In nuce: The Academy Software Foundation is launching its Open Review Initiative. The idea behind this is standardisation. The aim is to create an open-source toolset for playback, reviewing and approval loops within professional film production. The Open Review initiative is currently in the sandbox phase. Just the day before yesterday, on 9 August 2022, Digital Production reported on Autodesk’s reviewing and playback tool RV, which was made open source – also as part of the Open Review initiative.
Background information: The Open Review initiative is driven by well-known companies, including Autodesk, DNEG and Sony Pictures Imageworks, which make RV, xStudio and parts of the itView ecosystem available as open source. The Technical Steering Committee (TSC) plays a central role in this. It brings together decision-makers from the participating companies, who work together to bring together the various components provided by the companies – with the aim of creating a modern playback-slash-reviewing-slash-release framework.
Speech: Erik Strauss, TSC Chairman of the Open Source Initiative, emphasised that the current reviewing and release landscape comprises a large number of interconnected systems (e.g. production tracking, asset management, transcoding). According to Erik, the merger of the companies involved is intended to help meet the changing needs of the creative industries.
Clicked on: Companies wishing to join the Open Review initiative can find all further information at tac.aswf.io . On 5 August 2022 , Digital Production also reported on the Academy Software Foundation. At that time, it was the open source standard developed by The Foundry called OpenAssetIO that received support from the foundation. The video below promotes the Academy Software Foundation.
2022 Academy Software Foundation Reel
