Real-time administrative view of the current ChicagoShining content pipeline.
Recent platform outputs
Normalized states hide scenario implementation details while preserving actionable status.
Intake
Ideas
Review, edit, hold, restore, approve, and promote Idea Candidates into the existing production workflow.
Create idea
This creates an Idea Candidate only. It does not promote or start production.
New
How do you want to start?
Two doors. Same pipeline underneath.
Start with content
Pick the media you have, then drop it in.
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Drop photos here or choose filesPhotos appear here as soon as you drop them.
Audio / Voiceover
Production request
Configure production
Draft creative intent before the pipeline starts.
Draft
Production request drafts
Saved creative requests waiting for approval/promotion.
Promoted content items
Items that have entered the existing production pipeline.
Execution + creative review
Platform pipeline
Track each output and open the Phase 6 creative editor for review-only photo/slide adjustments.
Creative editor
Creative review
Review and refine the current platform creative.
SavedPublishing locked
Review mode. Edit, save, rerender, and approve the preview here. Publishing stays locked until the later publishing step.
Rendered preview
Listen to the current mix, adjust below, then save for the next preview render.
Current rendered preview
No rendered preview is available yet.
Global creative controls
Shared defaults. Individual slides can override these values.
Review-time audio mix
Voiceover, normal music, and music-under-narration are independent controls. Voiceover starts at the existing 100% render level.
VO 100% · music 24% · 5% under narration
100% voiceover is the current proven render level. A slide can optionally override it below. Changes apply to the next preview render; they do not alter the current video in-place.
Ratio readiness
Platform mapping remains the ratio authority. Exact resized variants are optional. When one is not prepared, Studio can render from the source image using the selected crop/fill treatment.
Photo / slide sequence
Edit per-photo titles and captions on the preview. Drag cards to reorder. Collapse slides when you only need to scan the sequence.
0 slides
Review notes
Creative change progress
No change request in progress
Idle
Save and request changes to begin a new preview revision.
Choose what happens nextSave draft stores edits only. Unlock titles if an approved preview has locked them. Save & rerender creates a new preview. Approve preview records review approval and locks titles; it does not publish.
Background audio
Music library
Browse the current Airtable background-music catalogue and preview available tracks before production.