Workflow — VFX Pipeline

What: Handle VFX-grade media interchange. Color-managed ACES throughout, EXR as the float-linear format, USD for scene descriptions, clean handoffs to compositors and back to editorial.

Skills used

vfx-usd, vfx-openexr, vfx-oiio, ffmpeg-ocio-colorpro, ffmpeg-lut-grade, ffmpeg-probe, media-mediainfo, ffmpeg-hdr-color, ffmpeg-frames-images, ffmpeg-transcode, ffmpeg-mxf-imf, otio-convert.

Pipeline

Step 1 — Inspect EXR

vfx-openexr (exrctl header for channels / compression / chromaticities; exrctl info for multi-part / multi-view).

Step 2 — Inspect USD

vfx-usd (usdctl info for hierarchy; usdctl flatten to resolve LIVRPS composition).

Step 3 — Color config