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On-Boarding Protocol - Updated Dan
When trying to on-board a prospective contributor, it is not always as simple as asking for their samples and then sending them an Agreement. In most cases several followups are needed for either the samples or the completed Agreement Form. ...
Archive Valley Research
To view research requests that come into the Archive Valley website, follow these instructions below: To access research requests on our account dashboard, click here (in log in): https://archivevalley.com/ Our login is: NatureFootage ...
SQL - phpAdmin Useful Commands
RE-CREATE PROXY AND PREVIEW MEDIA 1) UPDATE `fsmaster-production`.`lib_clips` SET `proxied` = '1' WHERE `lib_clips`.`code` LIKE '%RHO171121%' 2) delete proxy files from Proxy volume 3) delete from lib_clips_res where type = 4 and resource = 'mov' ...
Purchase Orders (PO)
Sometimes a client may ask to have a Purchase Order (PO) reflected on an Invoice before they sign it. If this is the case, follow below steps: - Import Invoice to Zoho, following protocols in the Importing And Modifying Invoices help article. - Add ...
Creating EDLs
EDLs (aka "edit decision list") are useful to put together if you're provided with Time In and Time Out information for clips, or if it is an order consisting of a large number of clips! EDLs are extremely useful in these scenarios so that we may ...
Popular Articles
How to Log Footage Using the Metadata Import Spreadsheets
We have two custom metadata spreadsheets; one for contributors and one for NatureFootage admin, which are attached to this help article. The contributor spreadsheet does not contain columns for . Both spreadsheets are attached to this article. ...
NF | New Contributor - Contributor Representation Documents
Use the email template "Contributor: Packet FEXC Default" in Zoho to send to any interested Contributor who's footage has been reviewed and is ready to come on board. Typically we send them an Exclusive Agreement to review FIRST. If they ask for ...
Procedures for Importing Metadata Spreadsheets
1) Send any contributor that wants to log footage using our metadata spreadsheet a link to our Metadata Help article, located in the Contributor Help Center: Metadata Import Sheet 2) It's already stated in the help article, but let the contributor ...
Demo Reel for Contributors (Editing via ffmpeg and Uploading)
EDITING Once you receive a Demo Reel from a Contributor, you can apply the Nature Footage watermark to it and convert it to a .mp4 via the below ffmpeg command. Criteria for Demo Reel is listed in a Help Article here. It is preferable to run this ...
Checking New Submissions
FIRST, SOME IMPORTANT NOTES: 1) Check the previous day's submissions When checking new submissions, do not look at submissions uploaded on the current day. Instead, check the previous day's submissions. For example, if today was April 12th, you would ...