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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
by 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.