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Generation AM - The Asset Management Desktop



Generation AM is an innovative desktop of the acclaimed Generation® visual effects toolset. With tight deadlines, revision management, and team-based requirements, Generation AM excels at providing a flexible desktop for studios to track many projects, shots, versions, and elements. Customizable, scriptable, and designed for team-based environments, Generation AM is simple to integrate and manage existing productions.

Generation AM

Studios, artists, and supervisors need a clear and concise view of VFX projects, and the status of many elements and shots. As a visual canvas and collaborative platform for managing postproduction pipelines, Generation AM sets the pace to rapidly view dallies and categorize shots, to communicate, to collaborate, to log information, to organize deliverables, and to manage processes.

Why do this with a web browser?

Generation AM is a visual desktop for moving images, designed to make the studio workflow really flow. Generation AM interfaces with asset and studio project management solutions, providing a powerful complementary featureset. Playback of 4K+ and stereoscopic images, multiple format support such as EXR, DPX, and RED, combined with a responsive interface and a mature toolset, gives Generation AM a visual overview that allows you to work faster and more efficiently.

From the beginning, Generation was developed within studio environments to ensure that it meshed with real-world conditions. Generation AM combines a comprehensive shot-tracking system while working with EDLs and playlists. The system includes annotation and grease pencil drawing tools for live discussions of shots or sequences. Comments entered by one artist appear immediately on any connected machines, whether on the same LAN or at remote locations connected via VPN. Annotated frames are indicated in the timeline but the comments are hidden during playback. A complete record of all decisions and client requests is saved with each project.

Generation AM at IBC Video



Generation in action on "Game of Thrones"



“For our team, Generation was an integral part of our pipeline. All artists were impressed by its simplicity and usefulness. I myself found it fundamental in the way in which I did my daily processes. So thank you all for giving us the opportunity to use Generation in our pipeline. eyeon was incredibly helpful during Game of Thrones, a big project on which we used Generation. I'm extremely excited about working with the latest version.”
~ Ed Bruce, Visual Effects Supervisor, Game of Thrones, Screen Scene VFX

Generation Uncharted



"Generation provided an organic visual tracking tool that worked well inside our custom pipeline. We could make it do pretty much whatever we needed with very little development time and effort."


Marc Weigert, Co-producer and Visual Effects Supervisor on Roland Emmerich's 2012

Generation Collaboration
"Generation has been an invaluable addition to our pipeline, because it gives us 100% control of our shots, allows us to collaborate more effectively, and provides a simple way of documenting the whole process. It's really valuable to be able to access every version of a shot during client reviews so we can do comparisons and show exactly what work has been done on each shot."


Christian Kaffka, producer at Freiraum FX


Generation with the Queen of Denmark




"The amazing computer work is pure magic, I could only watch in wonder and excitement."


The Queen of Denmark, H.M. Margrethe II.

"The film that we have been working on, The Wild Swans, a fairytale by H.C. Anderson, in cooperation with the Queen of Denmark, H.M. Margrethe II, is a very special project and we could not have done it without eyeon Generation.
We are extremely pleased with eyeon's software, not only because we are very selective in what we use, but because it performed every task as we wanted. We are very much looking forward to Generation 2.0 and all it has to offer."


Bo Christiansen, General Manager, Gimmick Visual Effects A/S

Generation AM Features

Version Management

Revision histories for every shot are displayed as thumbnail stacks with the most recent version at the bottom. The current version plays back automatically, or custom playlists can be built by dragging over individual shots. If changes to a composite shot have been made since the last rendering of a clip, Generation AM flags that shot for rendering.

Playback

Generation AM provides disk-based playback of content at resolutions of up to 4K and supports all standard file formats. Content can be processed and rendered out at any bit-depth, including floating point. Generation AM is GPU-accelerated, so the user can switch between views or resize images during real-time playback.

Stereo Playback

Playing back stereoscopic files on a vast range of different display devices, and with different encoding methods, allows anybody in to check the workflow, from the VFX Supervisor with extensive onset technological requirements to the individual artist with standard 3D glasses to quickly check the look and feel of the shots.

Multi Playback Layout

Multiple clips can be played back simultaneously with a user definable offset to quickly compare versions and check for continuity. The clips can be arranged on the workspace completely to your preference.

Python Scripting Support

Hook into Generation AM and control it with your scripting language of choice. Use any combination of LUA and Python to give your IT department the freedom they need and the control they want.

EDL XML Project importing

Generation AM supports standard EDL formats and will autoconform playlists. Edits made in Generation AM, including shot replacements, trimming etc. can be exported as EDLs back to the editor's suite.

XML Conversion of Scratch-style Projects

Work with Scratch projects in and out of Generation AM quickly and dynamically. Workflow and adaptation into existing pipelines have always been key features.

3D LUT

3D LUTs, in a wide variety of flavors, can be applied per clip, per project, and per display. The quick selector bar allows for easy switching between different LUTs to ensure the output is exactly what the client needs.

Display Color Controls

Apply Gain, Gamma, and Brightness and Contrast adjustments. New log linear color controls, film based stop controls, individual red, green, blue and alpha channel views. Flipping and flopping image mirroring to freshen the perspective of repeated viewing of sequences.

Red and EXR Support

With the new direct support for playing back RED and EPIC sequences, the integration into modern production pipelines takes another step forward. OpenEXR playback can check for any combination of included layers.

Dissolves and Improved Editing Controls

Easier editing and dissolves between clips makes it a snap to conform your EDL into an online project, allowing you to concentrate on the actual work of making your production look great.

Letter Boxing

Crop and letter box sequences to view how images format on a range of display devices.

Local and Network Proxies

To speed up your workflow again, proxies can sit on the network or on your local drive. Just flip the switch to change between faster playback and company-wide synchronized proxies.

Audio Annotation

Per clip audio annotations allow for recording and attachment of audio notes to items on the desktop. Save time typing instructions, just say them.

Metadata

Overlay metadata information on the screen. Image format information, timecode, file paths, etc. to track sequences and versions.


Metadata, shot information and tracking.

Selection Sets

Quick-select clips to play back in a sequence or as comparisons. Selections can be distilled to sub-projects for easy management and categorization.

Interface Features and Refinements

Displaying handles and annotations during playback makes every artist's life easier. A sophisticated search-function can define your in-house filename convention as a pattern to search for any field. The new customizable scripting menu makes it a snap to put your favorite scripts directly at your fingertips.

Tool Bar Features

Lay out the controls and functions of the program for easier and faster navigation of features and commands, including definable scripting menus. Customizable Context menu for scripts helps organize and access scripts as well as customize functionality into a studio's pipeline.

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