Create a Version Linked to a Shot

You’ve just created a sweet new Version of your shot. Now you want to update Flow Production Tracking and create a new Version entity linked to the Shot.

Find the Shot

First we need to find the Shot since we’ll need to know know its id in order to link our Version to it.

filters = [ ['project', 'is', {'type': 'Project', 'id': 4}],
            ['code', 'is', '100_010'] ]
shot = sg.find_one('Shot', filters)

Find the Task

Now we find the Task that the Version relates to, again so we can use the id to link it to the Version we’re creating. For this search we’ll use the Shot id (which we have now in the shot variable from the previous search) and the Task Name, which maps to the content field.

filters = [ ['project', 'is', {'type': 'Project', 'id': 4}],
            ['entity', 'is',{'type':'Shot', 'id': shot['id']}],
            ['content', 'is', 'Animation'] ]
task = sg.find_one('Task', filters)

Note

Linking a Task to the Version is good practice. By doing so it is easy for users to see at what stage a particular Version was created, and opens up other possibilities for tracking in Flow Production Tracking. We highly recommend doing this whenever possible.

Create the Version

Now we can create the Version with the link to the Shot and the Task:

data = { 'project': {'type': 'Project','id': 4},
         'code': '100_010_anim_v1',
         'description': 'first pass at opening shot with bunnies',
         'sg_path_to_frames': '/v1/gun/s100/010/frames/anim/100_010_animv1_jack.#.jpg',
         'sg_status_list': 'rev',
         'entity': {'type': 'Shot', 'id': shot['id']},
         'sg_task': {'type': 'Task', 'id': task['id']},
         'user': {'type': 'HumanUser', 'id': 165} }
result = sg.create('Version', data)

This will create a new Version named ‘100_010_anim_v1’ linked to the ‘Animation’ Task for Shot ‘100_010’ in the Project ‘Gunslinger’.

data is a list of key/value pairs where the key is the column name to update and the value is the value to set.
project and code are required
description and sg_path_to_frames are just text fields that you might want to update as well
sg_status_list is the status column for the Version. Here we are setting it to “rev” (Pending Review) so that it will get reviewed in the next dailies session and people will “ooh” and “aaah”.
entity is where we link this version to the Shot. Entity columns are always handled with this format. You must provide the entity type and its id.
sg_task is another entity link field specifically for the Version’s Task link. This uses the same entity format as the Shot link, but pointing to the Task entity this time.
user is another entity column where we set the artist responsible for this masterpiece. In this example, I know the ‘id’ that corresponds to this user, but if you don’t know the id you can look it up by searching on any of the fields, similar to what we did for the Shot above, like:
```
filters = [['login', 'is', 'jschmoe']]
user = sg.find('HumanUser', filters)
```

The result variable now contains the id of the new Version that was created:

Upload a movie for review in Screening Room

If Screening Room’s transcoding feature is enabled on your site (hosted sites have this by default), then you can use the upload() method to upload a QuickTime movie, PDF, still image, etc. to the sg_uploaded_movie field on a Version. Once the movie is uploaded, it will automatically be queued for transcoding. When transcoding is complete, the Version will be playable in the Screening Room app, or in the Overlay player by clicking on the Play button that will appear on the Version’s thumbnail.

Note

Transcoding also generates a thumbnail and filmstrip thumbnail automatically.