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Categories/Video & Audio Editing/Backlight
Backlight

Backlight

Founded 2021

Manage, edit, review, and distribute video assets across distributed media production teams

You can use Backlight to manage video assets, coordinate film and TV productions, and distribute digital video feeds. The company connects media products like Iconik, Celtx, Ftrack, and Zype to handle your media lifecycle. You can write scripts, plan production budgets, track visual effects tasks, and gather frame-accurate review feedback from remote collaborators. Additionally, you can create short social clips from live broadcasts, manage cloud and local storage, and deliver video streams across mobile, web, and over-the-top channels while monetizing content through ad insertions.

What Backlight does

Search video archives using custom metadataWrite television scripts in standardized industry formatsAssign visual effects tasks to artists on a production scheduleMark frame-accurate annotations on video playbackExtract short video clips from live broadcast feedsPublish video content to OTT apps and web portalsManage user permissions and access control for media filesStore and index high-resolution media assets with metadataWrite and format scripts with storyboard planning toolsTrack visual effects and creative shoots on project timelinesReview media files with frame-accurate comments and annotationsClip live streams and broadcast events in near-real-timeDistribute video to web, mobile, linear, and OTT destinationsMonetize live video broadcasts with targeted ad placements

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