The old way
Your director shoots B-roll on location and uploads it to Frame.io for review. But to actually use that footage, someone still has to download it, organize it and get it into your project structure.
The automated way
Set up Frame.io webhooks to automatically sync approved assets directly into your LucidLink project folders, organized by project and uploader.
Clayton showed this in action, "I just shot this, uploaded it to Frame.io and automatically moved it to LucidLink in two seconds. And in fact, I could, if I wanted to, just go right into Premiere and take any of these things and do whatever I need to."
Why it matters
Footage uploaded on-site is organized and ready to edit in real time, so teams can work faster, even from afar.
Looking for more ways to streamline your video workflow? Read our guide to collaborative video editing workflows.
5 tips to get started with LucidLink integrations
You’ve seen what’s possible. Here are a few tips from Charles and Clayton to help you get started.
1. Start small, think big
Both Charles and Clayton emphasized picking "something really chunky, bite-sizable" for your first automation. Don't try to automate everything at once. Keep it simple.
2. Use AI to write your automation scripts
You don't need to be a developer to create these automations. As Charles pointed out, "if you're not using things like ChatGPT and Gemini and things like that, now you're missing a trick. These things are not hard to do."
Use AI tools to write your webhook-catching scripts, then ask the same AI to document what the script does. You get functional automation plus documentation for your team.
Pro tip from Charles: "You can even put the script back into, like, say, ChatGPT and say, hey, write me some documentation for this. And even that would be something that would just give you a baseline understanding."
The barrier to entry is lower than ever. You don't need a dedicated developer — you need someone willing to experiment and learn.
3. Document everything
"If it works, no one's gonna ask questions. People are just gonna accept that it works. But if it breaks or maybe the person that created the automation at your company moves on to another job, no one knows what it does anymore," Charles warns.
4. Consider your environment
For production environments, run your automations on dedicated machines or cloud instances. As Charles noted, "you don't want someone coming overnight to clean the office to accidentally unplug the computer, and then the automation's not working."
5. Optimize for the work you actually do
Clayton's advice: "Just because you can automate it doesn't mean you should. Things like rendering and proxy creation and directory structure, things that everybody moans when they have to do it, so they end up doing it not so great, are really ripe candidates."
The art of the possible starts with possibility
These integrations might look complex, but they're built on a simple foundation: LucidLink acts like a local hard drive that everyone can access.
That means any workflow that works with local storage can work with LucidLink (and is potentially primed for automation).
The real art isn't in the coding or the webhooks or the APIs. It's in recognizing the repetitive tasks that slow your team down and imagining how they could happen automatically instead.
As Clayton put it: "Don't stop dreaming, folks. This stuff — please, everybody loves automations and integrations. They talk about them. Very few actually do it. It is not hard. You're this close."
Ready to explore what's possible with your workflow? Watch the full virtual event to see these integrations in action, or reach out to our team to find out more.
