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Disguise User Guide

Content Management Overview

Content management is divided into three broad areas which consist of content version control, proxy management and frame replacement.

Content Version Control

  • The software understands version tags in video filenames (_vXXX where XXX is one or more numerals, optionally followed by a letter)
  • You can copy new content versions to actors while the software is running (as long as you’re not trying to overwrite a file that’s being played)
  • When a new version of a file arrives, the software will automatically replace older versions on the timeline wherever they occur
  • You can drop any asset back to an older version instantly
  • Once new content arrives on a machine, it becomes available instantly, without having to refresh
  • If content is unavailable on actors, will warn you by colouring layers on the timeline (yellow for wrong version, red for no content)

Proxy Management

  • In order to sequence large shows with multiple large video files on a laptop, you can substitute them with low-resolution versions (proxies).
  • Proxy files are indicated by adding ‘_proxyXYZ’ to the video filename, where XYZ is any number. Higher numbers indicate lower resolutions.
  • In the visualiser, uses your camera position (in stage view) or view position and zoom (in feed view) to select which proxy level to display.

Frame Replacement

  • A new version of a video file can replace a subset of frames of the overall video file
  • Add the tag ‘_frameXYZ’ after the Version Control tag (XYZ should be a frame number), and will interpret the video file as a ‘patch’ to the file
  • This saves time when you want to replace single corrupted or erroneous frames in a clip, or short runs

The Frame Replacement feature requires a Version Control tag greater than the file that’s being replaced.
For example, to replace content from frame 130 of a file called “Video_v1.mov” one would need to name their replacement file as follows: “Video_v2_frame130.mov”.

Media Ingestion History Tool

  • Disguise analyses new content and displays them in the Media Ingestion History Tool
  • This is used to find and fix naming or spelling errors in filenames when they occur