Assistant editors
Skip hours of manual bin organization. Spend your time checking footage, sync, and editorial readiness.
Automated film dailies prep
Avid dailies automation for scene bins, retimes, and metadata prep.
Upload supported dailies files and let Developing Tank build scene bins, organize takes, flag offspeed footage, apply retime setup, and prepare the metadata foundation your downstream VFX and paperwork workflows depend on.
Input
ALE metadata
AAF bins
AVB source bins
Automation
Scene bins
Multicam groups
Offspeed retimes
Output
Organized Avid bins
Validated codebook
VFX-ready metadata
Picture editors
Start cutting sooner. Bins are organized by scene, multicam groups are ready, and offspeed clips have retimes applied. Your remaining review work is focused on editorial judgment, not repetitive setup.
Post supervisors
Enforce consistent metadata standards and dailies organization across episodes. Same bin structure, same naming, every day.
Manual dailies management vs. automation
Build scene bins in minutes, not hours.
Without automation, assistants spend 2 - 3 hours each day creating scene bins manually, sorting clips, organizing post-production metadata, grouping cameras, and preparing retime effects. Your team can't start cutting until the bins are ready. Developing Tank automates that entire workflow: upload your dailies files, review organization, download organized bins. Done before editorial arrives.
- Automatically detects scene, setup, take, and camera from clip metadata
- Creates organized scene bins ready for editorial
- Groups multicam footage by timecode (where supported)
- Prepares offspeed clips with retime effects pre-configured
- Builds the metadata foundation for downstream VFX and continuity workflows
Minutes, not hoursMove from upload to review without rebuilding the same bin structure by hand.
Consistent metadataKeep naming and organization rules stable across shoot days and episodes.
Better downstream dataUse clean dailies metadata for VFX, reports, and later sequence comparisons.
Avid dailies prep workflow
What Developing Tank Dailies automation does
Dailies prep is the repeatable setup work that turns camera and editorial files into usable Avid bins. On a manual workflow, an assistant editor checks metadata, sorts takes into scene bins, verifies takes, identifies offspeed clips, applies retimes, and groups multicam material before the editor can begin. Developing Tank is built to handle that mechanical organization while leaving review decisions in human hands.
The goal is not to hide the work. The goal is to make the work inspectable: upload the supported dailies files, let the system build the expected structure, review the results, then use the organized output in the edit. That makes dailies automation useful for assistant editors searching for scene bin creation, Avid bin organization, offspeed retime setup, or post-production metadata cleanup.
File inputs
Use Avid AVB, AAF, and ALE-style metadata where available. The strongest results come from consistent scene, take, camera, timecode, and frame-rate metadata.
Generated outputs
Generate organized scene bins, multicam grouping prep, offspeed retime setup, and clean metadata that can feed VFX tracking, continuity reports, and later sequence comparisons.
Where review still matters
Automation can prepare the bins, but assistants should still review missing metadata, unusual camera setups, timecode problems, and show-specific naming rules before handoff.
Dailies automation FAQ
Is this a replacement for an assistant editor?
No. It removes repeatable setup work so the assistant can spend time checking footage, metadata, sync, and editorial readiness.
Can it help with scene bin creation from ALE metadata?
Yes. Scene, setup, take, camera, timecode, and frame-rate metadata are the foundation for automated scene bin creation and dailies organization.
What happens when metadata is messy?
The workflow is strongest when metadata is consistent. When source data is incomplete, the review step helps identify what needs human cleanup.
Supported File inputs
Avid AVBAvid ALEAAF