Automate dailies prep, build VFX turnover packages, track shots across cuts, and cut down the manual steps in between. Video and written guides.
These run in the order most teams work: create a project, bring on collaborators, prep dailies, track VFX turnover packages, and export sequence-level deliverables. Each one shows a job you will do again next week rather than a feature that looks good in a demo.
Still deciding on post-production automation software? Start with Getting Started and Dailies, then move into scene tracking and sequence processing. Those four will tell you how much spreadsheet upkeep and manual tracking Developing Tank takes off an Avid-heavy show.
Every tutorial sits at one stage of the workflow, from first project setup through VFX turnover and report delivery, so you can jump to the part your team is in right now.
Get started by creating your first production project and configuring the basics.
Name the project, set the frame rate, and write your VFX marker rules, which tell Developing Tank whether an Avid marker means a VFX shot, a sound note, a music cue, or an editorial comment. Get those rules right here and every sequence upload after this one returns a clean, correctly labeled shot list you never have to fix by hand. Budget five minutes on a fresh project.
Walk through the included tutorial project to understand the workflow and features.
Every new account includes a pre-loaded tutorial project with real sequence data so you can see the workflow without uploading your own files first. This walkthrough shows where processed sequences live, how the VFX database is structured, and what a completed dailies run looks like before you run one yourself. Useful for evaluating the tool before committing any show data.
Learn how to upload and organize dailies from your shoots.
Upload an AVB or AAF from your Avid bin. Developing Tank reads the clip metadata, including reel names, scene numbers, take flags, timecodes, and offspeed frame rates, then builds your scene bins, multicam groups, and offspeed retime records. Two to three hours of prep in the bay comes down to uploading a file and starting the job.
Mark and track VFX shots throughout your project for vendor coordination.
Upload a sequence AVB and Developing Tank pulls your VFX markers off the timeline. Every marker becomes a shot record carrying its sequence timecode, clip name, duration, and status. When the editor recuts, upload the new sequence: changed shots get flagged, deleted shots stay in the history, and new shots join the tracker, with nobody overwriting records by hand. This one runs the full cycle from first upload through a version comparison.
Organize your footage into sequences and understand the database structure.
Developing Tank stores every sequence upload in a versioned database so you always have a record of what was in the cut at any point during production. This tutorial explains how sequences, scenes, and shots relate to each other in the data model, and how to navigate between a sequence-level view and a shot-level view for vendor coordination or continuity checks.
Learn advanced sequence processing and export techniques.
Once a sequence is in the database, processing generates your deliverables: EDL exports for online and color, AVB bins for the editorial team, CSV exports for vendors, and PDF reports for production. This tutorial covers how to configure processing options per sequence, run a batch export for multiple versions, and download a complete turnover package in a single step.
Generate production reports including continuity, music cue sheets, and scene run downs.
Continuity reports, music cue sheets, and scene run downs all come out of the same sequence data your VFX tracking uses, so you enter nothing twice. This tutorial covers choosing which scenes and sequences feed each report, setting the formatting, and exporting a finished document for production, the post supervisor, or the music department.
Connect Google Sheets, collaborate with your team, and manage permissions.
Google Sheets sync publishes your VFX tracking data to a live spreadsheet that refreshes every time you process a sequence, so the department that insists on a spreadsheet gets one built from the source file. The tutorial also covers inviting collaborators, setting read and write permissions, and managing access for picture editors, VFX coordinators, and post supervisors.