The Autodesk® Open Clip Creator Utility is a standalone application to easily author standard Autodesk Open Clip .XML media pointer files for use with Flame family, Shotgun and any other DCC application or service that supports the Open Clip .XML standard. An Open Clip .XML is a versionable pointer file for any media essence (quicktime, mxf, dpx, exr, jpg etc) that Flame family products currently support.

Documentation for the Open Clip standard - http://help.autodesk.com/view/FLAME/2018/ENU/?guid=GUID-5D8A2C6F-2A96-4AB5-ADBE-06769A66790A

The Autodesk Open Clip Creator Utility can be used from the GUI based app or command line instructions to create a variety of Open Clips and is intended to be used by artists and technical personas who want to pipeline their flame family tools.