Now, we scan it to the CentraVision file system and everyone sees it as a local disk. The moment we scan it, we make a DTF copy of it. At that point, the guys that are doing 3D or roto work will make a directory on that drive and suck in one frame at a time. After they've finished a frame, they put it in the same directory. Since everyone is working on only a single frame at a time, the same images are constantly being updated.
Nobody needs to worry about having the wrong version.
Moyer makes sure that the workflow is budgeted so that people are working on different shots to avoid two people trying to work on the same frame. Digital FilmWorks uses Avid's Media Illusion and Matador products for editing and image processing. For the Illusion in particular, a low-resolution proxy image can be used to set up edit points that are later applied to the full resolution film. The scanner they use at Digital FilmWorks is capable of scanning a proxy at the same time as it scans the original. With the new system, the company can turn this feature on because there's enough bandwidth to support writing both data streams at the same time.