AIArtisan / AiA

Production graph

Graph: automatic tracking, review and production oversight

The Graph builds itself automatically as work is carried out in AiA, recording sources, inputs, runs, results and relationships between versions. Artists can explore and iterate without first drawing a pipeline or tagging every step. Tags, notes and naming conventions enrich the context; technical links are derived from the operations performed.

Global, Lineage and Used By views reveal origins and downstream uses: from plate to prepared copy, from masks to cleanup or matte, and on to colour version and export. Shot/run grouping, filters and search make complex paths inspectable. Nodes link to Gallery and Inspector for asset details and available actions; the same matte can feed multiple operations while retaining its footage association.

Content identity and operation identity remain distinct: hashes recognize identical data; the run retains model, provider, inputs, prompts, parameters and results. Reusing an asset does not erase its operation history. Hero selection identifies the chosen version while alternatives and derivatives remain inspectable.

Source range, reference frame and temporal order also belong to these relationships. An extracted frame, clip or matte sequence retains its position relative to the source. Linking shots, runs and usage records lets production trace operations and available costs for each shot, distinguishing measured, estimated and reconciled amounts.

Pipelines that emerge from the work can be examined and revised separately from the creative session, to compare alternatives, evaluate steps and identify reusable work. This is AiA’s artist-first principle: technical and production oversight draws on the work history without requiring artists to organize every experiment for reporting. Future automation of established paths is a development direction; today the Graph makes their structure and provenance inspectable.

Generation and transformation

RunLab: inputs, models and execution

RunLab exposes controls specific to the selected integration: prompts, references, input roles, ROIs and masks. Text-based generation, semantic editing, inpainting, first/last frames and motion control are distinct workflows, available according to model capabilities. The catalog identifies the function and service for each integration.

Before execution, input checks cover asset type, format, resolution, duration and colour information. When conversion or sequence extraction is needed, AiA proposes a preparation plan for operator approval. Runs / Jobs collects status, progress, results, errors and available actions: inspection, explicit replay and recovery of result publication.

MaskLab

MaskLab: selection, editing, propagation and alpha

MaskLab has four connected areas: Edit, Edges, Propagate and Alpha. SAMURAI uses a region of interest for segmentation and tracking; SAM 3 can start from a text description. The resulting mask can be corrected with brushes and Bézier curves or built manually. Layers, additive/subtractive operations, undo and overlays support frame-level intervention.

Contour extraction produces editable points and handles while retaining the raster base for soft edges, transparency and fine detail. Fitting reports correspondence and deviation from the mask: curves describe the edited frame; Cutie propagation works on the raster mask, not animated splines.

Edges includes threshold, inversion, noise and hole cleanup, expand/contract, feather and levels. Alpha builds a trimap with foreground, background and uncertain edges for ViTMatte, which returns continuous 16-bit PNG alpha. Editing and edge refinement run locally; tracking and matting are started as AI runs.

A practical example

Operational case: bottle removal

The source is Full HD variable-frame-rate footage. This case uses reference frame 62 and range 0–100: 101 masks aligned with source frames. The bottle mask is corrected in the editor and propagated with Cutie in both directions; footage and masks then pass to ProPainter.

Preparation retains correspondence with the original frames. When an operation requires CFR, conversion is proposed explicitly with a chosen frame rate. Range, reference and temporal order identify the processed portion; backward-tracking results return to chronological order. The same mask sequence can continue to Edges or Alpha.

The details show source, propagated mask and High Quality result on the same frame, without subsequent retouching. ProPainter masters are 8-bit RGB; editable mask saves and ViTMatte output use 16-bit alpha. Reconstruction is being refined: the table reflection outside the bottle mask requires a separate operation.

Color Science

Color Science: interpretation, transformation and output

Color Science separates four stages: source interpretation, working space and transform, output encoding/format, and monitor display. Source space, primaries, transfer, YUV matrix, range and alpha are read from available metadata or declared by the operator; detected information remains distinct from assumptions.

ACES 1.3 and 2.0 configurations, scene-linear spaces, display/view, looks and LUTs are handled through OCIO. Configurations with dependencies and 1D/3D LUTs can be imported and recalled through project presets. Supported image and sequence paths include half/float EXR, 8/16-bit PNG, 16-bit TIFF and 10/12/16-bit DPX; video outputs include ProRes 4444, FFV1 and MP4 according to the selected path.

Example: a Log plate is interpreted and converted to an SDR copy suitable for the model. The high-precision original remains available; the AI result returns as a new asset with its own encoding. Converting an 8-bit result to a 16-bit container does not recreate lost precision or dynamic range. Configuration, resources and parameters accompany the saved version.

Waveform, RGB parade, histogram and vectorscope declare their measurement domain and scale. During playback they follow preview samples; when paused, managed measurement can analyze every pixel of the decoded frame. The CIE xy/u′v′ diagram compares primaries and white points of selected spaces: it describes theoretical gamuts, not pixel distribution or HDR colour volume.

Image controls

Adjustments, managed preview and multi-monitor workspace

Exposure, relative temperature, tint, contrast and pivot, saturation, RGB balance and highlight shoulder belong to the saved transform. The panel starts neutral and provides reset and bypass. Preview, GPU/CPU processing and export share the OCIO processor; the float path uses a compatible GPU with CPU fallback in Auto mode.

The current managed preview is SDR/sRGB, including when the master contains HDR values. Where exposed by Windows/NVIDIA, the Display panel reads monitor, mode, refresh rate, RGB/YUV format, range, signal bit depth and ICC profile. These readings describe the workstation and do not change calibration.

AiA can run as an installed web app. Preview, comparison and scopes open in independent windows, including on different monitors, while following the session selection and frame. Position and size are retained with authorized monitor access; docking returns a panel to the workspace. The same system serves the player, mask editor, trimap and ROI.

Costs and services

Costs and Settings: usage, accounts and services

Costs distinguishes spend attributed to a shot, project or tenant, API/model breakdowns, measured usage, estimates and reconciled amounts. Rates carry a source and validity period; currencies remain separate. Available account credit is distinct from the cost attributed to an operation.

Fal and BytePlus support financial-information updates with the configured access; Modal exposes workspace usage reports. Observations carry a period and date: reporting can follow execution and does not automatically constitute a balance or final invoice.

Settings stores encrypted credentials in tenant/project context and distinguishes service configuration from billing-information access. A configured key alone does not establish a successful generation test or available credit. The screenshot shows configuration status without displaying saved keys.

Compare and review

Shared player: comparison and review

The player handles images, video and sequences, including comparisons between different asset types. Side-by-side, split, overlay and temporary A/B, frame stepping, loop, zoom and pan support source/result inspection. Compared assets retain their context and temporal references.

Inspector collects technical information, prompts, notes and tags, organization, sources, masks and results. Extract saves a frame or In/Out clip with a note and provenance, making it available as a reference or first/last frame in a subsequent operation.

Search and reuse

Gallery, search and asset reuse

Ingest accepts independent files and sequences, with shot, folder, tag, name and note assignment. Hashing, metadata and previews prepare assets for the project. Gallery distinguishes sources, generated media, masks, exports, data and archive; shot, collection, time, model and tag filters support selection, batch changes and reuse.

Search queries assets and metadata, including names, prompts, tags, models and context. Semantic and hybrid search are available when the embedding engine is configured. Hero selection identifies the version to carry forward without replacing alternatives. Download Center, contextual guides and the jobs toolbar keep exports and activity status accessible.