The Reuse Image action in Creative Force allows studios to source and reuse assets related to previously completed productions. The feature allows studios to reuse assets and skip past irrelevant production steps– letting you focus on just the work that needs to be done.
Feature Overview
With the reuse images action, you can search and filter for existing assets, have them run through post-production for any necessary retouching, and successfully send them through next steps with accurate names and descriptions—all from within Creative Force.
To get started, head to the Productions Tab and look for the destination production where the assets are intended to be provided for.
Requirements
Production Requirements
In order for the Production to be eligible for the Reuse Images action, it must meet the following requirements:
Source = Photo Production
Current Step = Capture
Current Step Status = To Do or Backlog
📝 Note: VPI, Looklet, and Orbitvu productions are not supported.
User Requirements
⚙️ Permissions: To initiate the Reuse Images action, you must have the Art Director skill in your user’s account and Edit permission for the Production View. Read more about user skills here.
Initiating Reuse Images
With the destination production selected in the Production Tab, right-click it to bring up the selected menu. In the menu, you will see the option to 'Reuse Images.'
You can also use the multi-select and 'Actions' button to trigger Reuse Images for multiple Productions as a queued format.
Reuse Images Screen
After selecting the action, you will be brought to a selection screen where you can search or filter for specific assets.
By default, two filters will be applied:
[Product Codes = Same as Selected] This is a dynamic filter and will change according to the selection you have made as the destination production.
[Step = Asset Delivery] This ensures the version of the asset is one that has completed all post-processing during its previous production.
Filter & Display Options
However, you can use the available filtering options to narrow down the source assets as desired.
Filter Option | Function |
| Hover over the applied filters and select the 'x' to remove them if they are not applicable. |
| Select the Filter icon to apply any other desired filters to narrow down your search. |
| Use the free-text search to search for specific file names. |
| Select to apply display sorting options within the generated results. |
Remove Filters
Apply Filters
Search
Sort Option
Assigning Images
On the left side, you will see all the existing images according to the filters and settings you have applied so far. On the right, you will find the Photography Positions as dictated by the Style Guide.
To Assign Images to reuse, drag assets from the left-hand grid view directly into a Style Guide Photography Position lane.
Next Steps
With your images assigned to photography positions, and once all requirements have been met, you will see three available actions in the screen's top-right corner:
Action | Function |
Exit | Exit the Reuse Images screen and return to the Production view.
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Skip | If you had initiated Reuse Images for multiple productions (Bulk Select + Actions), you can skip the current production and jump to the next one in the queue. |
Continue | The task will be submitted, and the next task will appear. If you don’t have any tasks left in the queue, you will be brought back to the Production view. |
Workflow Processing
Regardless of whether Final Selection has been assigned to happen in either Kelvin or Gamma, after the task has been submitted, both Photography and Final Selection will be completed in the Workflow.
The Production will automatically move to the next Workflow Step following Final Selection, and continue its pre-configured Workflow moving forward.
Reset Handling
If a Production that previously completed the Reuse Images action is reset, the behavior will differ depending on the point in the Workflow it has been reset to:
Reset to Final Selection: Capture step is Done, and the Final Selection Step will be To Do. Selected images will be stored as related assets to the Capture step.
Reset to Capture: All Workflow steps and data are lost. The Reuse Image action can be selected and executed from the beginning once again.
Notes & Callouts
Team on Set Data: The Team on Set data from the source assets will be used for the destination production's asset. The user can edit the team on set for the production manually if needed.
Location Data: Location for Reused tasks is not supported, will not be inherited, and can not be edited.