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Perforce Helix Core Admin's Guide: How to Set Up Your Protections/Permissions Table

In this video, learn how to set up your protections/permissions table in Perforce Helix Core so you can grant access to users and groups as needed per project. Check out the other videos in the Perforce Helix Core Admin’s Guide playlist for tutorials on other basic admin operations you will use when administering your Helix Core server. About Helix Core: Perforce Helix Core is the leading version control system for teams who need to accelerate innovation at scale. Store and track changes to all your digital assets, from source code to binary to IPs.

Perforce Helix Core Admin's Guide: How to Add Users and Groups in Helix Core

In this video, learn how to add/create new users and groups (of users) in Perforce Helix Core using the P4Admin tool. Once you add users and groups, you can use the permissions table to assign permissions and grant access as needed per project. Check out the other videos in the Perforce Helix Core Admin’s Guide playlist for tutorials on other basic admin operations you will use when administering your Helix core server.

Perforce Helix Core Admin's Guide: How to Add/Create a Depot in Helix Core

In this video, learn how to add/create a depot in Perforce Helix Core using the P4Admin tool. What is a depot? In Helix Core, “depot” is the term for the largest organizational unit on a server. When you install Helix Core, you will want to set up the organizational structure for your projects. For example, you may want to separate each project into its own depot, or separate by departments within your organization, or even have all projects housed within a single depot.

How to Use Unity + Version Control

Unity is one of the top game engines used today, according to a recent survey from video game development professionals across the globe. It’s often used alongside Helix Core. In 2020, Unity acquired the version control tool Plastic SCM, which they renamed Unity Version Control. Here, you’ll learn about Unity Engine, Unity Version Control, and the key to finding the best version control system for Unity.

The Latest in Helix DAM: What Is Digital Asset Management?

The most recent release of Helix Digital Asset Management (Helix DAM) unveiled much-anticipated integrations and new features, taking the creative and collaborative power of this tool to the next level. Built with complex industries like game development and virtual production in mind, Helix DAM supports many types of files and ambitious projects of any scale.

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 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.