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January 14, 2019
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Best practice for working on projects collaboratively and mitigate links breaking (Premiere/After Effects)

  • January 14, 2019
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Hi All!

My small team is restructuring on work and we will begin to work more collaboratively on projects. The creative cloud service is disabled by IT, so using Teams Projects is not an option. Saving files and working from our shared network drive is not an option, because it's slow due to our firewall.

The two potential options we have discussed:

1.) Working from a shared external drive that we can physically pass around ( This is not ideal, because we do occasionally work remotely)

2.) Create our projects using project manager in premiere, and transferring the files to a shared network drive.  Then pulling the files off the drive and working locally.  (As far as I am aware there is nothing in After Effects that is like the project manager, so we would get a lot of broken links.)

Is there a better solution?  How do your teams work on projects collectively without using the Creative Cloud?

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    Correct answer Kevin-Monahan

    MichaelM,

    • How do your teams work on projects collectively without using the Creative Cloud?

    First of all, there is no "one way" to collaborate with others as each production has variations on what works and what is needed. Testing is the only way to be certain of what works and what does not.

    Hardware:
    If your "firewall is too slow," create your own media sharing network. Costs are not that prohibitive these days. You don't need to work on CC for Teams, but you should invest in connected storage that has the media that you all share. I would get a separate array and set up a 10 GigE network for your media. I've seen good stuff from QNAP: Master your digital files for work and daily life | QNAP (US)

    Otherwise, you're sneaker netting drives around. That can be difficult to manage. Well worth the small investment for fast connected storage.

    Project Management:

    You do need one person on your team to be the "main editor" or "project manager." That person can create a project which is basically an "empty project" that can accept project files from collaborators. This person manages building up the final sequence.

    You import project items from these collaborators via project files. After the info is gathered from collaborators, "unmount" these projects to keep the main project lean and mean.

    Make sure you do plenty of tests to make sure that your system works within your org.

    You may want to consult YouTube videos by Karl Soulé to further dial in your custom workflow for a collaborative workflow.

    Thanks,
    Kevin

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    Kevin-Monahan
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    Kevin-MonahanCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    January 14, 2019

    MichaelM,

    • How do your teams work on projects collectively without using the Creative Cloud?

    First of all, there is no "one way" to collaborate with others as each production has variations on what works and what is needed. Testing is the only way to be certain of what works and what does not.

    Hardware:
    If your "firewall is too slow," create your own media sharing network. Costs are not that prohibitive these days. You don't need to work on CC for Teams, but you should invest in connected storage that has the media that you all share. I would get a separate array and set up a 10 GigE network for your media. I've seen good stuff from QNAP: Master your digital files for work and daily life | QNAP (US)

    Otherwise, you're sneaker netting drives around. That can be difficult to manage. Well worth the small investment for fast connected storage.

    Project Management:

    You do need one person on your team to be the "main editor" or "project manager." That person can create a project which is basically an "empty project" that can accept project files from collaborators. This person manages building up the final sequence.

    You import project items from these collaborators via project files. After the info is gathered from collaborators, "unmount" these projects to keep the main project lean and mean.

    Make sure you do plenty of tests to make sure that your system works within your org.

    You may want to consult YouTube videos by Karl Soulé to further dial in your custom workflow for a collaborative workflow.

    Thanks,
    Kevin

    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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    michaelm65695786Author
    Participant
    January 14, 2019

    Thanks so much for the thought of reply Kevin!

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    January 14, 2019

    Why is your IT doing everything they can to destroy any collaborative environment? That's ... absurd to the MAX. There are thousands of companies and teams working safely via the CC methods ... ah well.

    I feel for you ... I really do not see any efficient way to make this work. Your IT department sadly sounds like they were all trained in 1989, and have steadfastly avoided any degrading of Modern Ideas.

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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    michaelm65695786Author
    Participant
    January 14, 2019

    These are my thoughts exactly :/

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    January 14, 2019

    Kevin's good at this, and giving the best advice he can.

    As to your IT folks ... at times, an online meeting betwixt them and some of the Adobe folks can sort out their worries. Many of the world's largest companies use Adobe's CC tools extensively to drive their organization. They have IT folks probably above yours ... who have found a way to comply.

    Best wishes on that. They are unnecessarily costing your company much moolah.

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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