Tools
CHANGES
/changesAdvisory cut/edit compare. Drop a base (master) cut on A and another cut on B; shots match by exact name + occurrence, and you get what was ADDED / OMITTED / CHANGED (elements differ in order, length, or name). Pure spine path; never mutates a lineup.
LINEUPS
/lineupsOperator workbench for cleaning a working lineup from any shot-list source. Drop editorial, surface issues, click-to-inspect, curate, emit as HTML / OTIO / JSON / Print.
VFX UTILS
/vfx-utilsVFX-artist utilities over the active shot list — shares the lineups load + trim-bin front-end. REF STILLS grabs first/middle/last reference frames from the loaded reference movie; NOTCH emits the notch-list EDL (also on /lineups).
PULLS
/pullsGenerate a vendor pull from an editorial cut — FotoKem FIF / CMX 3600 / File 32 / File 129 EDL / HTML. LINEAR keeps the lineup's order and depth; CONSOLIDATED groups overlapping source ranges per tape. Spine pull path, handles + mount-order options.
TURNOVER
/turnoverBuild a metadata-only VFX-vendor turnover package from an editorial source. Curate shots, attach color (library / input / gap-fill), emit stringout OTIO + per-shot JSON + sibling color EDL. Resolve auto-links to your media pool.
VERIFY
/verifyReconcile two paperwork lists (pull vs shipper, shipper vs receipt),
or a paperwork list against a media inventory (sam walk --format json
output). Side-by-side row comparison with status pills, identity-match
percent, and downloadable verify.v1 JSON.
VFX ID
/vfx-idgenVFX Shot ID Generator (AE tool). Drop an editorial timeline, detect VFX shots, assign shot names. Export Avid Marker Files + SubCap captions for the cut. SAM-lite — no database commitment.
COLOR
/colorScan ASC CDL from editorial sources (EDL / OTIO / AAF / ALE), inject
it back into target EDLs. Per-shot grade provenance, harvested from
* ASC_SOP / * ASC_SAT comments and friends.
Save / reuse colors.json across sessions.
ONSET
/onsetOn-set data ingest — slates / takes / lens from the on-set DB (FileMaker dump, VES). Join camera + slate metadata to SAM shots by the VFX-shot key, the join the lineup leans on.
REVIEW
/reviewScreening, playlists, players, and notes (the sam review
surface). Build a review playlist, launch a player on a list, and capture
notes against the cut.
Station
SHOW SETTINGS
/showActive show config — naming patterns, locator vocab, status vocab,
rates, validation policy, export defaults. Read-only summary with per-field
provenance (SAM default vs show.toml). Edit at /setup.
STATION
/stationStation deployment status — current mode (lite / station / outpost), station name, operator identity + roles, configured roles map, audit log tail with filter by status / action. Read-only diagnostics; renders coherent summary even in lite mode.
JOBS
/jobsLong-running job queue + history (sam.station.jobs). Filter by status / verb / scope (mine vs all). Cancel queued or running jobs cooperatively. Live progress polling on active jobs. Station-mode only.
STREAM
/streamLive HLS capture — DeckLink SDI on the production Mac (production) or smptebars (dev/verify). Watermark burned in by ffmpeg server-side so leaked stills carry forensic ink. Station-mode only; ffmpeg required on PATH.
Legacy & reference
LIST EDITOR
/list-editorLoad any list source (FIF, EDL, shipper xlsx, JSON manifest, or a directory walk), arrange and edit, then export as a SAM JSON manifest. Status checks and previews available locally.
DESIGN REFERENCE
/lw-demoVisual inventory of every SAM UI primitive — banner, stage, widgets, pills, list-module, ticker, bench bars, color buttons, and more. Use during design reviews to name and discuss components.