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Faith-Based Media Company Consolidating Adobe Premiere Pro and Synology NAS
Company Situation
The company is a large faith-based organization with a growing media production team. They manage multiple syndicated radio programs and are expanding into video content distributed globally. Their internal IT resources are limited, with a single IT administrator handling a broad range of tasks. The media team is transitioning to a more distributed, remote editing workflow involving multiple contributors.
Existing Workflow
Currently, the organization stores their media assets on an on-premises Synology NAS with approximately 80 terabytes of storage. Editors download large source files to local Mac workstations for editing using Adobe Premiere Pro. After editing, final productions are saved and archived, with minimal retention of original camera shots due to storage constraints. Remote editing is limited, and collaboration mainly occurs on-site.
Issues with the Existing Workflow
Remote access to the Synology NAS is slow and inefficient, causing bottlenecks for remote editors.
Managing large 4K multi-camera video files locally is storage-intensive and cumbersome.
Limited IT support to maintain and troubleshoot complex remote workflows.
High storage costs and logistical challenges in archiving large volumes of raw footage.
Existing cloud storage options evaluated (e.g., LucidLink with Azure credits) proved cost-prohibitive and lacked integrated creative workflow features.
How Shade Would Change Their Workflow
Shade would enable seamless cloud-based remote editing by providing a high-performance file storage and mounting solution that integrates directly with Adobe Premiere Pro. The platform supports bring-your-own-storage (BYOS), allowing the company to leverage their existing cloud credits while managing costs with Shade’s proxy generation and AI indexing. Shade offers built-in media management tools such as tagging, metadata organization, and a review-and-approval workflow akin to Frame.io, streamlining collaboration among remote editors and stakeholders. Additionally, Shade’s archival capabilities provide a cost-effective way to manage long-term storage of raw footage, either on Shade or transferred to cold storage solutions.
Benefits
- Enables efficient remote editing with direct, fast access to media assets without local downloads.
- Reduces IT burden by simplifying remote access and media management.
- Integrates proxy generation and AI-powered indexing to speed up editorial workflows.
- Provides comprehensive review and approval tools for internal and external collaboration.
- Supports cost-effective archival storage, optimizing cloud spend and on-premises resources.
- Leverages existing cloud credits via BYOS model, controlling overall project costs.
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