows: \Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common\Media Cache Files macOS: /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/Media Cache Files The directory may feel a bit weird for the Cache location but this is the directory where Premiere Pro can write files even if a user is not an admin. What seems obvious to me is that we should be able to perform such a deep clean operation from Premiere Pro’s preferences. If you wish to reset Premiere Pro’s preferences alone (once you removed Cache files manually), just hold Alt (Option) after clicking on the Premiere Pro icon. Last but not least, some issues that may look like something is wrong with a project, can be actually caused by the Creative Cloud app itself. If you want to force restart of the CC app open it and hit Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R (Mac: Cmd + Opt + Shift + R). It may help with synchronization issues or when any Adobe App is not behaving in a normal way. Finally, if you want to read more, you can visit this thread on the Adobe website. Let us know about your Media Cache setup. Do you have a dedicated SSD drive? You may also be interested in trying out the Wipster Review Panel in Adobe Premiere Pro. Download the extension, and then you can export and share media files for review directly from Premiere. New to Wipster? Sign up for a Free Planvia Wipster's Video Marketing and Content Blog https://wipster.io/blog/managing-cache-files
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The great part about versioning in Wipster is that when you upload a new version it will not replace the previous version, but will simply stack it on top of the old version. And, you can upload as many versions as you like! There are two ways to upload a new version in Wipster: Drag & DropThe first method is to drag and drop your new file on top of the existing asset in your Wipster Media library. And that’s it! This will then begin to upload and encode the new version. Upload from Desktop or Import from CloudThe second way to upload a new version is by clicking on the ellipsis in the upper right of an asset and you can choose to upload from your desktop or import a new version stored in the cloud. Comparing VersionsAfter the new version is done encoding, when you click on it, you will be able to view and compare old and new versions using the version drop down. Note: It’s important to note that only Team Members can compare versions. A reviewer will only see the version you share with them. Deleting VersionsIf you ever need to delete a version, simply go back to the asset view, check the asset in the upper left and from the side pop-out panel on the left you can delete the version you want to remove. Storage SaverIf you want to save storage space, but still want a record of an older version. Go to your account settings, then click on the “Storage” tab. From here you can turn on the “Storage Saver.” This will delete the original video upload files of previous versions, but will keep the compressed versions for viewing.
Don’t have Wipster yet? SIGN UP FREEvia Wipster's Video Marketing and Content Blog https://wipster.io/blog/upload-compare-manage-versions Last month we ran our first ever Looping GIF Competition. We received over 200 submissions from talented artists around the globe. The GIFS we’re judged by four experts in the field and they were judged on a scale of 1-10 for each category: technical, creativity, and story. Nata Metlukh’s GIF, “Evolution,” scored the highest out of the 25 finalists. In less than 5 seconds, her GIF cleverly constructs the story of evolution from fish to human in a perfect loop. It’s brilliant! But how did she come up with the idea? What tools did she use? We sat down with Nata to learn more about her her GIF creation process. “Evolution” by Nata Metlukh - The 1st winning GIF in Wipster’s Looping GIF Competition. Wipster: What was the inspiration for your GIF? Nata: In animation my main interest is movement itself, I tend to focus on forms and visuals, and if some idea can be attached - that’s a bonus. Nata’s Linear Rough Animation Nata’s Color Rough Animation. A gradient for changing characters’ colors through their movement. Character Design, Textures, and main colors.
To see more of Nata’s work you can check out her online portfolio and her Instagram. You can also see all the other winning GIFS at wipster.io/gif If you’re a designer, motion graphics artist, or video maker, you can use Wipster to upload and share videos, images, GIFS, audio and more for collaboration and review. It’s a great tool if you need to seek approval from team members or clients before a product is finished. You can get your free Wipster 5GB plan here. Get Your Free 5GB Planvia Wipster's Video Marketing and Content Blog https://wipster.io/blog/looping-gif-making-process “We need an animated video”, thought probably every marketing professional at least once. This thought is sometimes the beginning of a beautiful video project but more often the end of a potential opportunity, because people simply don’t know where to start when it comes to animation. Here are 3 simple steps to approach an animation project from the initial idea to the final video. Step 1 – Define the essentialsThe first step is identical for any video project. When approaching a marketing campaign you need to define the essentials:
With animation it is no different, all of these questions need to be answered in order to create a strong piece that will serve the purpose of promoting, explaining, informing, engaging, teaching, storytelling or whatever else it might be. Step 2 – Find the right toolSee it this way: for each message, you need the right tool to communicate it, and animation is just a box of tools – you only need to find the one that suits your purposes. Here are some of the most common types of animation. 2D Character Animation As the name indicates, this type of animation has a character – drawn in 2D – that helps you tell the story. The advantage of having a character is that it can be based on your user persona / average customer, so the viewer will be able to identify with it and relate to it. Especially when using affective messaging strategy, this would be the most effective way to approach the project – creating a character the audience can use as a proxy for themselves, thus forming an emotional connection. One of our recent character animations was done to promote the Health Data Exchange. The characters featured are medical researchers as well as the research participants that the target audience can identify with. Motion Graphics Animation Motion graphics are possibly the most common type of animation. It is suitable for informative content as it can make any dull subject accessible, engaging and exciting. So no matter if you want to inform your audience about recent statistics, explain a complicated operational process, or celebrate the achievements of your brand over the past 100 years, motion graphic animation will be a suitable approach for your next video. For our long-time client Trafalgar Travel, we have created a fun timeline animation for their 70-years anniversary to celebrate their achievements over the last seven decades. Another great example of motion graphics is the Chrismas video we created for AncestryDNA. In this example, it becomes visible how important it is for visualise numbers in order to help the audience retain information and stay engaged throughout the video. Curious how we did it? Read our Case Study Article about this Animation! White Board Animation Whiteboard animations probably take most of us back to our school times, when the teacher tried to explain to students what they meant by drawing it on the board, which – depending on their drawing skills – usually caused the A-HA-effect in student’s heads. It is a great approach for explainer videos, especially when it comes to explaining processes, or cause-and-effect relationships. However, they became very popular as video marketing became more prevalent and now, a few years on, they look a little dated. There may be creative ways to reinvigorate the genre but the classic whiteboard animation should only be used if really necessary. The example below shows how Coca-Cola makes use of interesting whiteboard animations to communicate their plans for the upcoming year. Stop Motion Stop motion is a unique way of approaching an animation since in its core it is still photography or illustration that is moved only a small amount each frame, to create an illusion of motion. It is a suitable approach for promotional and storytelling-based videos, and we do recommend commissioning it because it can provide very creative results. Not many people are using stop motion due to the time and costs involved, but of course, this makes your video more likely to stand out from the crowd. Especially if a distinctive style, art design, or colour pallet is used. However, it needs to be considered that it is a time-consuming practice and once the stills are finished, there is little to no flexibility in terms of changes. Proper prior planning can prevent disappointment by enabling all stakeholders to pre-visualise the animation before the shoot starts and more thoroughly before it is wrapped. Often expert Directors and DOPs are brought on board to create stop motion videos because there are many nuances to this approach that can only be learned over time and experience. Often we learn by making mistakes but it’s preferable not to be making those mistakes when the client’s budget is on the line. A good example of a stop motion animation is the video we created for Exodus Travel. This explainer video uses kinetic typography to communicate the message and therefore goes well without a voiceover. Because the video explains a charity project for children, the style of the illustrations resembles a children’s book. Screencast The easiest and most straight forward way to approach walk-through videos, to instruct your audience how to use a web platform or an app is to animate screen grabs or screen recordings. This approach is very goal-oriented to make information accessible and digestible for the viewer. The usage of actual screen recordings ensures that the audience is familiar with exactly what is going to be on their screens once they start using the platform/app. However, don’t think that this style limits your creativity. You can still create visually engaging videos to keep your audience transfixed by augmenting the screen capture with other forms of animation. For example, for our client AncestryDNA, we used an approach that took a screenshot of a webpage and animated it within a 3D space as we also animated text being added to show an example of a potential user journey. This enabled us to blend the screen capture seamlessly with other parts of the video which used 3D CGI style animation. The results made for a visually interesting video which also familiarised audiences with how to use a specific part of their site. In the example of the Thirst.io product walkthrough, we animated still screengrabs and existing brand assets into an engaging explainer video that clearly visualizes the advantages of the platform. In the case of AncestryDNA explainer video, we used a mixed approach of motion graphics in 2D, together with 3D animated screen captures. This method allowed us to elevate the production value and to create an engaging and dynamic walkthrough video to highlight the benefits and the client’s product. Typography Kinetic typography is one of the most exciting animation tools out there. It can be easily combined with other types of animation such as motion graphics or stop motion but it’s just as powerful on its own. It conveys the core message in the form of text, which is why it doesn’t require voiceover, unlike any other type of animation. Airbnb offers us a beautiful example of how to use kinetic typography. Mixed with some motion graphics to support the message, the entire story is told through animated on-screen text. Another great example of kinetic typography is The clock is ticking video used by The Girl Effect. By combining it with character animation and smart transitions, the creators are able to tell a very emotional story. The absolute best thing about typography animation is that it works perfectly well in combination with live-action footage. You’ve got very technical and specific topic with no suitable b-roll/ the interviewee had no time for b-roll / you think b-roll is too mainstream – b-roll is simply not always the solution. Combining live-action footage with animation will help the viewer retain information, make the topic exciting and visually appealing and simply elevate the production value of the video to the next level. If you’re going to use Kinetic Typography you can brief your animator to use the illusion of depth of field, music and sound effects to make a cinematic video and even tell a visual story just by using these three elements. After Effects allows you to create the feeling of depth within a 2D image and by pulling the focus from the foreground to the background you can highlight different words at different times to help tell the story in an interesting way. Our client Colt approached us to create an interesting case study video of their collaboration with Google. The basis for the video is an interview, however, instead of using generic b-roll, we decided to add exciting and dynamic animations to illustrate the topic and help the viewer process the industry-specific topic. Mixing techniques can also bring excellent results. We’re really excited to be using a mixture of 3D photorealistic animation along with 2D motion graphics in a current animation for a financial client. But think of the possibilities afforded by mixing stop motion with 3D characters or kinetic typography to bring a screencast to life. Step 3 – Involve ProfessionalsOnce you know what your project is going to be about, how you are going to achieve your goals, and which style of animation to use, half of the work is done. Now you can hand over the project to a video production company or an animator who will take over the video, starting with pre-production, such as scriptwriting, creating style frames or characters depending on the project and storyboarding. You should ask them to provide regular updates and pre-visualisation so you can make any changes earlier on in the process because changing a fully animated scene can be time-consuming. Final ThoughtsWhen breaking up the process into steps, it seems clear that animations are not different from any other marketing projects and you can follow similar procedures to those that you would usually go through. As with every project, thought needs to be put into selecting the right team to help you bring your vision to life. Make sure that your selected team consists not only of skilled animators but that they also understand and appreciate your marketing and communication strategies and goals and will help you find the most appropriate way of getting those across to your target audience. Now you know that thinking “we need an animation project”, is a decent start. But thinking “we need a __[type]______ animation to _____[purpose of the video]_____ our target audience about _____[message]______ in a ______[tone of voice]_____ way.”, is the beginning of a beautiful video project. You fill in the blanks in the sentence, we will take care of the rest. The post Video Marketing: How to approach an Animation Project? appeared first on Bold Content Video Production. from Bold Content Video Production https://boldcontentvideo.com/2019/10/04/video-marketing-how-to-approach-an-animation-project/ via IFTTT from https://fidelmartin0.tumblr.com/post/188216473120 from https://johnconnell0.blogspot.com/2019/10/video-marketing-how-to-approach.html In the past 30 days, more video content has been uploaded online than the major U.S. television networks have created in 30 years. Let that sink in for a minute. It’s no secret that video is a powerful force that’s been growing in usage year over year. What has changed is how important video has become on every platform and channel across your entire business. Thanks to the rise of technology, video is used more widely as an inbound strategy across marketing, sales, and service teams. When done correctly, a video marketing strategy is an effective way to attract, engage, and delight your audience in a human and helpful way. In fact, more than 50% of consumers want to see videos from brands — that’s more than any other type of content. Try Wipster For Video CollaborationIf you're looking to get started or improve your video marketing skills, it's helpful to know what goes into creating effective online video content. We'll run through several of my favorite video marketing examples from the Fortune 500 company, Lowe’s, below. 5 video marketing lessons from Lowe’s
1. Customize your YouTube channelNot only is YouTube the most powerful video-sharing service, but it’s also the world’s second-largest search engine (behind Google). In fact, over five billion YouTube videos are watched every day. People love to binge video content. The average YouTube viewing session is 40 minutes (up 50% from 2017). To make the best impression on your audience (and make it easy for people to find and consume your content), take the time to customize your YouTube channel. Notice how Lowes’ YouTube channel:
To learn how to create and optimize your YouTube channel, check out this free course. 2. Produce Educational Video ContentThe best way to keep people tuned in to your video content is to either educate or entertain them (or both at the same time). In order to do this well, you need to take the time to identify your audience. What are their goals, challenges, fears, and so on? Lowe’s knows their audience is primarily made up of do-it-yourselfers, which is why they offer multiple playlists targeted towards home renovation projects. For example, notice how the “Popular How-to Projects” playlist is chock full of educational videos that their audience might be searching for to guide them through a home renovation project. It’s important to keep your audience’s search habits in mind when creating and optimizing your YouTube video content. Why? Because it’s likely your audience doesn’t only search for content on YouTube. Additionally, Google owns YouTube and showcases video content often above the coveted number one non-paid website listing. Let’s say, for example, you want to build an in-ground fire pit so you go to Google to do some research. This is what you’d find. At the top, you’ll see Lowe’s claims Google’s featured clip. These are videos pulled from YouTube that appear in the Featured Snippet “zero position” spot above the top 10 website listings. Unlike the traditional YouTube video carousel, a Featured Clip auto-starts and stops at the exact section of the video that answers the searcher’s query. And speaking of the video carousel, Lowes’ video shows up as the first video to watch. 3. Incorporate video on your websiteAdding a video to your website can increase the chance of a front-page Google result by 53 times. This is especially helpful if you include a video near the top of your educational website pages. Why? Because if people take the time to watch your video, then it’ll reduce bounce rate. Your website's bounce rate is the percentage of people who land on one of your website pages, then leave quickly without clicking on anything. Having a low bounce rate is a strong indicator to Google that people find value in your content. And if Google thinks your content provides value, that can lead to first page rankings for the topics you want to show up for. Let’s go back to the search result for “how to build an in-ground fire pit.” As you scroll down the page you’ll see Lowe’s claims the first non-paid website listing. Notice how this page features the embedded YouTube video at the top of the page with more step-by-step instructions below it. 4. Get creative with your Instagram storiesSimilar to YouTube, Instagram is a visual social media channel — every post must include a video or an image. Within the world of social media marketing, and especially within the world of Instagram, customizing your highlighted Instagram Stories provides a unique opportunity to tell a compelling narrative that benefits your business. These highlighted stories won’t disappear after 24 hours like typical stories. Notice how Lowe’s offers various highlighted Instagram Stories by store department. When going through one of their Instagram Stories, you’ll notice that they link to a relevant page on their website to learn more or purchase the product. And there you have it — four video marketing examples from Lowe’s to help get your creative juices flowing. Consider how you can apply one (or several) of these examples to your business to strengthen your video production efforts. And lastly, a lot of video content is constantly being published online. In the time that you read this article, over 216 hours of video content was uploaded to YouTube. Let’s be honest. Do you really think the world needs another piece of mediocre content? I don’t think so. To get started with your business’s video marketing strategy, access our free checklist Learn how Fortune 500 Customers Use WipsterAuthor Bio: Justin Champion is the author of Inbound Content, Principal Content Professor for HubSpot, Adjunct Lecturer for the University of Florida, and one half of Wild We Wander. Justin created HubSpot Academy's free Content Marketing Course, which has awarded over 40,000 certifications to professionals across the globe since November 2016. Connect with Justin: LinkedIn | Twitter | Website via Wipster's Video Marketing and Content Blog https://wipster.io/blog/fortune-500-video-marketing-examples It’s 2 pm on a Tuesday and someone in internal communications wants someone to do a multi-cam shoot for a company town hall meeting tomorrow. If you’ve ever been tasked with a similar project, you know this nightmare all too well. And on top of that, there are videos needed for recruiting, social media, and other business lines. The more it happens, the more you realize how much video content your company actually has to produce. Looking to meet those demands and efficiently scale up your video content production? Read on to learn how. We’ll be covering:
Without further adieu, let’s jump in! Outline Your Video StrategyProve the ROI for video by establishing a video strategy both overall and for each piece. It can helpful to write out this out into a document for your team to reference. To help, your bigger picture video strategy document should answer the following:
Once your strategy is clear, and approved, it’s time to move on to the creative brief. Tips on Creative Briefs for VideoCollaborate with specificity by creating video briefs whether it covers a series of videos or individual pieces. Each brief can include links to your branding guidelines and cover the specific target audience, CTA, deadline, KPIs that will be tracked, and purpose of the piece. Most importantly, even as you scale, it’s important to give your producers freedom to explore the best creative style to execute the strategy. By setting guidelines and making your target audience clear, the easier it will be for the creative to produce content that is innovative and reaches your goals. While a specific person on your team needs to ensure each brief contains every detail necessary for producers, you can always bring in different members of your organization who may contribute specific insights such as someone working on social media who’s spotting a particular online trend or the original producer of a piece you’re now repurposing. Once you have the bigger ‘why we’re creating videos’ in place, you can create brand guidelines for video to reinforce your strategy. If you already have guidelines covering the overall messaging of your brand, this can be a supplemental document showing the best practices for production and video tone. These can also note how they may differ in specific cases. For example, when shooting internally published videos versus other content like video case studies, stylistically you could decide the tone shifts enough that you want this to be 100% clear before production. Doing Video Production In-House Versus OutsourcingWith strategy and brand guidelines ready to share, it'll make managing video production easier whether you choose to outsource or grow in-house. After diving into your branding and strategy you may decide you want the social content to be drastically different creatively. If you identify specific content being produced by an agency or something you can’t logistically pull off on your own, perhaps you decide to outsource. With Adidas’ I’m Here To Create campaign, they partnered with 72andSunny to execute this influencer campaign. Each of the 13 female athletes communicated to their followers in their own voice how creativity helps athletes be great. Bottom line, you might get a better bang for your buck in terms of time investment if you want to feature specific people in a campaign not already in your network. A few caveats to keep in mind when deciding on outsourcing versus hiring in-house.
Of course, though there can be advantages to outsourcing like getting a fresh interpretation of your brand. See also our In-House vs. Agency: Which One is Better For Your Video Production and Why? post to help you decide. Growing Your Video Production Team In-HouseWhen building a lean in-house production team, start with a video producer first. Aka your head honcho overseeing pre-production, filming, and post. Ultimately in this role, they’ll be able to help you decide which equipment, systems, and tools you’ll need along with having the ability to manage budgets and help select future hires. Plus, if needed they can identify external resources such as freelancers or an agency to supplement your production. Are you concerned about the initial equipment investments? High quality equipment is fairly inexpensive today and you’ll be able to get a nice two person kit for less than $5,000. We’ve created lists of cameras, microphones, and more for every budget. Remember, you don’t need the best equipment to make the best video, what you need is a story and a good plan of action! When hiring your first in-house videographer, prod for details when reviewing portfolios and backgrounds. Clarify a candidate’s role in each project to gauge their areas of expertise and look for complementary skill sets as you build the team out. Deloitte operates with a team of three to manage all their internal video communications. Learn more about how Deloitte scaled up their video content. Get Efficient Through TemplatesTemplatize everywhere that elevates your content and saves time. On a granular scale, this can include having title animation templates or a default shot list document for specific types of videos. In your project management software, this can also include mapping out the process for some of your bulk content and the sub-tasks needed for each piece before they’re ready to be published. In addition to templatizing your production schedules, it’s important to also develop a set of brand video templates that you can easily modify for all your videos. Envato Elements is an affordable and vast unlimited library of graphics, stock video, motion graphic templates, and audio that you can download each month. Software to Help You Manage Creative FeedbackCollaboration is key for successful videos and an overall strategy. But sending feedback and notes in a long email thread is not the way to do it. This is where Wipster can help you scale content production faster. And in case you haven’t tried our review software, Wipster gives you a snapshot of all your works-in-progress and you can comment down to a single frame to help you work together to edit and create the best version of every video you’re looking to produce. You can also invite freelance editors as team members so they can collaborate with you, even remotely. All the comments and communication around a video stay in one place instead of needing to track down email threads. Stakeholders or any customers outside of your team can comment and approve each piece. As your library of content piles up, you’ll need a solution to organize content. With our Management Asset solution, you can store and tag files by keyword for easier retrieval and collaboration. Catch a replay of our webinar on scaling video to help you tackle your business goals whether you’re looking to create a better collaborative workflow or build up video ad revenue. Start a 14-Day Trial of Wipstervia Wipster's Video Marketing and Content Blog https://wipster.io/blog/scale-video-production At Wipster, we’ve designed many ways you can share your creative assets. In fact, you can share multiple assets for review at once and we’ll cover that later in this article. Not one method of sharing is better than others, but you can certainly choose the method that works best for your own creative workflow. Share as you uploadFirstly, when you first start to upload an asset, you send it out for sharing before it finishes uploading. This is a popular way to share amongst Wipster users because you can get your asset to your client or collaborator out the door faster. Share for Review, Approval or PreviewOnce your asset is in your Media Library, you can then click on the “Share” icon and then you will get three options for sharing. In all three options, you can choose to email or generate a URL to copy & share. Start Wipster for FreeNote: We recommend emailing the asset instead of generating a URL because when you email the reviewer will not need to enter their name in order to start review - it’s pre-generated for them! (1) Share for Review - When you share for Review, the reviewer will be able to leave comments on the video and then click a button “Finish Commenting.” When they click that button, you will be notified via email. (2) Share for Approval - When you share for Approval, you have the option to turn off commenting (or leave commenting on). The “Finish Commenting” button, however, is replaced with an “Approval” button. Encourage your reviewers to click “Approve” so you will be notified immediately within Wipster. (3) Share for Preview - If you only want a person to view the assets and not comment or if you only need to deliver your final asset to your client, you should choose “Share for Preview.” In all methods, you can also choose to password protect or disable download. Share Multiple Assets At OnceIf you would like to share more than one asset with a reviewer, simply select each asset you would like to share then a share icon will appear above. Like so: Share using the Adobe Wipster Review PanelYou don’t even need to open the Wipster Web App to share a video! You can export, upload, and share your video using the Wipster Review Panel in Adobe Premiere Pro or After Effects. Simply download the Wipster Review Panel extension from the Adobe Exchange. After you install it, go into the Adobe App, then go to Window > Extensions > Wipster Review Panel. Within the Panel you can login and then share you current timeline or sequence with a reviewer. Share via Slack Automated MessagesYou can also integrate Wipster with your Slack workflow so your team is notified in a #channel (of your choice) when new content is uploaded, commented on, or approved in Wipster. Simply go to the Integrations tab in your account settings and connect your Wipster account with your Slack account. Once connected, you can choose which notifications you want to turn on or off. Share Project Folders with Guest AccessIf you are working with a contractor or a collaborator that needs to be able to download multiple assets or upload to a folder within your account, you can invite them as a team member and give them “Guest Access” to one or multiple project folders. To do this, select “Add Team Member” from your account settings and then choose the project folder you want to invite them to. Note: Only admins or account owners can invite Team Members. The person who has Guest access will be able to review, comment on, download, and upload new assets to that Project Folder. And those are the six different ways you can share with Wipster! Let us know if you have any further questions about how to share assets with your reviewers or collaborators by leaving a comment below. You can also chat with us while logged into your Wipster account. Get a Free 5GB Plan for Personal Projectsvia Wipster's Video Marketing and Content Blog https://wipster.io/blog/sharing-methods Short films under 5 minutes, by nature, do not typically adhere to the same structure a feature, or even a 30-minute episodic show would follow. Quite literally; they’re too short. There’s no room to develop a three-act structure, or for even a character to grow through an arc as they would in a 90-minute feature. Instead, shorts tend to focus on spectacle, a clever twist; a moment that leaves you thinking. David F. Sandberg had great success with his short horror films, which since has brought him to the forefront of Hollywood with films such as Annabelle: Creation and Shazam. Although this is not to say that we never see short films under five minutes present character growth. Check out this beautiful piece from Charlotte Regan. However, when shorts navigate past the 5-minute line and head toward a 10-15-minute runtime, you will start to see typical narrative elements seep into the story. Such as the story becoming character driven or plot driven. But what’s the difference between these two structures? Let’s take a look. Plot DrivenSometimes, finding the difference between the two is a slight blur. We’re going to use two iconic films to explain the difference; The Lord of The Rings written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson, and The Dark Knight written Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, with story by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer. If you think about the sheer amount of characters in Lord of The Rings, it would be a sure-fire bet that the film is plot-driven, right? (If you haven’t seen or read Lord of The Rings, there are a lot of characters). Well, not so much. Its plot driven. As the circumstances are beyond the control of the characters. A plot driven story is one where the plot defines who a character is. For example, if you remove Legolas from the story, and replace him with another Elf, who has different characteristics, tiny elements of the story would change, but it doesn’t cause the structure of the entire story to collapse. At the end of the film, Legolas is a different man Elf than he was before because of the incidents that took place in the plot. But those characteristics of the character did not alter the plot. Even if you remove Frodo, who is more or less the main protagonist and replace him with another Hobbit, the event, which is the battle for middle earth still takes place, the call to action still exists. If creating a short film that is plot-driven, ideally, the characteristics of the plot should be at the forefront to draw the viewer into the story. While character traits are essential so the viewer can relate to the story, you will need to establish the rules of the plot over the character. Here are solid examples of plot-driven short stories, where the overall elements of the central character offer little impact to the short. Character DrivenMoving onto The Dark Knight, we can break this down as a character-driven story. If you change the smallest trait about one of the primary characters, the dynamic of the whole story changes. Likewise, and more predominantly, if you were to remove the main character from the story, Batman in this instance, unlike The Lord of The Rings, there would not be a story left to tell. Batman’s presence in the world creates the actions and the incidents which drive the story. This is a character-driven plot; the character progresses the story. The following short films are great examples of character-driven short films. As stated, the line can often become blurred. With Lord of The Rings, Frodo does bring the story to its culmination, but the events of the narrative would have still progressed without him. The good guys would have just lost. And this is a great way to identify which narrative structure is being used. via Wipster's Video Marketing and Content Blog https://wipster.io/blog/plot-vs-character-films Nobody likes the client review process. From exporting from your editing software to uploading to YouTube with private links to waiting for unclear notes in an email from the client that you have to decipher back in your editing software and then rinse and repeat. Barf. Wipster has made the client review process much easier and recently, made it more accessible than ever with an all-new free plan. This is not a trial, it’s a fully functional free plan that lasts forever and not only make your review process easier, but can take the place of a more expensive Vimeo Pro plan (which offers an inferior review process). What’s great about the new free Wipster plan is how few limits are placed on the free plan. It’s an excellent option for individuals and fledging smaller production companies as they build up their services and clientele. Let’s go through the workflow for a brand new subscriber of the free plan. First off, you’ve got to sign up for the plan itself, which you can do here. After establishing your account, you’ll see in your settings that you have 5 GB of storage space, which is enough for around an hour of high quality HD H.264 files you can store for review. Sign up FreeYou can also immediately tack on a second “seat” or team member to the plan, which is great if you have a two-person production team. From there, uploading videos to Wipster is incredibly easy. From your Wipster portal, you can either directly upload from your drive, or connect to various cloud services like Dropbox or Google Drive to instantly transport your video to Wipster, bypassing tedious re-uploading. Your video will take a short time to transcode. Afterwards, you can begin sharing for review by clicking the (duh) Share button. Adobe users have a nice boost here as Wipster has a dedicated plugin panel for Premiere Pro and After Effects making the workflow even more efficient and seamless. Users of the software never have to leave the app to upload their timelines to Wipster! Pick up the plugin here! From the reviewer’s point of view, they’ll get an email with a link to view the video (no signup needed on their end). Adding comments is literally as easy for them as hitting play, watching the video and clicking on a frame to pause the video to start typing. Not only is the timecode of the comment recorded, so is the physical spot the viewer clicked on in the event they wanted to point out a specific spot in a shot they’re commenting on. The free plan offers limitless reviews and comments so you can get as many eyeballs on your video as needed. The only tiny limitation here is that streaming previews on the free plan are limited to 540p rather than 1080p, which usually isn’t a huge concern for approvals and comments. To get 1080p, you need to upgrade to Team. Adobe users get yet another little perk here as reviewer comments can be synced directly back into their Premiere and After Effects timelines as markers! Once you’ve reviewed comments and perhaps uploaded another version (or 12, depending on the client), and the client has officially hit the Approval button, you don’t have to waste time with another upload process to Vimeo or other video hosting & social platforms, like YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. After a one time connection to your Vimeo account (found here), simply click on the Publish button on your video’s page and you can immediately share your video to Vimeo! In the end, regardless of your editing software of choice, Wipster’s new free plan is an amazing workflow enhancement for any smaller production outfit looking for a method to make the often-painful review process more streamlined and get your video to Vimeo all from one spot. And this post couldn’t even cover a ton of other cool stuff that Wipster can do, including various media asset management tools, the ability to review images, audio, and PDFs, and more! Sign up right here, right now! Sign Up Freevia Wipster's Video Marketing and Content Blog https://wipster.io/blog/free-plan-integrations Today, we launched new plans into the market and we call them Team and Free. Team allows for more storage and visibility across all creative projects within your company, no matter what you create. And the Free plan offers free 5GB of storage that you can use for personal creative projects. This new free plan is designed for the hundreds of thousands of creatives at the start of their journey, or artists working on their own labors of love – we want to support this. So what are the new features in the plans? We’ll start with new features and benefits and then breakdown the plan’s offerings: Storage BoostThe goal with increasing the storage capacity was to give you more space so you can start taking advantage of Wipster’s Media Library. Within it, you can archive older projects, search for, download or share older creative project files, whether it be a video, image, or or more. And, of course, you no longer have to worry about going your storage limit! The new Team plan starts at 250GB and you can add-on 250GB increments. Our larger Enterprise plans start at 1TB and you can add-on 1TB increments (go here for more details on Enterprise). For some comparision: In our previous PRO plans (now legacy), you were limited to 15GB, 50GB or 100GB storage capacities. With Team, you have plenty of space to work with and at half the cost. Our previous 100GB per month PRO plan was $45/mo, now Team is $25/mo for 250GB. More than double the storage for half the cost. Media TypesNext to each asset’s title, you will see an icon indicating the asset’s media type. Document icon = PDF, Film strip icon = Video file (eg, .mp4), Headphones icon = audio file (eg, .wav), and Image icon = Photo or design file (eg, .jpg or .png). Team Sign upDashboard and Activity FeedOne benefit of upgrading to the Team plan is that you will get an Dashboard of activity when you first open up Wipster. After you start uploading assets and sharing, you can use your dashboard to see what assets were recently uploaded, recent comments, and who is doing what on your team. The Dashboard is designed to give you full visibility and transparency on all activity happening within your Wipster account. This is the Dashboard view. On the right, you can see your activity stream. StagesAlso, if you are on a legacy PRO plan, you’ve likely never seen Flow and stages before! With Flow, you can now label your assets based on what stage of production they are in (e.g. Needs Changes, Working on it, Approved, and Ready to Publish). This is particularly useful if you’re working on multiple projects and need to know if your client requested changes so you can move it to the next stage for final approval. Team Member ManagementAdding and removing team members from your Wipster account settings has never been easier. Simply go to Account Settings > Team Members. You can remove members entirely, or you can simply (de)activate or (re)activate at any time using our hand toggle switches, like this: New Auth0 Universal LoginIf you’ve logged into Wipster recently you’ve probably also seen a new login which allows you to login traditionally via email, but it now also enables you to login into Wipster using your credentials from Facebook, Google, or Vimeo. Wipster’s new login Enterprise SSO and Two-Factor AuthenticationIf you’re an Enterprise customer we also have created a unique way to force Single-sign-on (SSO). If you’re part of a team with a specific domain, it will recognize the email domain and force SSO to ensure and protect the security of your account. We’ve also enable text or email for two-factor authentication to further increase account security. We’ve passed security reviews with our Enterprise Fortune-500 and Finance customers. What do the plans include? A side-by-side comparisonThe Team and Free plan include Wipster’s core comment & review features. The key differences is that Free is limited to 5GB, 2 seats, and 540p playback. Here the side by side: View PricingOverall, our goal with the plan updates is to make it easier for you to move your work in progress to a final version faster. We hope that the new free and team plans make it more accessible, so anyone, whether an emerging filmmaker or a full-fledged multi-media team, can start using Wipster to get better feedback. If you make anything that needs feedback, signup today and start working the better way. via Wipster's Video Marketing and Content Blog https://wipster.io/blog/new-plans |
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