The world of post-production has undergone a revolution. What began as a rapid response to global disruption has evolved into a lasting transformation. Remote workflows are no longer a workaround—they’re now the new industry standard and are here to stay.
The Catalyst: Crisis Turned Opportunity
When the pandemic hit, post-production teams had to adapt and fast. Emergency remote solutions were implemented out of necessity. But something remarkable happened: they worked! Production schedules were upheld, quality maintained and teams uncovered surprising efficiencies and new ways to collaborate.
Remote Workflows 2.0: Smarter, Faster, Better
The world of post-production has undergone a revolution. What began as a rapid response to global disruption has evolved into a lasting transformation. Remote workflows are no longer a workaround—they’re now the new industry standard and are here to stay.
Breaking Free from Proxy Editing
For years, remote editing meant sacrificing quality for convenience. Editors worked with proxy files—compressed versions of high-resolution footage that sped up downloads but compromised visual fidelity and required tedious relinking.
Screen sharing solutions didn’t help much either, introducing lag, audio sync issues, and frustrating delays that made creative work nearly impossible.
Block-Level Acceleration: Real-Time, Full-Resolution Editing With block-level acceleration technology, the game has changed.
Editors can stream only the parts of the file they need—specific data blocks—directly from the cloud. The result is blazing-fast file access, reduced bandwidth usage, and true full-resolution editing in real time.
Multiple team members can collaborate on the same high-res footage simultaneously without compromising speed or quality.
The Future Is Already Here
Remote workflows have grown up. No longer emergency stopgaps, they are now robust, scalable, and essential components of high-end post-production pipelines.
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Remote Workflows: The New Norm in Post-Production by GB labs