Cost of Automation

What a missing pipeline costs · live sales-call tool · prototype

Pipelines Needed
0
0Software Packages Supported
0Production Tasks
A package is supported differently for each task — Blender for modelling is not Blender for animation.
Cost of Technical Chores
$0
Pipeline Overhead
$0
The yearly budget going to pipeline
TD Time
Automation
20%
Putting out Fires
80%
Pain Points
Their pipeline today — every folder is a place a file can get lost, renamed or opened at the wrong version

How can a studio build, implement & support its pipelines?

AAA Method
0
technical staff, permanently, for your pipelines
$0
per year, forever
Per production task5
Development Implementation Training & Support
AI Potential Pipeline Method
0
domain experts — adjacent tasks, like lookdev and texture, can share a person
$0
per year, forever
Per production task0.5
Development Implementation Training & Support
Alchemy
Alchemy
About the price of 1 Pipeline TD
Setup~1 month
Implementation~1 month
Training~1 month
SupportAs needed
LicenseYearly
Timeline — from today
Supported Software
Supported Production Tasks
The pipeline that writes its own code
Detailed Technical Chore Estimate (Adjust sliders on the left)
0% Time spent on Technical Chores
Examples
Jim Henson Creature Shop
Lighting in Unreal Engine — one lighter, 600 shots delivered over about six weeks
Weekly lighting deliveries for 1 lighter
Traditional throughput
6
shots per week
Alchemy benchmark
~100
shots per week
Technical chore %
94%
Self-estimated %
10%
Jobs covered
It wasn't just lighting: Alchemy also removed the motion of files and settings between departments.
One artist did
Lighter
Assistant Editor
Alchemy handled
Lighting Coordinator
Editing Coordinator
IO Team
IT
Lighting Team
Lighting Supervisor
1–3 Assistant Editors