Cerebro (software)

Cerebro

Cerebro screenshot for Mac
Developer(s)	CineSoft
Stable release	1.6 / July 20, 2011; 2 months ago (2011-07-20) [1]
Operating system	Apple Inc. Mac OS X Microsoft Windows Linux iPhone OS
Type	Media project management system
Website	cerebrohq.com

Cerebro (Latin - Brain) — is a software complex for media project management. Cerebro is mostly used by VFX-studios, videogame developers, advertisement, TV series production companies and web designers. The software complex is something like a forum where the participants of the project can set tasks, monitor project progress and statistics, comment reports and attached files (video, images, office documents etc.), exchange high resolution files. Clients versions: Desktop (Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux), Web based^[2], mobile (iPhone OS^[3]). Cerebro is proprietary software available in the English and Russian. Translations into additional languages are planned.

Main features

Project management

• Gantt Chart: links between tasks, any number of sub-levels, links between task from different projects
• various Interest task review options, personal task list, categorization and visibility setting options
• assigning one or more employees on task, calculation of progress and time expenditures, e-mail notification on new tasks or reviews in system
• project content : “drag and dropping” necessary files into the program window, tag system for task
• generating project and user reports

Reviewing

• Mirada (Spanish - View) viewer that supports such formats as: Cineon, DPX, OpenEXR, RAW, QuickTime movie etc.
• audiovisual reviewing: drawing comments on content, typing text comments, record mouse cursor movement and audio – comments, reviews are automatically saved
• on-line reviewing option: mouse cursor and timeline movement, pan, zoom, change of files in playlist are all synchronized
• The Mirada module uses OpenGL – that is why you will be able to view and draw over high resolution graphic files (up to 32K)
• supports images with large color depth, Gamma, Gain and Linear to Logarithmic color correction options (accelerated by GPU)
• Mirada Pro: Stereoscopic 3D support ^[4], Online reviewing sessions, Color grading

File exchange

• integrated Cargador (Spanish - Night Porter) module managing file delivery
• automatic archiving of attached directories and files
• access to local resources with symbolic links
• downloaded files are cached and are not doubled
• control of all company download/upload queues
• auto and manual restart of file downloads/uploads

Technical Specifications

• The graphical interface of desktop client by Qt, web application framework Qooxdoo
• Main Database PostgreSQL, desktop client / iPhone off-line database SQLite
• File Transfer - proprietary protocol (Cargador module)
• File Database - proprietary format for hashing and search files (Cargador module)

Main competitors

Project and file management

• Alienbrain, Temerity Pipeline - desktop
• Shotgun, Tactic - web

Visual reviewing

• cineSync, RV, FrameCycler - desktop
• Concept Share, Cozimo, Оctopz, CreationFlow - web

File Transfer

• FTP clients, Aspera FASP, and other high-speed File Transfer Protocols

System list overview

• List of project and file management software
• List of Visual reviews software

Movies

A short list of movies and cartoons, the project management on which was conducted using Cerebro ^[5]

«Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter» (2012), «Savva» (2012), «End of the World» (2012), «The Darkest Hour» (2011), «Kikoriki The Movie» (2011) (3D version of GoGoRiki cartoon)^[6], «Lucky Trouble» (2011), «Dark world» (2010), «The Brest fortress» (2010), «Burnt by the sun 2» (2010), «Star dogs: Belka and Strelka» (2010), «Black lightning»^[7] (2010), «The Book of Masters» (2009), «Tsar» (2009), «Interceptor» (2009), «The Phobos» (2009), «Lubov - morkov 2» (2009), «Indigo» (2009), «Europe - Asia» (2009),

See also

• Project management software
• List of project management software
• Project management

References

1. ^ http://cinesoft.zendesk.com/entries/20292518-new-cerebro-some-options-and-bugs-fix?locale=1
2. ^ http://cerebrohq.com/en/2010/04/15/please-welcome-cerebro-web-version/
3. ^ http://cerebrohq.com/en/2010/04/25/cerebro-iphone-ipod-ipad/
4. ^ CineSoft launches a new version of the most popular Cerebro plugin – Mirada Pro player
5. ^ http://habrahabr.ru/company/cinesoft/blog/74015/ (in Russian)
6. ^ “Kikoriki. The Beginning,” Russia’s First Stereo 3D Feature Brought to Life with NVIDIA Technologies
7. ^ Konstantin, Meroeev (December 2009), "Black lightning (Comments about Cerebro)", Cinefex (Russian version) (18): 78 

Links

• Cerebro official website
• CineSoft profile on CrunchBase
• "Black Lightning": How we did it (in Russian)
• Cerebro review on Cg Event (in Russian)
• «Interview: Konstantin Kharitonov» (in Russian)
• «Interview: Sergei Tsyptsyn» (in Russian)
• Article in magazine «Magic CG» (in Russian)
• «Interview: Dmitry Shirokov» (in Russian)
• Cerebro review on render.ru (in Russian)
• VFX Project Tools
• Softwares for Media & Entertainment