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LED Lighting for the Inner vs. Outer Frustum - Expert Tips

In this inner and outer frustum lighting tutorial, we’ll cover how inner and outer frustum LED lighting can maximize realism and immersion in virtual production. Learn what an LED panel does, common misconceptions about LED lighting, best practices for using a green screen, and more. This video features Perforce solutions engineer Jase Lindgren in conversation with Chuck Edwards, VP of LED Innovation at NBCUniversal, Aputure imaging applications engineer Tim Kang, and Megapixel VR co-founder Jeremy Hochman.

Perforce Helix Core Beginner's Guide: How to Create a Workspace

Workspaces allow you to sync files from the Helix Core server to your local machine so you can work on them. In this how-to video Jase Lindgren Perforce solutions engineer will guide you through the steps to creating and working with multiple workspaces as an individual user. This video is the second in our new beginner’s guide series for Helix Core.

Perforce Streams: Everything You Need to Know

This video provides an overview of the main types of streams in Helix Core, as well as the iconography and relationships between stream types in the Helix Visual Client (P4V). Perforce solutions engineer, Jase Lindgren, also provides some example use cases and workflows for each stream type (mainline, development, release, virtual, and task), so you can learn how to best leverage each type.

Rolling Back and Reverting Files in P4V: An In-Depth Guide

In this in-depth tutorial on reverting files in Perforce Helix Core, solutions engineer Ryan Maffesoli provides a complete walkthrough of how to rollback files and codelines. Learn how to revert changes based on revision number, changelist number, date, or label. We’ll also cover the process of submitting and syncing revised files.

Perforce Helix Core Beginner's Guide: Version Control Basic Concepts

This video provides a high-level introduction to Helix Core, the Helix Visual Client (P4V), as well as centralized version control concepts. Led by Perforce solutions engineer, Jase Lindgren, this tutorial provides new users with an overview of the P4V interface, and introduces some of the Perforce Helix Core terminology like depots, workspaces, and changelists. This video is the first in our new beginner’s guide series for Helix Core.

Perforce Helix Core Beginner's Guide: Submitting, Syncing, and Managing File Changes

This video covers some of the basic Helix Core operations like checking out files, submitting changes, and getting the latest revisions from collaborators. In this step-by-step walkthrough from solutions engineer Jase Lindgren, you’ll also learn what changelists are and how to manage them. This is the third video in our new beginner’s guide series for Helix Core.

Perforce Helix Core Beginner's Guide: Undoing Changes and Fixing Deleted Files

In this Perforce Helix Core / P4V beginner’s guide video, we will cover more advanced Helix Core operations like reverting changes, undoing submitted changes, fixing deleted files, and reconciling offline work. This is the fourth video in our new beginner’s guide series for Helix Core.

How to Set Up and Use P4VFS and Helix Core Virtual File Sync - Tech Tip

In this tutorial, we provide guidance on how to set up P4VFS (Helix Core Virtual File Service) and use Virtual File Sync for Perforce Helix Core version control. Virtual File Sync speeds up sync times significantly for Helix Core users. It works by giving users the option to only sync file metadata on the initial request, then later download the full file content when needed. Virtual File Sync consists of 4 components.

Why You Need Version Control for 3D Art Creation & Virtual Production - Perforce U

In this clip from course 7 of Perforce U, learn about the basic workflows involved in 3D art creation and virtual production. Version control is a necessity for VFX artists and designers working across Unreal Engine and digital content creation tools (DCCs) such as Blender, Maya, and Photoshop. See how tools like Helix Core and Helix DAM can work together to help you collaborate on the 3D art files used in your pre-vis and virtual production projects.

Virtual Scouting with Unreal Engine Multi-User Editor - Perforce U

Learn how virtual scouting works with the Unreal Engine Multi-User Editor (Unreal MUE) in this clip from course 6 of Perforce U. The Unreal Engine Multi-User Editor enables more creative and immersive interaction with a digital environment created for a virtual production. Virtual scouting is one example: MUE eliminates the need for creatives doing virtual (VR) scouting to have a mastery of Unreal and its controls.