Media Library and Shot Creation

Table of Contents

What's New?
Overview
Creating Shots from Video Media
How to Create a Shot
Renaming a Shot
Working Within a Shot
Next Steps

What's New?

Why this change?

To make DeepEditor feel more familiar to editors and producers, we’re aligning shot/media management with common film and NLE patterns. This reduces setup friction, keeps projects tidy, and improves error visibility when media has issues. There are more updates planned in the future to make this process as seamless as possible.

What’s changing

• Central, project-level media library (like an NLE “bin”)
  Upload videos and image sequences once, then reuse them across shots and roles.
• Shots are created from media (no empty shots)
  You’ll create shots using visual media you’ve uploaded. You can no longer create empty shots.
• Shot creation
  Once media has been uploaded, choose which of them you would like to use as the source media for your shots. You can choose between creating one shot or creating multiple shots by selecting multiple media items.
• Shot naming and renaming
  New shots inherit the source media’s filename by default; you can rename any shot at any time.
• Clearer media statuses & errors
  We’ve refined status labels and error messaging to make it obvious what went wrong (e.g., frame rate or type incompatibilities) and how to fix it.

What’s staying the same

• Supported formats are unchanged.
• Uploading media from the shot page remains the same.
  You can continue to add media directly within a shot; DeepEditor will place it in the library and associate it with the shot automatically.
• The vubbing workflow is unchanged.
  Once a shot has the required media, you’ll still assign appearances, generate vubs, refine, and export as before.
  

Overview

 

Every DeepEditor project has its own Media Library, a dedicated space where all your uploaded media lives.

Once you’ve exported your assets from your NLE (such as Avid Media Composer, Premiere Pro, or DaVinci Resolve), you can upload them into the Media Library once and use them to create a shot or enhance existing shots/vubs. The assets within your media library will serve as one of three functions:

• Source Media – the original performance you want to visually dub.

• Driving Data – the new performance you want to apply to the source.

• Training Data (optional) – additional footage of the same character to help improve image fidelity (lighting and makeup must be consistent).

As media uploads, DeepEditor displays clear status indicators to show whether each file is processing, ready, or has encountered an error, making it easy to track progress and troubleshoot if needed.

Creating Shots from Video Media

Shots are created directly from the video media you upload to the library.

A Shot is the foundation for a vub, it’s where you pair your Source Media with your Driving Data (and optionally, Training Data) to create a new visual dub.

Think of a shot as a container:

You’re combining the original performance in your source media with the new performance in your driving data to generate a new vub.

How to Create a Shot

From your Media Library, check any uploaded video clip you want to use as Source Media and click Create Shot.

To create multiple shots at once, select several media items and choose Create Shots. DeepEditor will automatically generate one shot per selected file.

Renaming a Shot

By default, each new shot inherits the name of its media file. You can rename your shot at any time to match your preferred naming convention.

Working Within a Shot

Once your shot is created, you can add Driving Data and Training Data (optional) within the shot interface. You can add these:

• From your library - files already uploaded to the media library
• From your computer - files stored on a local folder
• Via Media Shuttle - larger files on a local folder, like .exr image sequences

When adding 'From your library,' DeepEditor automatically filters the list of available media so that only compatible files appear, ensuring you can only add valid media for that role.

For example:

• Audio files won’t appear as valid sources or training data.

• Media with mismatched frame rates or unsupported formats will be filtered out.

You can also upload new media directly within a shot. When you do, DeepEditor automatically routes the file back to your project’s Media Library for future reuse, keeping everything centralized and organized.

Once your shot has all the required media, Source, Driving Data, and optionally Training Data, you can progress on to character library management and vub creation.

Next Steps

To explore the Media Library:

1. Log in to your DeepEditor account.

2. Open an existing project (or create a new one).

3. Click Media Library in the left sidebar to begin uploading and managing your assets.