See How Much Time You're Losing to Manual Tasks

Stop Mindless Tasks - Time to be Creative


Whether you're a VFX Editor, Assistant Editor, or producer, estimate how much time and overtime you can recover by automating repetitive post-production tasks.

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The Problem

You rush in hours early every morning to get dailies ready for your editor. Then stay late to complete the continuity.

The Old Process

Clicking and dragging clips to make scene bins, adjusting re-times, and grouping clips.

The Solution

Upload your dailies either as AAFs or an Avid Bin (AVB). We'll make scene bins, re-times, and even groups.

The Result

"No more rushing to get started hours before your editor. Everything will be done before your coffee is made."

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Still Don't Think We Save You Time?


Every hour spent on manual metadata entry, bin creation, and retime conforming is an hour not spent cutting. Calculate exactly what your current workflow is costing you - then see what Developing Tank puts back in your pocket.

~40% OF ASSISTANT EDITOR TIME spent not helping the cut be better.
COUNTLESS HOURS SPEND DOING MANUAL ENTRY Extreme risk of error.
Weekly Rate$2,000/wk
$500$6,000
Processing Dailies3h/wk
0h20h
Managing VFX Database2h/wk
0h20h
Pulling & cutting VFX4h/wk
0h20h
Paperwork & Admin2h/wk
0h20h
WEEKLY TIME ON MANUAL TASKS
11h

Worth $550 at your weekly rate?

Processing dailies3h
Managing VFX database2h
Pulling & Cutting VFX4h
Paperwork & admin2h

Monthly cost of manual work$2,382

Annual cost of manual work$28,584

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WHERE THOSE HOURS COME FROM

These are the specific, repeatable tasks that Developing Tank handles automatically.

1 - 2hScene Bin Creation

Automatically reads metadata and populates organized scene bins in Avid. No dragging, dropping, or manual naming.

45mRetime Effect Application

Detects and applies correct retime effects to all slow-motion and high-speed clips automatically on ingest.

1h+Camera Grouping

Intelligently groups multi-camera footage by scene and take. Editor gets ready-to-cut groups without any setup time.

30mVFX Shot Tracking

Detects new VFX shots, monitors frame count changes, and flags removed markers - no spreadsheet maintenance needed.

45mCodebook Maintenance

Automatically updates your production codebook from incoming ALE files. Always current, always consistent.

2h+Finishing Prep

Identifies and removes retimed subclips that would complicate online editing and color - eliminating hours of manual recutting.

The Math Is Simple

Stop calculating what manual work costs you and start recovering those hours. Invited users are currently enjoy the site and features at no cost.

Methodology, Inputs, and Limits

This estimate uses your inputs for weekly rate on a 40 hour guarantee and weekly hours spent on manual tasks (dailies, VFX tracking, pulls, and paperwork). Hourly rate is calculated as weekly rate divided by 40 hours for the weekly guarantee.

Weekly value = hourly rate × manual-task hours. Monthly value uses 4.33 weeks/month. Annual value = monthly value × 12.

This calculator is directional planning guidance, not a performance guarantee. Actual savings vary by team size, turnover frequency, workflow complexity, and feature adoption.