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I would love to see a followup with some example code. Could a regular person making YouTube videos benefit from using Python in their production?

by tmaly 6y ago

boulos 6y ago
A pipeline is all about coordinating between teams / departments. So a single person probably doesn't have much to gain (the main value would be the benefit of rigor / tooling, sort of like using git for your own local projects). A small team might though, particularly those who work on short films. A single person making a YouTube series though or something might find a lot of value in the structured asset pipeline, publishing new versions and so on. But most of the production animation/film tooling is quite heavy weight.
- tmaly 6y ago
  I think the general consensus is that you have to publish on YouTube regularly. Given that, what could one specifically automate on the production side to help with this effort?
dagmx 6y ago
I do have some sample code for tools on my Github for my course (you don't need to take the course, everything is commented etc) https://github.com/dgovil/PythonForMayaSamples https://github.com/dgovil/PythonForMayaSamples And as for whether Python can help, it most definitely can but it depends on your domain. When I do any repetitive operation, I'm always looking to automate it.
willjp 6y ago
Yes, certainly. It does not need to be complicated, a little bit of automation can go a long way. If something is tedious, try to automate it. It's faster, more consistent, and frees you up to tackle other fires. Some examples: * publishing * converting between file formats * simple compositing pipelines * sending/archiving files * validation * organization * tracking (approval/completion) * script repetitive tasks in programs to shelves or hotkeys My first "useful" script was pre-composing an email that sends following a successful FTP send. My second was a helper to relink project mediafiles (which might be on another's desktop) as relative paths so I could open them on my computer. As you scale up, your tools will likely grow more formalized - writing code to glue programs filetypes and departments together, tracking, approval, publishing/rendering pipelines.

I would love to see a followup with some example code. Could a regular person making YouTube videos benefit from using Python in their production?

by tmaly 6y ago

I would love to see a followup with some example code. Could a regular person making YouTube videos benefit from using Python in their production?

boulos 6y ago

A pipeline is all about coordinating between teams / departments. So a single person probably doesn't have much to gain (the main value would be the benefit of rigor / tooling, sort of like using git for your own local projects). A small team might though, particularly those who work on short films. A single person making a YouTube series though or something might find a lot of value in the structured asset pipeline, publishing new versions and so on. But most of the production animation/film tooling is quite heavy weight.

tmaly 6y ago
I think the general consensus is that you have to publish on YouTube regularly. Given that, what could one specifically automate on the production side to help with this effort?

dagmx 6y ago

I do have some sample code for tools on my Github for my course (you don't need to take the course, everything is commented etc) https://github.com/dgovil/PythonForMayaSamples https://github.com/dgovil/PythonForMayaSamples And as for whether Python can help, it most definitely can but it depends on your domain. When I do any repetitive operation, I'm always looking to automate it.

willjp 6y ago

Yes, certainly. It does not need to be complicated, a little bit of automation can go a long way. If something is tedious, try to automate it. It's faster, more consistent, and frees you up to tackle other fires. Some examples: * publishing * converting between file formats * simple compositing pipelines * sending/archiving files * validation * organization * tracking (approval/completion) * script repetitive tasks in programs to shelves or hotkeys My first "useful" script was pre-composing an email that sends following a successful FTP send. My second was a helper to relink project mediafiles (which might be on another's desktop) as relative paths so I could open them on my computer. As you scale up, your tools will likely grow more formalized - writing code to glue programs filetypes and departments together, tracking, approval, publishing/rendering pipelines.