Ok. I'm trying to wrap my head around how all these things relate to each other in the database.
Let's say I have a project.
And I have a shot called "Shot 01"
And I have a shot called "Shot 02"
Both of these shots share an asset called "Mount Doom"
Now I assign Mount Doom to the two shots in the shots tab "Shot 01, Shot 02"
So far so good.
Now I want to create tasks.
I go to the tasks bit and create a new one. Let's say it's "Model Mount Doom". I set the task category to modeling. I link it to the asset "Mount Doom" and hit create.
Now the status in my Mount Doom asset is all updated.
But shouldn't the modeling task show up in my tasks for Shot 01 and Shot 02? I feel like if I'm in Shot01's tasks list I should see all the tasks related to that shot to complete it. Or have others think that that creates confusion in having the same task listed in multiple places.
Is it possible to add asset status columns to the shot list like you can add task status columns? So if I go to the shot list I can add the "Modeling status" field? If modeling isn't complete then I want to know that in addition to shot specific actions such as match moving. If I see the "modeling" and "surfacing" asset fields are still "in progress" then I can see why the lighting and compositing isn't yet complete.
Similarly we often have multiple shots that share the exact same 3D Scene. If I create an asset called "HTC Phone Environment" and give it task statuses of "Modeling, Lighting and Animating" I would want those three statuses show up in all the shots which uses that scene. Then I can track which have been rendered, which have been composited and which have been approved by the client all from the shot level.
Which leads back to the topic title. Is this the correct philosophy or do I need to approach this differently to accomplish the same thing?
Thanks, Gavin
P.S. How do you get your company name below your name? Do you have to be extra special to get that or am I just missing the field in my profile page somewhere?
