AnimanagerUser guide

Plan, produce, create with AI, review and deliver, in one place for the whole studio.

Quick start

Core concepts

Plan

Set up stages and workflows, plan the team on the Timeline, log time and follow hours and costs.

Produce

Organize projects and shots, publish revisions, work on files locally and in Blender, and render on your own machines.

Create with AI

Generate images and video on the canvas, reuse assets and follow the cost in tokens.

Review and deliver

Review shots frame by frame, invite clients, cut an edit and share files by link.

AI agents

Connect Claude, Codex or another MCP client and let it work on your production.

Administer

Create a studio, invite people, set roles and modules, and manage the plan.

How this guide is organized

Get started: the quick start, the core concepts, how to move around the app, and a tour for producers, artists and clients.
How-to: one page per task, grouped by the stage of the work: plan, produce, create with AI, review and deliver, AI agents and administer.
Reference: lists to look things up. The tools, models and permissions are made from the app itself, so they change when the app changes: the MCP tools, the AI models and their token costs, the permissions, statuses and stage types, keyboard shortcuts, files and system requirements and a glossary.
Help: troubleshooting, the FAQ, what's new and how to contact support.

Use the search at the top to find a task or a label you see in the app. Click any image to enlarge it.

Where to start

New to Animanager? Follow the quick start, then read the core concepts.
Running a production? Start with For producers.
Making the work? Start with For artists.
Reviewing for a studio? Read For clients and reviewers. You don't need an account.
Got files from a studio? Read Download files a studio shared with you.
Connecting an AI agent? Read Connect Claude, Codex or another MCP client.

Something you read here isn't in your app? What you see depends on your studio's modules and your permissions: see Core concepts.

You can open this guide from Animanager at any time: User guide in the profile menu, or the Guide links next to settings, the pipeline editor, the Farm, the Timeline and other screens.

Guide conventions

UI labels are written in bold.
Paths use Studio → Project → Space → Item → Stage.
Right-click also means the context-menu gesture on supported trackpads.
Ctrl/⌘ means Ctrl on Windows and Command on macOS.
Examples use the Greenhouse short film of a fictional studio. Use your studio's real names and workflow.