Jigsaw24 for post Solutions and services for audio, video, data workflows, storage and more We’re Jigsaw24. For over 25 years, we’ve been providing solutions and services on sets, in studios and all along the post- production pipeline, applying our technical expertise to audio, video production, post-production, finishing and broadcast companies of every shape and size. Our consultants are all drawn from the industry, so have extensive experience of the on-the-ground reality of managing a complex facility, and can give practical, informed advice on your workflow as a whole. Our extensive collection of engineering accreditations includes certifications from Avid, NewTek, Blackmagic Design, EditShare, Quantum and more. We work closely with manufacturers to ensure we have the time and space to test new releases and experiment with different workflows, so that by the time a new technology makes it to your facility, we know exactly how it’ll integrate with your existing workflow. At the same time, we’re one of the UK’s leading IT companies, so have a full roster of technical staff able to handle everything you need to keep a facility running (and growing), including infrastructure, storage, servers, virtualisation and Dark Fibre connections. This means you can get all the support and advice you need under one roof. (It also means we can carry plenty of stock for next day delivery, leverage our purchasing power to get you the best pricing on hardware, and secure the first UK stock of new releases.) Drop in to 8 Golden Square, Soho W1F 9HY for a demo of Contents anything we can sell (including a full Media Composer cloud If you’d like to put our team to the test, you probably won’t have workflow, Atmos monitoring, the Avid S6, DaVinci Resolve to go far – as well as our home in Soho, we have regional offices grading and HDR monitors) or a chat about your workflow. Introduction 3 in Nottingham, Cardiff, Bristol and Glasgow, so there’s always someone nearby if you have a problem or would like to have a chat. Ingest and transcoding 4 Read on to find out more about the services we offer, and Data wrangling 6 remember – if you’d like to see any of the kit mentioned in action, swing by our demo facilities in Soho’s Golden Square. Call: 03332 409 210 Editing 8 See you soon, Email: [email protected] Grading and delivering HDR 10 Visit: Jigsaw24.com/broadcast The Jigsaw24 team Audio mixing 12 Approvals 13 Delivery 14 Don’t take our word for it… IP workflows and networking 15 Hear from our happy customers at Jigsaw24.com/customer-stories Storage and backup 18 Archive and the cloud 19 Systems integration 20 Managed services and support 22 Our demo facilities 24 Our offices 26 2 Ingest and transcoding A workflow has to start somewhere. Often, it starts with an almost overwhelming number of questions: are you using IP or What does your ideal cloud workflow baseband networks? On-premises hardware, or cloud-based look like? solutions? Thankfully, we can design on-set ingest and processing workflows to help you get your footage to the right place, no Cloud-first workflows are becoming increasingly popular, but matter which workflow you choose. moving ingest and playout to the cloud isn’t right for everyone, and no two cloud workflows are exactly alike. We’ve been working During a project’s lifetime, we’ll provide world-class asset with leading facilities on their cloud workflows for over four years management systems to help your business efficiently track and now, so have plenty of practical experience to draw on. We can manage files, using both standard and customised workflows. advise you whether an on-premise, cloud-based or hybrid system And once you’re ready to deliver, we can provide industry standard benefit your workflow the most benefit, both in terms of your overall solutions for QC management, encoding, transfer and playout. workflow and in relation to specific projects. Once you know what’s right for you, we can provide the hardware, software, installation and support you need – whether that’s on your site, in a datacentre, or in on a third party cloud platform. Turn to page 18 to find out more. Our hardware picks for… recording and playout For the most demanding workflows: For flexibility on a budget: Blackmagic R&S VENICE Design HyperDeck VENICE can record up to 16 SD, eight HD and two 4K UHD-1 The HyperDeck range includes decks of varying capacities channels directly to secure, high-performance storage, and capabilities, from entry-level, budget-friendly models ready for editing. And its modular design allows you to move all the way up the HyperDeck Extreme 8K HDR, which between IP and SDI workflows and deliver to a range of introduces onboard innovations such as H.265 recording, It offers resolution-independent transcoding, image processing and formats, all while knowing that your whole R&S workflow is internal caching and touchscreen operation. ContentAgent: The last word in QC management, and supports automated camera card ingest. guaranteed for 24/7/365 operation. intelligent, automated workflows As it’s made by root6, an Avid Alliance Partner, Avid integration is For portability: AJA Ki Pro tight throughout (including support for MediaCentral | Production For a complete Avid workflow: FastServe ContentAgent is the industry’s most advanced tool for intelligent, Management workflows), but there’s also a powerful API available AJA’s Ki Pro range has been at the heart of many lower- automated ingest, transcoding, QC management and delivery. Load so you can customise ContentAgent to suit your workflow. FastServe’s tight integration with MediaCentral means it has budget workflows for nearly a decade now, combining it on to a dedicated PC, get your engineer to set up the workflows Software that can be incorporated into and controlled from within a very gentle learning curve for anyone already comfortable extensive video and audio connectivity (analogue, 3G-SI you want in its intuitive, GUI-driven workflow builder, then let entry- ContentAgent workflows includes Adobe, Interra, Tektronix, with Avid workflows. FastServe’s modular architecture means and HDMI, among others) with the ability to encode to Apple level staff get on with ingest and delivery operations, rather than Cinnafilm, NexGuard, Aspera and Minnetonka. it can be scaled to fit any budget, provide a smooth transition ProRes, Avid DNxHD, DNxHR, or H.264 and interface with tying up expensive editing suites and experienced engineering from HD to UHD and support the transition and from SDI virtually any type of camera, router, switcher or display. staff with basic, time-consuming tasks. Want to see ContentAgent in action? Get in touch with our workflows to video over IP. team to book a live demo. ContentAgent is scalable, flexible and includes templates for many common workflows, including AS-11 delivery and file-based QC. Call: 03332 409 210 Email: [email protected] Visit: Jigsaw24.com/broadcast Data wrangling With the rise of high shoot ratio/fast turnaround genres of MediaCentral workflow, we offer a range of other MAM (media programming like reality TV, facilities are being asked to asset management) and PAM (production asset management) process more footage at higher speeds, which means proper solutions to suit any operation, and are happy to offer vendor media management is more important than ever before. agnostic solutions for anyone who wants to ensure their media is where they need it during pre-production, production, post While the depth of our Avid expertise makes us the go-to and archive for future use. partner for anyone looking to maximise the efficiency of their Get your assets in order Tidy up your Adobe workflow with MediaCentral with Jigsaw24 and Strawberry Avid’s MediaCentral ecosystem is an industry leader when it comes Strawberry by Projective is an award-winning production to production asset management (PAM). MediaCentral | Editorial asset management system, designed to keep you Management is designed to make sure that any smaller workgroup and your project’s media organised, even in complex can carry out functional asset management without having to invest collaborative environments. It’s particularly effective in in multiple complex systems. For larger facilities, MediaCentral | Adobe environments, where it leverages its tight integration Production Management is a fully fledged solution, enabling whole with Creative Cloud to simplify storage management and teams to shepherd their media through its entire lifecycle. accelerate production workflows. As well as establishing a strong asset management workflow at your Project managers and engineers in Adobe environments central facility, we can help to integrate and manage remote teams will benefit from tools like Project Mounts, which automates using the powerful tools in MediaCentral | UX, providing tools and the process of making sure users work in defined locations; knowhow honed over the last five years. With our help, you’ll be Import Unmanaged Assets, a feature that moves any footage able to edit remotely, and virtualise the hardware needed to run and drag-and-dropped into a Premiere Pro project bin into an manage your Avid software. organised, central storage volume, and that all-important function, Deletion Protection. Once your workflow is in place, you can rely on our gold standard support (we’re an Avid Elite Reseller and have more than ten Avid Certified Support Representatives on staff) to keep you online, while our consultants, who work closely with Avid’s own team, keep you up to date with the latest updates and advances, including third party additions to your workflow. Speed up file transfer with Maximum security IBM Aspera Security is a priority for you and your clients, which makes it a priority for us.