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This @ProVideo x @editblog interview became part demo, part Q&A, part announcement:

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#Remote #Collaboration #Editing #Workflow #Cloud #CloudStorage #PostChat

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What is Postlab?

@paul_matthijs: Postlab saves you from emailing project files, keeping versions around, and shuttling media.

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How do Productions work in Postlab?

• They can store #FCPX Libraries *and* #PremierePro Projects.
• Changes are tracked.
• Libraries and Projects are versioned.
• Think Project Locking, not Bin Locking.

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How does the Project Locking approach work?

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More on Project Locking:
• An open Library or Project is locked.
• When someone else wants to work on a Library or Project, they can:
a. Open a copy or make a duplicate
b. Do some work.
c. Use Tasks to communicate.

A Guiding Principal Behind Postlab: eliminate project management noise generated through emails.

A deeper dive on Postlab including:
• Teams
• Shares
• Open Productions

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Postlab works as a hierarchy:

Teams (Even a Team of One)
|
-> Members with Roles
|
-> Folders
|
-> Productions
|
-> Libraries or Projects
-> Tasks

On Tasks:
• Less than Asana, more simplified messaging.
• Inform Team on progress.
• Could be used for billing purposes (time tracking).

On Shares:
• Shares are invitations to a Production so you can work together on that/those Production(s).
• Shares are not invitations to another Team. Why? Adding someone to a Team gives them access to all Productions in that Team.

@paul_matthijs: Postlab is built to be vendor-agnostic.
So if a client emails you a Library or Project, you can:
•  Import those into Postlab.
• Create a brand new one, or...
• Create a templated version.

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On Documents - share everything but your media, which includes:
• Scripts
• Images
• Fonts
• Plug-ins

In short, small files that travel with your Productions.

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🚨 Coming Soon: Postlab Drive 🚨

1. Mount Postlab Drive as a network drive (like Google Drive).
2. Put proxies in Postlab Drive.
3. Stream media right away. It only downloads the bits you need during playback.

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Clarified - is Postlab local or cloud-based?

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More on Local vs. Cloud:
• Libraries and Project are always available locally.
• Version history and tracking is what's saved to the cloud.

On Security (For Security (#TPN / #MPA #MPAA / #SOC2):
• Files are observed, never intervened.
• We don't keep a full project store.
• You need your Postlab client to completely reconstruct your project.

What if your Internet connection goes down? Can you continue working in Postlab?

Yes!

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Again, our thanks to @ProVideo x @editblog for the interview.

Did that fill in some gaps on Postlab? Questions on Postlab Drive or another feature? Reply, DM, or [e-mail].

Stay safe everyone!

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