Pipeline

Warning

To ensure that Pinpin works properly, the pipeline must be respected. If a file is incorrectly renamed, Pinpin will not recognise it, or in the worst case, will not work at all.

Here is the structure of the parent directories of an ESMA Montpellier film:

.pinpin_data

00_managment

01_externalData

02_ressources

03_preprod

04_asset

05_sequence

06_shot

07_comp

08_editing

09_publish

10_texture

11_cache

12_test

13_jury

14_com

When you set your project, Pinpin will copy this directory .pinpin_data to the root of the project:

preview	contains png thumbnails of files
icons	contains asset icons (optionnal)
file_data.json	comments associated with the files
prefix.json	prefix of the project (optionnal)
variants.json	variants for publish asset (optionnal)

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Asset

Assets are sorted by these categories:

Asset type	Abbreviation	Description
01_character	chr	animated character
02_prop	prp	animated object
03_item	itm	static object
04_enviro	env	location, outdoor or indoor environment
05_module	mod	assembly of items, whether in an enviro
06_diorama	drm	assembly test scene
07_fx	fx	reusable fx (volume, fluid, grass…)
08_camera	cam	camera rig

For each asset, the folders are sorted by name, software and department:

Asset type	Asset name	Software project
01_character	marcel	houdini
		mari
		marvelous
		maya
		substance
		zbrush

For example, the folder maya is a maya project, with these departments : modeling (geo), lookdev (ldv), rigging (rig):

Asset name	Software project	Software folder	Department
marcel	maya	scenes	geo
			ldv
			rig
		workspace.mel

Here is an example of an asset file nomenclature:

• CDS_chr_marcel_geo_E_001.ma

PREFIX	assetType	assetName	department	step	increment	extension
CDS	chr	marcel	geo	E	001	.ma
CDS	chr	marcelBob	geoLo	E	004	.ma

• CDS : prefix corresponding to the title of the film in 3 capital letters.

• chr : abbreviation of the asset type in three lower case letters.

• marcel : asset name.

• geo : abbreviation of the department in three lower case letters.

• E : abbreviation for Edit because the asset is in edition.

• 001 : increment.

• .ma : file extension.

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Sequence

Here is an example of a sequence file nomenclature:

• CDS_seq010_masterLayout_E_001.ma

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Shot

Here is an example of a shot file nomenclature:

• CDS_seq010_sh010_anim_E_001.ma

PREFIX	sequenceNum	shotNum	department	step	increment	extension
CDS	seq010	sh010	anim	E	001	.ma
CDS	seq010	sh010	confo	E	001	.ma
CDS	seq010	sh010	cloth	E	001	.ma
CDS	seq010	sh010	fx	E	001	.ma
CDS	seq010	sh010	layout	E	001	.ma
CDS	seq010	sh010	lighting	E	001	.ma
CDS	seq010	sh010	render	E	001	.ma

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Publish

Important

A published file must not contain any references. Pinpin automatically publishes an asset by importing the references.

Tip

Before publishing an asset, make sure you have removed any unnecessary namespaces.

The publish directory is divided into these directories:

asset

sequence

shot

Asset publish

The asset publish directory is divided into these directories:

01_character

02_prop

03_item

04_enviro

05_module

06_diorama

07_fx

08_camera

Each asset type directory is divied in to these directories:

clo

geo

grm

ldv

rig

Here is an example of a published file tree:

department directory	publish file	old publish file
geo	CDS_chr_chauvesouris_geo_P.ma
	CDS_chr_marcel_geo_P.ma
	CDS_chr_marcelBob_geo_P.ma
	CDS_chr_petru_geo_P.ma
	OLD	CDS_chr_chauvesouris_geo_P_001.ma
		CDS_chr_chauvesouris_geo_P_002.ma
		CDS_chr_marcel_geo_P_001.ma
		CDS_chr_marcelBob_geo_P_001.ma
		CDS_chr_petru_geo_P_001.ma
ldv	CDS_chr_chauvesouris_ldv_P.ma
	CDS_chr_marcel_ldv_P.ma
	CDS_chr_marcelBob_ldv_P.ma
	CDS_chr_petru_ldv_P.ma
	OLD
rig	CDS_chr_chauvesouris_rig_P.ma
	CDS_chr_marcel_rig_P.ma
	CDS_chr_marcelBob_rig_P.ma
	CDS_chr_petru_rig_P.ma
	OLD

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Cache

Here is an example of a cache file nomenclature:

• CDS_seq020_sh030_marcel_anim.abc

• CDS_seq020_sh030_bottle_anim.abc

PREFIX	sequenceNum	shotNum	character | prop	department	extension
CDS	seq020	sh030	marcel	anim	.abc
CDS	seq020	sh030	bottle	anim	.abc

Here is an example of a cache file sequence nomenclature:

• CDS_seq020_sh030_smoke_fx.1001.vdb

• CDS_seq020_sh030_smoke_fx.1002.vdb

• CDS_seq020_sh030_smoke_fx.1003.vdb

• CDS_seq020_sh030_smoke_fx.1004.vdb

PREFIX	sequenceNum	shotNum	effect	department (fx)	frame number	extension
CDS	seq020	sh030	smoke	fx	1001	.vdb
CDS	seq020	sh030	smoke	fx	1002	.vdb
CDS	seq020	sh030	smoke	fx	1003	.vdb
CDS	seq020	sh030	smoke	fx	1004	.vdb

Here is an example of a cache file hierarchy for a shot:

cache directory	sequence directory	shot directory	cache file | folder	sequence cache file
11_cache	seq020	sh030	CDS_seq020_sh030_bottle_anim.abc
			CDS_seq020_sh030_marcel_anim.abc
			CDS_seq020_sh030_smoke_fx	CDS_seq020_sh030_smoke_fx.1001.vdb
				CDS_seq020_sh030_smoke_fx.1002.vdb
				CDS_seq020_sh030_smoke_fx.1003.vdb
				CDS_seq020_sh030_smoke_fx.1004.vdb