Otto = Creative Automation
We design & build bespoke automated workflow solutions for more efficient post‑production.
Less work. More twizzlers.
We know. Your creatives are probably doing a lot of non-creative, repetitive tasks, which not only costs you money – it also leads to mistakes, inefficiency, and boredom.
We can create personalized bots for you that will automatically perform repetitive post‑production activities, such as:
Creating & rendering multiple versions
Ever had to spit out dozens of versions, where the only thing that changes is the text, ID, tag, etc.? “Soon,” “Tomorrow,” “Tonight,” “Tuesday,” ... Boring!
Compressing & emailing screeners to clients & stakeholders
Nobody enjoys compressing in multiple codecs, at a bunch of resolutions, then sending out links to a bunch of people. Why not make it automatic?
Generating periodic content on a regular basis from a template
Weekly highlights? Daily weather report? This week’s new episodes? Our bots can create these and publish them as often as you want.
Why Automate?
Happier Accountant
Our bots don't charge by the hour.
They can work overtime 24/7.
And they never take lunch.
Seriously, they could cut your Motion Graphics budget by up to 80%.
Happier Clients
Less mistakes and faster turnaround.
Make fixes in a fraction of the time.
Without even loading Ae.
Happier Staff
Let your creatives be creative.
Don’t numb their minds with drudge work.
Bots we’ve built
We’ve already built a bunch of customized bots for post‑production companies, digital content aggregators, and promo houses.
They’ve been saving TENS OF THOUSANDS of hours of motion graphics labor — and which are doing so as we speak!
A versioning system for on-air promos
which allows producers to render versions without needing to bug anyone from the Motion Dept.
A leading promo house had to create graphics for multiple versions of promos ("Tomorrow", "Tonight", "Next!", and so on) for multiple channels on a daily basis, with changing air times, age restrictions, etc.
This required the Producers to book time with Motion Artists to create all the different graphics, and another Editor to marry the different voice overs.
We built a system for them that allows their producers to render all the broadcast-ready versions by simply entering data on a webpage, without having to use a Motion Artist or Editor – at all – and make revisions within minutes.
The system also included an in-house flexible render farm for speed, and an automatic compression, upload & email process for automatically submitting screeners to clients.
A set of “intelligent” Essential Graphics templates
(aka “MOGRTs”) which allow Editors to do most of the motion graphics they need by themselves.
No more bothering – and waiting for – the Motion Dept.
By leveraging our expertise with After Effects Javascript expressions, we designed a kit of MOGRTs that allowed a post house's Editorial staff to do 80% of the titling & graphics work, which they would previously have needed to pass on to the Motion Department.
We bet we could surprise you with what is possible!
A “live” feed-based social media video generator
which creates & uploads dozens of custom videos every week, hands-free.
A post house had a client with a strong social media presence. We developed a system that "watches" and filters tweets & feeds relating to specific sporting events, and, within minutes, posts a customized video to their YouTube & Instagram.
It runs 24/7 and needs no human supervision.
Set it & forget it.
We’ve been there. And done that.
We have decades of experience in post‑production workflows.
We know what a drag it is to execute repetitive tasks and work within a clunky workflow.
So we decided to do something about it.
Black mirror. Happy ending.
Let our bespoke bots deliver flowy workflows, boffo bottomlines, contented clients and energized creatives.
Send us an email and let’s set up a meeting.
OUR BOTS MAKE POST BETTER