Limecraft Edge is a native desktop application designed to securely handle media-intensive workflows on set, on location, or in post-production environments. It enables efficient and secure offloading, backing up and ingesting media to local storages and the collaborative Limecraft Workspace.
Project-related Edge settings are managed centrally via the Limecraft Workspace Settings to ensure a seamless and uniform offload process. This article dives into these centrally managed Edge settings.
By managing settings centrally, you eliminate the risk of different operators using different naming conventions or encoding settings. Whether you have one Edge instance or ten across different locations, they will all behave identically, ensuring your media is consistent.
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Edge in the Limecraft Workspace Settings
Central Edge settings are managed via the Workspace Settings. You must have at least Workspace Admin permissions to access these controls. If you cannot access these settings, please contact your project administrator.
Access Workspace Settings by clicking the dropdown menu next to the workspace name in the top navigation bar. The screenshot below highligts the primary sections for Edge-related configurations. You can find the main controls under the Edge Settings tab in the left-hand sidebar.
Metadata and File Structure
Defining the required metadata, file path structures, and renaming conventions is a critical step in project setup. These settings ensure your material remains searchable and visible throughout downstream workflows.
Setting Up Edge Metadata and File Path Structure
Within the Clip Metadata section of the Workspace Settings, ensure you configure the applicable metadata for your project. For more details instructions, please refer to our Metadata Setup Guide.
In the Edge Metadata settings, you can determine:
- The file path structure for assets imported into Edge.
- How files are organised within the Limecraft Workspace.
- The folder hierarchy on local or shared storage when performing backups or offloading ingested versions.
For a step-by-step walkthrough, see our article on Offload Path Configuration.
Setting up Automatic Renaming
Consistent file naming is critical for efficient media management. Clear and predictable names allow production teams to identify, search, and navigate media files with ease throughout post-production, delivery, and archiving.
Allowing Edge to rename files automatically reduces the risk of human error and ensures total consistency across the production workflow.
⚠️Note: Please Keep in mind that Edge does not maintain a record of the original file name once renamed.
Configuration
Navigate to the Automatic Renaming section of the Edge Metadata Settings and select the metadata elements you wish to include in your file name. Using this methods, files are dynamically renamed using the correct metadata at the point of offload and ingest.
For example, use might include the shooting day and location within the filename. This makes it significantly easier to filter and locate specific clips during downstream processing.
For more complex or advanced use cases, please refer to our guide: Setting up Automatic File Renaming
Ingest and Processing
Limecraft Edge provides the tools to automate the transcoding of your files into various formats. By applying your own LUTs and custom watermarks, you can ensure your media is both stylistically consistent and securely protected throughout the workflow.
Understanding the Ingest Workflow
The ingest process acts as a"gatekeeper" for your media, transforming raw rushes into manageable, production-ready assets.
- Automated Transcoding: Convert high-resolution raw footage into lightweight proxies or high quality edit proxies.
- Colour Management: Apply custom LUTs (Look-Up Tables) during the ingest phase to maintain creative intent from set to post-production.
- Security & Branding: Burn in custom watermarks automatically to track assets and prevent unauthorised distribution.
- Consistency: Use predefined templates to ensure every file is processed with identical settings, regardless of who is operating the stations.
Setting up Encoding Profiles
In the Media Encoding section of your workspace settings, you can customise existing encoding profiles or create new ones tailored to your project's specific requirements.
Properly configuring this section ensures that the correct profiles are available when setting up Ingest Templates. It also guarantees that users have access to the appropriate profiles and delivery destinations when working with Edge.
Professional Configuration
By refining these settings, you enable your DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) to work with maximum efficiency. For example, they can instantly select a preset to transcode raw rushes into Avid proxies and deliver them directly to designated local storage without manual intervention.
⚠️Caution: Expert Knowledge Required. These settings involve technical parameters that directly impact your workflow. If you are unsure about any configuration, please contact our support team for assistance.
For a more comprehensive guide, please refer to our detailed support article: How to configure Media Encoding Profiles.
Configuring Watermarks
Within your Media Encoding settings, you can add watermarks to your transcode profiles to ensure your content is branded and secure. These watermarks are burnt-in during the transcoding process in Limecraft Edge, creating a permanent overlay on the output files.
Security and Identification
Watermarking allows you to protect your intellectual property and provide essential metadata for internal workflows. You can choose to overlay:
- Custom Text or Branding: Add your company name or project title.
- Timecode Burn-in: By selecting 'Append timecode to text', you can ensure each frame displays its specific timecode. This is essential for precise feedback during review.
- Logos and Images: Upload JPEG or JPEG 2000 files (PNG supported for Mac) to act as a digital signature.
- Custom Metadata Fields: Use the hashtag symbol (#) to select dynamic metadata fields. This allows you to automatically pull information such as Scene, Take, or Reel ID directly from the metadata and display it on the video.
!TIP: To burn in a frame-accurate timecode, ensure you tick the 'Append timecode to text' box when configuring your watermark.
To learn more about setting up these overlays, see our dedicated article on 'How to use watermarking'.
Configuring LUTs
In the LUT section of the Edge Settings within your workspace, you can configure custom Look-Up Tables to preserve creative intent and visual consistency throughout the post-production pipeline.
Once you have imported your LUTs, you can map them to specific input codecs and output encoding profiles. This granular control allows you to, for example, assign a specific corrective LUT for drone footage and ensure it is only applied when generating Edit Proxies, leaving other deliverables untouched.
Key Benefits
- Creative consistency: Ensure the "look" established on set carries through to the edit suite.
- Targeted Application: Avoid "baked-in" looks on files that don't require them by mapping LUTs only to specific profiles.
- Workflow Automation: Once mapped, the DIT does not need to manually select a LUT for every clip. Edge identifies the codec and applies the correct transform automatically.
For a step-by-step guide on LUTs, please navigate to our support article: How to use LUTs.
Delivery
Limecraft Edge is designed for the secure and efficient backup, ingest, and transfer of media. A critical part of project setup is the careful configuration of file transformation rules and destinations for each file type.
These settings are managed centrally within the Workspace Settings. Once configured, they are automatically synchronised with the local Edge software before the DIT begins the offloading process, ensuring consistency across all ingest station.
Synchronising settings
It is important to note that Edge does not constantly sync with the central cloud settings. To ensure you are working with the latest project configuration, we recommend making it a habit to manually update the software at the start of each session. This ensures your local environment reflects the most recent updates.
Pulling Recent Settings: Navigate to the System Settings page in the Edge app and select 'Pull Settings'.
Setting up Local Storages
The primary configuration for local drives occurs on the specific machine where Edge is installed. This ensures the software has direct access to the physical disks designated for your media.
- Mapping Shared Destinations: When transferring ingested files, such as Edit proxies, to local or shared storage, you must first create a placeholder in the Workspace Settings.
- Finalising the Connection: After creating the placeholder, complete the setup within the local Edge system settings by mapping the volume as a shared destination.
Go to the Edge Ingest section of the workspace settings and create a placeholder. Finish the setup of this volume as a destination on the local Edge system settings by mapping the volume as a shared destination.
Configuring Ingest Templates
In the Edge Ingest section, you can create Ingest Templates for efficiency and governance of the project. Here you can create an Ingest Template that defines the file type and the destination. When ingesting with Edge, these destinations are easily available. A profile can be made default and enforced to avoid human error.
For similar purpose you can untick the box for unnecessary transcoding profiles, making them unavailable and the interface more streamlined.
Edge Project Settings
The Edge Project Settings include several general configurations that are automatically applied to all content processed within a specific project. These include:
Imposed Frame Rate: Sets a fixed frame rate for all media ingested via Edge to ensure project-wide consistency.
Audio Metadata Processing: Ensures that Edge correctly extracts Episode, Scene, and Shot metadata from recorded audio files.
Avid Tapename Settings: Configures the rules for automatically populating the "Tape Name" column within Avid Media Composer.
Skip Checksum: Allows you to automatically bypass checksum verification for all processed material (use with caution).
Edge Ingest Settings
Within the Edge Ingest Settings, you can create Ingest Templates to streamline the delivery of media to various destinations. These templates act as shortcuts by predefining a specific file type and its corresponding destination.
Cloud Delivery: You can predefine a specific file type (e.g., a web proxy) to be sent directly to the Limecraft Workspace (Flow).
Local Delivery: When creating a template for transferring to a local disk, a placeholder must be created. This placeholder allows you to select the specific local target drive or folder at the time of ingest while maintaining the predefined file format settings.
NOTE: You have the option to enforce certain Ingest Template(s) or make one a default when ingesting with Edge.
Additionally, you can maintain uniform processing by enabling and disabling transcode profiles for use when ingesting with Limecraft Edge, keeping the Edge Interface clear from unnecessary profiles.
Ingest Template configuration
Destination Templates in Limecraft Edge
