I am using it at Realise and fits much much better to our model, I really like Ftrack and their UX is second to none… does not become cumbersome at all although it is a production management (task tracking) more than asset management.
Highly recommend it because after trying others I use this, the other offers felt too cumbersome to me. Jordi Bares [email protected] On 31 Jan 2014, at 08:57, Jakob Schindegger <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > It hasn't been mentioned yet, but it seems to be similar to shotgun. > http://ftrack.com > Right now they have a seamless integration into maya, hiero and nuke, but > apparently a softimage integration is in development. > I just played around a bit with their api, but I haven't really used it yet. > So I am not sure about their asset management. It is certainly not just an > asset management, what Andreas was looking for. > Anyway. It is good to hear what others are using. > Jakob > -------------------------- > jakob schindegger > perceptual activist since 1993 > www.fakob.com > trondheim / norway / europe > +47 939 73 491 > > On Jan 30, 2014, at 11:53 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Message: 2 >> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:52:51 -0500 >> From: Alan Fregtman <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: asset library + version control >> To: XSI Mailing List <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: >> <CAN=pnlhgxkj+s89wj+hcpy9kybdjrk7vlz5diczl7gc7y94...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> Tank.. err.. *Shotgun Pipeline Toolkit* is great. We use it here. >> >> That said, he requested: >> >> *>> We don't need it in combination with an job- user- taskmanagment, but >> just as an server+database where we could upload our files and >> drag-and-drop our assets to softimage.* >> >> >> If you get Tank you get Shotgun, and that's a beast. It's a cool beast, but >> if you're only after version control for files, you're gonna get a lot more >> than that. I would also not suggest uploading files directly to Shotgun's >> servers, but using pointers instead. >> >> Tank is awesome, but more for a complete pipeline rather than assets alone. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Matt Lind <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We've been using perforce for a long time. You can put art content into >>> it, but it's really designed for managing code. There are bugs where it >>> doesn't handle binary data correctly in some situations, and the >>> scripting/programming API is pretty weak. It's basically a UNIX command >>> line even if you use C++. >>> >>> >>> >>> Perforce does provide the P4GT (P4 Graphical tools) which is a >>> plugin/integration for managing content, but it's a black box. If you have >>> needs outside of what the integration provides, you're kind of SOL as it's >>> not programmable. I don't think the P4GT handles .scntoc files with .scn. >>> That was a deal breaker for us. >>> >>> >>> >>> One feature that perforce lacks that is found in many asset management >>> systems are client side hooks/events to automate transactions between user >>> and source control. For example, if you want to check in a .scn, you'll >>> likely want to check in the .scntoc as well. Perforce doesn't have a hook >>> to script that process. You'll need to devise your own bindings. The >>> closest thing Perforce has are 'triggers' which are server side events, but >>> the best they can do is veto a transaction if criteria aren't met. >>> Triggers cannot perform any actions on the client to make corrections. >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm surprised people haven't mentioned Shotgun/Tank, or Tactic. Tactic is >>> open source and free. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jordi Bares >>> *Sent:* Thursday, January 30, 2014 1:33 PM >>> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: asset library + version control >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, looks very interesting... the most interesting of them... >>> >>> >>> >>> Is this something you guys use for actual 3D assets or you mix all of it, >>> from production documents to other assets? >>> >>> >>> >>> thx >>> >>> >>> >>> Jordi Bares >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> On 30 Jan 2014, at 09:40, Michal Doniec <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Perforce is the only solution I'd personally recommend. All other stuff >>> it's just not suitable for large amount of binary data. >>> >>> >>> >>> Of course, it "only" provides versioning. All front end/middle end (asset >>> database) work is up to you. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 30 January 2014 09:11, Szabolcs Matefy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> We use perforce, and I can script it within Softimage, and as far as I >>> know there was addon for Softimage too... >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Andreas B?inghoff >>> *Sent:* Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:40 AM >>> >>> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: asset library + version control >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Hey Guys, >>> >>> good tips here. I'll have a look at it. >>> >>> Alan, with "not as nice..." I meant, that my solution goes not far enough >>> without rewriting and the other stuff has to much extra functionality + is >>> overcomplicated for what I want from it. >>> >>> I'll have a look all your suggestions. If someone of you has an >>> experiences with one of the solutions, I would be pleased if you share it ;) >>> >>> Andreas >>> >>> On 1/29/2014 10:55 PM, Angus Davidson wrote: >>> >>> Pretty sure it would be fairly easy to set up for mecurial as it should >>> just be the command line syntax that would change a little. >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> *From:* Alan Fregtman [[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* 29 January 2014 10:45 PM >>> *To:* XSI Mailing List >>> *Subject:* Re: asset library + version control >>> >>> That is cool but it's "regular git" and will be pretty slow for large >>> files as Helge pointed out. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Angus Davidson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> https://github.com/csaez/gitforsoftimage >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> *From:* Alok Gandhi [[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* 29 January 2014 08:31 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: asset library + version control >>> >>> You should check out git. >>> >>> >>> >>> It can work any kind of binary data and gives you control over versioning. >>> >>> >>> >>> You can ofcourse make a python app with qt as front end and some kind >>> database as back end - MySql, Mongo etc. >>> >>> >>> >>> You can also make web based front end woth python using django if you want. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> >>> On Jan 29, 2014, at 12:41, Andreas B?inghoff <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hey! >>> >>> Over the last months, I've done some research what's the best way to store >>> our assets in an library with a version control. >>> >>> I've tried an self programmed custom python solution, Tactic and Perforce. >>> Everything works somehow, but it's all not as nice as I wish. >>> >>> Knows someone of you guys a good solution to handle all types of assets >>> (abc, obj, fbx, emdl, ass, psd, tif, sgi, exr, hdr...) with a version >>> control? >>> >>> We don't need it in combination with an job- user- taskmanagment, but just >>> as an server+database where we could upload our files and drag-and-drop our >>> assets to softimage. >>> >>> Any advices? >>> >>> Andreas >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ANDREAS B?INGHOFF >>> >>> 3D Artist >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> sch?nheitsfarm production >>> >>> GmbH & Co. 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