# Features > Explore stage-by-stage production, automatic file management, collaborative canvas, AI creation, frame-by-frame review and connected team workflows. Web page: https://animanager.com/features **Features** ## Every tool your production needs. Canvas, grid, timeline and review, from the first reference to the final files. ## Three views of the same work. The grid, the canvas and the timeline show the same shots and files. Nothing is copied between tools. ### Production: Tree grid and chat Shots and stages in a grid. Every stage has its own chat, like Discord. [See the tree grid](https://animanager.com/features#features-tree-grid) ### Canvas References, notes and AI generation on a shared board, like Milanote. [See the canvas](https://animanager.com/features#features-canvas) ### Timeline Who does what and when, on a Gantt chart. Replan suggests the schedule. [See the timeline](https://animanager.com/features#features-timeline) **Collaborative canvas** ## Think together. Generate in context. Put references, notes and media on one shared board. Wire them into image and video generators and keep the results next to the work. ### Generate and refine Connect references, pick a model and use a result to guide the next one. ### Work together, live The whole team works on the same canvas at once. ### Keep the whole process Group results in folders and go back to any prompt. **Reusable assets** ## Define the identity. Reuse it across the project. Save character, location or prop references as an asset and reuse it on any canvas. ### Find the right scope Browse assets from the shot, sequence, project or studio. ### Use the source again Use a reference group again without rebuilding it. **Tree Grid** ## See what is ready at a glance. Browse projects, sequences and shots in one explorer. Open any of them as a grid of stages. ### Move fast Search, filter and collapse to focus. ### Read the whole production See the status of every stage and what changed. ### Open its context Click a shot or stage to see its chat, versions and files. **Timeline & automatic planning** ## Let Animanager build the plan. You stay in control. Plan work across projects and artists. Replan suggests a schedule from estimates, dependencies and who is free. ### Keep a visible queue Unscheduled work waits in the queue. Filter by project, artist or stage. ### Review the proposal Check the changes before you apply them. ### Adjust as work changes Drag and resize bars as the work changes. **Tree · Chat · Feed** ## The update, the conversation, the files. Publish what changed with the preview and the files. The chat holds the discussion and the feed shows what is new. ### Stay with the version Each revision keeps its notes, status and media. ### Point to the work Mention teammates and link a shot or a spot on the canvas. ### Catch up quickly The feed shows activity without opening every chat. **Get files** ## Open the work with what it needs. Desktop Helper downloads the chosen revision with its files and dependencies. ### Choose the package See the files and folders before you download. ### Continue locally Keep working in your own tools. **Pipeline + Blender add-on** ## Set the inputs once. Every stage gets them. Connect stages and assets. Decide which inputs continue the scene, which are linked and which come as files. ### Build the handoff Pick Continuation, Link, Append or Get files for each input. Add approvals where needed. ### Work in Blender The add-on prepares the scene and publishes the file and preview to the stage. ### Keep the source connected The next artist opens the exact version the team discussed. **AI agents · MCP** ## Your AI assistant, inside the production. Connect Claude, Codex or another MCP assistant through Desktop Helper. It organises references and works on the canvas, with your permissions. ### Build a reference board “Create a folder for each location and bring the matching asset references onto the canvas.” ### Explore shot ideas “Use this character reference to generate three directions for each shot and leave the results together.” ### Automate the repetition It creates nodes, connects inputs and follows the results. [See the MCP page](https://animanager.com/mcp) **Editor & dynamic sources** ## Your production, already in the edit. Build the sequence from a space or collection. Dynamic sources follow new revisions, so you never rebuild a clip. ### Bring in the media Add shots and clips from the source panel. ### Follow the latest work A clip can follow the latest revision or stay on one. ### Create shots in bulk Mark the edit and create the shots with their names and pipeline. **Frame-by-frame review** ## Point to the frame. Make the next pass clear. Draw on the image or the exact video frame. The notes stay on the revision. ### Draw the correction Strokes, shapes and text on the media. ### Review with the client Send a link so the client comments on the real version. ### Follow the next pass Go back to earlier versions and their notes. **Remote collaboration** ## Stay close, wherever the team is. See who is online and what they are working on. ### Work across languages Messages are translated between the studio's two languages. The original stays. ### Find the right person See what each teammate has open. ### Share work in progress Share your Blender session and snapshots with the team. ## Available on request We switch these on for a studio when it asks. ### Render farm Send renders from Blender to your own machines and get the frames back on the stage. [Ask us](https://animanager.com/support) ### Finances Payroll, invoices, project costs and profit reports. [Ask us](https://animanager.com/support) ### Publisher Plan social posts on a calendar and send them to Buffer. [Ask us](https://animanager.com/support)