CVAT Complete Workflow Guide for Organizations

Welcome to CVAT, this page is the place to start your team’sannotation process using the Computer Vision Annotation Tool (CVAT).

This guide aims to equip your organization with the knowledgeand best practices needed to use CVAT effectively.

We’ll walk you through every step of the CVAT workflow,from initial setup to advanced features.

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Workflow diagram

The workflow diagram presents an overview of the general process at a high level.

To use CVAT within your organization, please follow these steps:

Create an account in CVAT.
CreateOrganization.
Switch to theOrganization that you’vecreated andsubscribe to theTeam plan.
Invite members toOrganization andassignUser roles to invited members.
CreateProject.
(Optional) AttachCloud storages to theProject.
CreateTask orMultitask.
At this step the CVAT platform will automatically createjobs.
(Optional) CreateGround truth job.
This step can be skipped if you’re employing a manual QA approach.
(Optional) AddInstructions for annotators.
(Optional) ConfigureWebhooks.
Assign jobs to annotators by adding the annotator name toAssignee andchanging theJob stagetoAnnotation.
Annotator will see assigned jobs and annotate them.
(Optional) In case you’ve createdaGround truth jobgive the CVAT platform some time to accumulate the data andcheck the accuracy of the annotation.
If you are using the manual validation,assign jobs to validators by adding the validator name toAssignee andchanging theJob stagetoValidation.
Validator will see assigned jobs and report issues.
Note, that validators can correct issues,seeManual QA and Review
Check issues and if there is a need for additional improvement, reassign jobs toeither the Validator or Annotator.
(Optional) CheckAnalytics.
Export Data.