We’ve been busy working on a new standalone web-based asset manager called SteamPipe. The system, focused on animation and visual effects pipelines, aims to be simple, yet powerful and flexible. From our extensive pipeline experience, we set out to make a general tool which we hope will soon become a standard in the CG industry.
SteamPipe Screenshot
Features:
Flexibility and Customization:
We know everyone works in different ways, so SteamPipe lets the end user customize everything. Being built on dynamic languages like Python and javascript, the end user gains limitless freedom to display assets in different ways, extend from 3rd party libraries, and define how you want the asset manager to work.
Simplicity:
We want our users to be able to jump into SteamPipe and immediately understand the basics. Many studios rely on freelancers who are hired for short period and need to begin work as soon as they arrive. The studio’s pipeline needs to be simple to use, otherwise too much time is invested teaching the pipeline. We used Web 2.0 type interfaces to create an advanced modern user interface which would be familiar to users of sites such as Google, Facebook, etc.
Search:
It’s common to reuse assets, but unfortunately, it’s also common to lose them. Being able to search in many ways will greatly assist in finding any asset your studio has created.
SteamPipe Search
Foundation:
The backend uses a postgres database and a fastcgi application written in python and the frontend is in javascript using jQuery.
SteamPipe will be available as a custom installation during Beta, contact us for more information.
In the works: SteamPipe
We’ve been busy working on a new standalone web-based asset manager called SteamPipe. The system, focused on animation and visual effects pipelines, aims to be simple, yet powerful and flexible. From our extensive pipeline experience, we set out to make a general tool which we hope will soon become a standard in the CG industry.
SteamPipe Screenshot
Features:
Flexibility and Customization:
We know everyone works in different ways, so SteamPipe lets the end user customize everything. Being built on dynamic languages like Python and javascript, the end user gains limitless freedom to display assets in different ways, extend from 3rd party libraries, and define how you want the asset manager to work.
Simplicity:
We want our users to be able to jump into SteamPipe and immediately understand the basics. Many studios rely on freelancers who are hired for short period and need to begin work as soon as they arrive. The studio’s pipeline needs to be simple to use, otherwise too much time is invested teaching the pipeline. We used Web 2.0 type interfaces to create an advanced modern user interface which would be familiar to users of sites such as Google, Facebook, etc.
Search:
It’s common to reuse assets, but unfortunately, it’s also common to lose them. Being able to search in many ways will greatly assist in finding any asset your studio has created.
SteamPipe Search
Foundation:
The backend uses a postgres database and a fastcgi application written in python and the frontend is in javascript using jQuery.
SteamPipe will be available as a custom installation during Beta, contact us for more information.