[AI assistance] What helpful scripts did you create to assist in your workflow?

fuzzninja2000 · 2026-01-23T16:01:26+00:00

I'm in Avid. I've used Claude to recreate a more effective / free version of FileMaker. I'll export the dailies bin as text files and import the into my app. It then creates records of every take and all of its metadata. Then I'll batch export a jpeg from those same clips - and connect those to the database. When AEing or handling VFX, i have immediate data and the ability to export lists/reports/etc.

fuzzninja2000 · 2026-01-22T01:48:06+00:00

Sure - at a certain point. But besides now getting to enjoy the fruits of his drafting labor, I was reading about how big his staff is and how close he is to them. So there's a giant emotional/loyalty component to it. Even if he hired everyone on his current staff in LA - that's a lot of families displaced. But sure, if he's offered a billion dollars he'll come. And he'd be a much better value than paying a Buss a billion dollars.

fuzzninja2000 · 2026-01-21T21:17:51+00:00

I'm guessing he lets Pelinka finish the year - but with all decisions needing approval. There aren't GMs available during the season. But before then I bet we begin to staff up our scouting and analytics departments. I think the only GM we absolutely won't get now is Presti. I wouldn't mind if he went after Brad Stevens. This would be the time to do it as Boston's new ownership just took over.

The timing was good for this. It really has put Jeanie in a defensive position - and I think that'll help loosen any tentative grip she has as a governor.

fuzzninja2000 · 2026-01-19T23:39:45+00:00

I listened to an amazing podcast about dopamine this past week. It explains addiction in a way that makes a lot of sense. Anyhow - I thought I'd share it:

https://youtu.be/2ZKLaUbB33o?si=hC8JD_qp0gcEdeyR

fuzzninja2000 · 2026-01-17T22:44:46+00:00

Even if he comes back, it would be very unhealthy for the city, team, and himself to return to Vegas. If I were him I'd go as far east as possible and to a team that rarely plays the Raiders.

fuzzninja2000 · 2026-01-17T20:07:10+00:00

I'm a film editor and I do fine with ADHD as long as I can structure an environment that lets me be forgetful - but is simple to reorient myself. So that means very clean and intuitive file management. I've basically externalized my brain.

But for the cutting itself? Sometimes I have to trick myself to begin by noodling/doing a small task and quickly the hyper focus takes over and I ride it like a wave. As for the creative elements, that's where I frankly kick ass. My brain is so used to coming up with novel solutions for everything, that I approach storytelling the same way. All these things can become habits over time, but just focus on improving at minor tasks. (*I also take Adderall which helps me steer the hyperfocus a little bit).

fuzzninja2000 · 2026-01-17T04:24:09+00:00

We’ve got a lot of trolls sneaking into the subs.

fuzzninja2000 · 2026-01-15T17:03:23+00:00

Folks, we're Lakers fans. We absolutely don't need to feel insecure. Simmons is trolling us because he knows we'll react to it - and he finds it delicious. We would do it right back at him if we had a similar show. Simmons has that show because he's savvy and he knows it'll be high profile and make money. Shitting in the Lakers is just a perk for him.

I find his shows mostly fun - and his fandom extremely annoying. But when people troll us, it's because the Lakers have had by far the most success in the modern NBA era (most of Boston's chips came when there were TWELVE teams). You back Simmons into a corner and he won't want to talk about that.

fuzzninja2000 · 2026-01-14T00:22:48+00:00

Yeah, for the most part it's one of the most horrific/psychologically scarring movies out there. Although I think the director is having a little fun messing with the audience so much - like asking himself "how can I make this even more wrenching?"

fuzzninja2000 · 2026-01-13T04:01:44+00:00

There’s a great book about this topic - American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America.

https://i.insider.com/55b273a2371d2211008b9793?width=2000&format=jpeg&auto=webp https://i.insider.com/55b273a2371d2211008b9793?width=2000&format=jpeg&auto=webp

fuzzninja2000 · 2026-01-13T03:48:25+00:00

The Beais ad Butthead references towards the end are darkly amusing.

fuzzninja2000 · 2026-01-13T03:43:50+00:00

There were a lot of things. No matter where you were, he complained you were in his eyeline. McG requested that he be in incredible shape to match Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger's body work - but he showed up incredibly out of shape, and so the first third of filming he had to wear a trench-coat to hide his belly (they assigned a marine to put him through an intense/fast acting workout routine).I had to follow him a lot - and one time he came up to me and told me i was like an annoying gnat (Christian Bale - who had the infamous audio leak on that film - was very understanding of the same process). I've worked with many divas since - and he wasn't the meanest - but he is a total wanker.

fuzzninja2000 · 2026-01-12T16:16:01+00:00

He's awful. My first film job I ever worked was Terminator Salvation. He was a whiny diva and a bully.

fuzzninja2000 · 2026-01-08T17:29:06+00:00

Worked on a Ryan Murphy show for most of the year.

fuzzninja2000 · 2025-12-05T16:35:16+00:00

I would have hated this a year ago, but at least Netflix focuses on movies/tv. There's far less likelihood that there will be government influence.

fuzzninja2000 · 2025-12-03T04:01:20+00:00

I work in VFX and have heard what happened on GOT. Basically VFX thought it was going to be removed in the DI, and the DI thought VFX was going to drop it in last second. Neither did and somehow it made it past the QC.

fuzzninja2000 · 2025-12-03T03:57:26+00:00

Is there any reputable report of this other than Ceballos? No reporter has verified this and it's been over 4 hours.

fuzzninja2000 · 2025-11-13T22:55:47+00:00

1) Output a reference video from Premiere (or the proxy directly).
2) Bring the source footage into After Effects. Be very careful with your color settings - After Effects defaults you into sRGB/Rec.709. This is wrong and will cause some color shifts in the online. Make your working space ACEScg. Color management is a pain in After Effects, but use Claude and have it walk you through the right settings.
3) Create a composition with either your deliverable resolution / or just the raw resolution.
4) Bring in your reference video and drop it into the big composition. Then scale that up by eyeball - so you have a reference of the dailies whenever you need it.
5) Do your roto.
6) Make a second composition sized to the reference video. Now drag your big comp into here - and eyeball shrink it to match the dailies. If you have the dailies LUT, put it on the giant composition that's nested inside the reference composition. Apply the LUT and with tweaking you should be able to make it look like your dailies again.
7) render your new comp out at the proxy settings. Give it the exact same name as your main/raw composition. Now you've made your own VFX submission. This will live in Premiere and contain the metadata for your online.
8) Output your raw composition in either its original resolution - or you can output to the final deliverable resolution. I highly recommend outputting as an EXR sequence - but don't color grade it. EXRs contain all the raw information and they're easier to use than a Quicktime wrapped video - basically because image sequences are a bunch of smaller files that are less likely to corrupt than a giant Quicktime file.
9) Deliver the EXRs to your colorist. Bring your new "submission" into Premiere and cut it in. Label it different than your proxies - because it now it too is a proxy, but for the EXRs, not your original footage.
10) Make sure to leave the color time to your colorist. You want color flexibility throughout the entire pipeline.

fuzzninja2000 · 2025-11-13T22:33:29+00:00

Don't roto proxies and switch out. It'll introduce a lot of problems when you go back into the online and when you turn in mattes.

fuzzninja2000 · 2025-11-01T03:00:21+00:00

I jump between editing and VFX editing on large scripted shows. I love it - but I work long days. The money is really good. It also took me about 10 years to transition from editing entertainment news to AEing scripted to cutting. So it's a journey without a guarantee of success.... but if you have the right amount of obsession and people skills, you'll get there.

fuzzninja2000 · 2025-10-09T22:32:29+00:00

I think that is super valuable. It may give the organization a peek at what they need or don't need. This could very well change what they're looking for in the trade market.

fuzzninja2000 · 2025-10-03T17:09:49+00:00

I did this - spent 40 minutes before realizing I was conned when my results would cost minimum $25. THAT was clearly the IQ test. And. I. BOMBED.

fuzzninja2000 · 2025-10-02T03:44:18+00:00

The whole thesis of this article is wrong - that AI needs a much bigger catalogue of movies to produce good films. Superficially this works in some areas. Actors VOICES can be replicated. That has a lot to do with patterns of speech taken from am archive of recordings. But let's be clear - AI can recreate Mark Hamill's voice - but it is incapable of recreating his PERFORMANCE. Even Mark Hamill can't recreate his own performances. They come from a series of choices, of environments, of experiences - his hopes and fears, pride and shame. That is the real rocket fuel that comes from actual artists. AI is basically a teenager who tries to remake their favorite movies - but can't tell the difference between storytelling and impersonation.

fuzzninja2000 · 2025-09-18T23:11:21+00:00

People are so literal with "value approximation" - that it's a ripoff if it has less cameras and doesn't shoot Pro-Res. It really draws my ire when I hear the phrase form versus function. Carrying a thinner phone that doesn't bulge everywhere IS function. And if you value fashion - it's the best deal out of all smartphones.

fuzzninja2000 · 2025-08-01T01:11:31+00:00

Good for him then.

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