eyeon Production Pipeline (EPP) - Open Source Workflow Independence

Leading VFX and Broadcast software developer, eyeon Software, announced today the shipping release of EPP, eyeon's latest solution to drive production efficiencies and productivity.

A forerunner in tools that provide a very fast, responsive, and highly-productive experience, eyeon Software introduces EPP. EPP's benefits can deliver cost savings as the paths now live on global space that is accessible to all products. In contrast to conventions, EPP's approach is far less error prone, taking care of specifying the paths. Artists are no longer required to learn the internals of the filesystem and can work directly with the shots and assets managed by the pipeline.

Instead of relying on restrictive databases, EPP works around simple XML files that can be easily copied to other machines or facilities. More than a suite of scripts that provides flexibility, EPP is a way of working that offers a fully-functional starting point to manage folder structures for projects, shots, and data. It is available in source code to extend and modify as required however EPP is customizable without knowledge of programming by editing simple XML setting files.

EPP is available as a binary installer but also in source form as python scripts hosted at GitHub. Since EPP is released with an unrestrictive NewBSD license, everyone is invited to adapt, change, and contribute to this project.

A key component to EPP is the out-of-the-box integration capabilities with Generation. Designed to sit on everyone's desktop, Generation will not only save time and money, facilities now have a snapshot of production overviews to see precisely where they stand on each project. These reports can be as simple as a text document or include as much data and imagery as required, all automated and provided in whatever format best serves each department.

It's one of the reasons I enjoy making more movies. In the old days, it was cumbersome. Now it's an interactive process. We constantly see shots and how they develop You can actually add to the quality by noting different things. Roland Emmerich, White House Down

http://youtu.be/hR1XMGrXbNA

As part of the new EPP toolset, Generation has been updated to version 3.1 and includes a number of new features.

Typical Workflow Software Supported in EPP

3DS Max

Adobe products

Arri

Avid via eyeon Connection

Blender

Canon

Cinema 4D

Edius

Fusion

Houdini

LightWave

Maya

Nuke

Sony

XSI

And more

Generation Highlights Include

120FPS HFR and 4K Stereo playback

Logical effect stacks combined on a flexible timeline

Direct connection to Fusion

Event scripting to support numerous pipelines, (i.e. Adobe, Autodesk, The Foundry, Maxon, Side Effects...)

Completely scriptable (Python and LUA)

Artist and shot assignments

Annotation and communication

Timeline creation

Tangent Wave support

Artist Configurable Metadata Environment (ACME)

EPP is completely Open Source to the VFX and post-production communities

Stereo features have been extended

The EDL workflow has been remodeled

We are glad to support a community that has been contributing free macros, scripts, and plugins over the years. Open source allows us to initialize a common project for our customers where everyone can benefit from each other's contribution. This demonstrates why it is important to us to offer customization options that significantly improve the workflow. Blazej Floch, EPP and Technical Specialist, eyeon Software

http://www.eyeonline.com/GenerationEPPWebinar.html

Pricing and Availability

EPP with eyeon Generation, eyeon Dimension, and eyeon Fusion is available at the introductory price of $2,495. Site licensing available. Please contact sales@eyeonline.com for full or component pricing.

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