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ENHANCE YOUR TEAMS PRODUCTIVITY WITH AUTOMATED WORKFLOWS

Boost Productivity: Intelligent Workflow Automation

A workflow orchestration layer brings order to media production by automating repetitive tasks like ingest, tagging, transcoding, and file delivery—all happening in the background without manual effort. 

Without it, teams can get stuck in chaos, wasting time searching for files, fixing version mix-ups, and handling unproductive tasks. EditShare’s FLOW Automation runs like a fully automated media factory, making sure files move smoothly through production without delays or confusion. Built on a scalable microservices system, it grows with your needs, so your team can focus on creativity instead of manual work. No more clutter, no more wasted time—just organized, efficient and a stress-free production!

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Design Your Own Template-Driven Workflows

Use FLOW Automation’s workflow designer to create simple or complex workflow templates using Triggers, Inputs, Tasks and Filters. Workflow templates are built graphically on screen using a node based application in the style of a process flowchart. Drag the node from the palette menu and start building complex workflows in minutes. Maximize your infrastructure’s potential by running hundreds of automation jobs simultaneously.

ENHANCE YOUR TEAMS PRODUCTIVITY WITH AUTOMATED WORKFLOWS

Take Advantage of Pre-Designed Tasks

Some of the following tasks can be included in an automation job, in any combination:

Deliver clips, sequences and full packages direct to cloud providers

Transcode and deliver finished sequences to playout vendors

Orchestrate QC next steps with, Interra Baton and Vidcheck integration

Move media from different tiers of EFS storage, e.g production to nearline

Manage the transfer of mass media with accelerated file transfer

Copy or move files from one folder to another

Transcode media to a specified format and save to a specified location

Delete media, metadata or archives with complete peace of mind

Export clip metadata to XML formats

Add or remove clips from FLOW Projects

Quick, normal or full scans of Media Spaces with optional auto-delete and proxy generation

Send an email notification to confirm an automation job is complete

Triggers

Triggers in FLOW Automation determine how and when a workflow begins. Workflows can start on specific days or times (one-time or recurring), react to metadata changes and system events or monitor a watchfolder for new content. For added flexibility, authorized users can manually trigger workflows directly from the FLOW Organize module, allowing instant execution of automated processes when needed. Whether scheduled or event-based, Triggers eliminate manual intervention, streamlines the production process, and keeps workflows flowing freely.

Tasks

The FLOW Automation Engine executes Tasks that eliminate manual bottlenecks. Teams can define customized tasks for QC, scanning, transcoding, file movement, and duplication, ensuring media is processed and moved faster, accurately, and consistently. Instead of spending hours on repetitive jobs, automation ensures assets are analyzed, converted, and routed to their correct destination, every time. Whether it’s automating quality control checks, preparing files for multiple platforms, or moving content between storage tiers, FLOW’s task-driven automation keeps the production moving.

Project Creation

The FLOW Automation Engine’s Project Creator automates project setup by generating structured folders in EFS Media Spaces and mirroring them into a FLOW project with tagged FLOW IDs. This removes the need for manual organization, ensuring projects are ready from the start. Teams can focus on production while automation handles the setup, making workflows faster and more efficient.

FLOW Project Creation

Encoding

The FLOW Automation Engine is designed to handle the most demanding encoding and delivery requirements, supporting over 550 formats, parameters, and wrappers—from standard broadcast formats to high-end cinema workflows, all the way up to 8K resolution. Whether you’re delivering a DNxHR or ProRes 4444 file or processing formats like ARRI MXF, FLOW reads, processes, and transcodes to your required specifications. Once the file is prepared, the automation engine delivers it directly to its destination, whether that’s a specific Media Space in EFS, an S3 compliant cloud archive bucket, or a specific broadcast or distribution platform.

QC

The FLOW Automation Engine integrates with a palette of leading QC servers, ensuring that every piece of media meets the highest quality standards before delivery. QC is a critical step in the production and distribution process, whether you’re delivering an IMF package or an AS-11 compliant file, accuracy and compliance are non-negotiable. FLOW connects with industry-leading QC engines like Interra Systems Baton QC, Telestream Vidchecker, and LWKS QScan Verify, allowing automated quality control to be built directly into your workflows. Simply design the workflow, integrate the QC engine, and let automation handle the rest—the system will analyze the media, flag issues, and return results directly into FLOW for easy review.

AI Automated Power

The FLOW Automation Engine integrates with AI-powered analysis tools for object, scene, facial, and shot detection, as well as speech-to-text (STT) transcription and in multiple languages. Simply drop files into a folder, and automation takes care of the rest—analyzing content, extracting metadata, and making it instantly available. No more manual tagging or wasted hours searching for the right clip. FLOW users can quickly find people, objects, scenes, or even specific spoken phrases, streamlining edits. With AI-generated metadata, teams can work faster, find content easier, and ensure no valuable footage or conversation is ever lost. What’s even better, it’s an on- premise AI deployment and all you can eat consumption mode.

Intelligent Workflow Automation

EXAMPLE 1

Automated Student Submission Processing with FLOW

A Watch Folder captures student submissions, automating the entire process. FLOW copies files to a secure location, checks metadata, and determines if the submission is on time and in the correct format. If it meets all criteria, it moves forward, and the lecturer receives an automated notification. Late submissions or incorrect formats are flagged and redirected in the journey. This removes manual tracking, ensures accuracy, and keeps the process efficient. This ensures the rules are adhered to by everyone.

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EXAMPLE 2

Automated Archive with FLOW

FLOW automates archiving by moving it to an EFS Nearline storage, freeing up valuable space while keeping assets organized. FLOW updates users on the new file location, ensuring transparency. Proxies remain instantly accessible, while high-resolution media can be retrieved at any time with a simple right-click restore, ensuring access without wasting valuable production storage space.

Monitor and Prioritize Jobs

FLOW Automation ensures priority-based job execution, so critical tasks always run first. The Monitor View provides real-time visibility into all automation activities, including scheduled, active, running, and completed jobs—whether successful or failed. This allows teams to track progress, identify bottlenecks, and adjust priorities as required.

FLOW Automation Monitor

Scalable Architecture

The FLOW Automation Engine is built for scalability, capable of handling thousands of automation jobs as workloads grow. By adding worker nodes, processing power increases dynamically, ensuring tasks like transcoding, QC, and file movement run efficiently without slowing down production. FLOW Production Nodes offload intensive tasks, keeping workflows fast and responsive. Whether managing a few projects or a global operation, FLOW scales to meet demand.

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