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Academy Software Foundation has announced the Open Review Initiative – a new project aiming to build "a unified open source toolset for playback, review and approval of motion picture and related professional media." The initiative is led by contributions from Autodesk, DNEG, and Sony Pictures Imageworks.
The Open Review Initiative is forming in the sandbox stage serving as a stepping stone from Review & Approval Working Group to the project and providing resources for development and a neutral forum for industry-wide collaboration.
Autodesk, DNEG, and Imageworks make their RV, xSTUDIO, and parts of the itView ecosystem open source. The Technical Steering Committee (TSC), comprised of lead architects and maintainers from each company, will guide the strategy for each code repository, to eventually converge them into a cohesive, state-of-the-art review and approval framework.
“The review and approval landscape encompasses a deceptively large amount of interconnected systems – including playback, production tracking, asset management, editorial integration, transcoding, transport, and annotations,” said Erik Strauss, the umbrella TSC chair for the Open Review Initiative. “Each of the code contributions from Autodesk, DNEG, and Imageworks bring significant value and address different areas that we aim to incorporate into a best-in-class system. Their convergence over time, driven by a shared vision and contribution strategy, is the most efficient approach to solving the needs of the whole creative community.”
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