#41 “Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning: Why Should You Care?”

The verdict is in. So much data is being produced today that humans can’t keep up. For many years now, CHESA has been exploring the benefits of automating processes in media workflows, especially when it helps creative people do their creative jobs – which a machine cannot do. But how can you harness the solutions out there to make your content work for you?

On this episode of The Workflow Show, Veritone’s President, Ryan Steelberg, and Chesapeake’s CEO, Jason Paquin, discuss real-world use cases that demonstrate how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) solutions have made inconceivable tasks possible.

Listen in to learn more about taking advantage of the value of your content library, and how automation for your infrastructure might be the solution you’ve been seeking.

 

For more on Artificial Intelligence on The Workflow Show

#42 “Preserving Treasures”

Media storage technology has come a long way since the days of cellulose film. The film and tape still around today may contain hidden treasures just waiting to be found. But how long can these formats last? What does it take to transition valuable content over to modern storage formats?

Join Emily Halevy of Preserve South on The Workflow Show for an in-depth conversation with host Jason Whetstone and Chesapeake’s Louise Shideler about format migration challenges and ways to think about preserving precious content for your organization.

#43 “Cloud Editing Realities and Myths”

When and where does it make sense to incorporate the cloud into your post-production workflow? The cloud is here and it’s staying, but confusion prevails in the M&E space. Every company has different requirements, and practical implementations vary. How can you meet the needs of the creatives and IT department while keeping the budget people happy?

Michael Kammes, founder of the 5 THINGS tech web series and Director of Business Development for BeBop, joins podcast co-hosts Jason Whetstone and Ben Kilburg to explore what’s possible with editing and storage in the cloud; the reality of security concerns; hidden costs associated with egress and compute power; as well as other factors to consider when devising a cloud strategy.

Don’t get tripped up by the unknown if you’re exploring how to transition from traditional on-premise workflow to a more cloud-centric infrastructure. Hear real-world examples of what is and is not working on this episode of The Workflow Show.

#44 “Work-From-Home Culture with Dave Helmly of Adobe”

How has the immediate need to work remotely affected our editing and production disciplines? How are creatives, and the solutions they use, rapidly adapting to the challenges that we’re all facing in this evolving culture? In the first part of this two-part episode, Ben and Jason hunker down at home and discuss how the sudden need for a new work-from-home culture has affected the media and entertainment industry. Joining them is Adobe’s own expert workflow therapist, Dave Helmly. The workflow therapists discuss disciplines, considerations, and solutions that creatives are now employing in their work-from-home toolkits.

#45 “Work from Home Culture with Dave Helmly of Adobe Part 2”

Does Adobe battle test new features and versions of Premiere Pro in the field before the put it in your hands? When should you absolutely delete and rebuild your media cache? How is Apple’s new afterburner card performing in Adobe/s Premiere Pro? In the second part of this two-part episode, Ben and Jason continue their discussion with Adobe’s Dave Helmly and spend time looking forward at some of the items on the development road map for Adobe’s video applications and discuss the potential of some of the coolest new features coming to the Creative Cloud suite of applications.

https://theblog.adobe.com/introducing-productions-in-premiere-pro/

Project Fast Mask:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPVx4Tg9EZ0

Auto Reframe for Premiere Pro:
https://youtu.be/KYz-LuGWFNE

Cache Cleaning:

https://blogs.adobe.com/davtechtable/2020/03/improved-clearing-cache-method-premiere-pro-v14.html

#46 “Solutions Architect Round Table: Remote Workflow Strategy”

How do we see organizations changing in order to provide their production teams with the tools to succeed in creating engaging media at a distance, now, and in the future? What are the most common solutions and tools organizations are using to remotely access their media and collaborate creatively? Join Jason and Ben as they discuss the challenges and effects of the pandemic with the Solutions Architecture team of Chesapeake Systems, including Peter Price, Tom Kehn, Kurt Clawson.

#47 Building a Bridge between Media Production and IT Professionals with Daniel Rosenberg, Lead Creative Technologies, PVH Corp.

Creative professionals are used to driving their technology decisions based on the technical requirements of their media creation processes. What happens when they find themselves working for, or within, a larger company with strict rules and regulations for corporate governance? Or maybe you’re an IT professional who now finds themselves saddled with a new group of end users who’s needs and requirements are way outside the norm by way of comparison to the rest of the organization? Jason and Ben explore this topic with Daniel Rosenberg, Lead Creative Technologies for PVH Corp., and talk through some strategies for media and IT teams to work together successfully when their worlds collide.

#48 Media Workflow Basics: Part 1 of 5: Ingest Media and Ingest Video

Join Jason and Ben as they begin a multi-episode tour through the digital media workflow and entertainment workflow creation process. In this fist episode, dedicated to ingest media, they discuss some of the common mistakes made in media organizations. Join as they share some simple best practices and cool MAM tricks for getting your assets where they’re going, and keeping them organized.

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#49 Media Workflow Basics: Part 2 of 5: Media Storage

In this second installment of the Media and Entertainment Digital Workflow Series, Jason and Ben discuss storage. They cover the inner workings of, and the differences between the most common storage technologies we use in media and entertainment workflows. Meant as a breakdown and comparison of these technologies, the hosts review the importance of file systems and their associated metadata, block and file level storage, and safety considerations in maintaining high performance systems.

For a deeper view on this topic, make sure to check out the first episode of this series on Ingest of media and video, along with The Workflow Show episode on SAN vs NAS and the episode on File Systems.

We want to give another thank you to SVG for featuring The Workflow Show. You can check out that article here.

We’d love to hear more from you, our listeners. Send topic suggestions, questions on the series, and share how you found our podcast at workflowshow@chesa.com

#50 Media Workflow Basics : Part 2.5 of 5 Media Storage

In this second half of the second installment, or part two of part two, of the Media and Entertainment Digital Workflow Series, Jason and Ben continue their discussion of storage. They explore erasure coding, what differentiates it from traditional RAID, and what it’s advantages and disadvantages are for M&E workflows. Additionally, they talk through storage tiering concepts, business continuity plans, and provide examples of sizing a shared storage volume for an organizations aggregate bandwidth needs.