Stage-by-stage grid
Shots in rows, stages in columns. Status, files and chat live on each stage.
Animanager Production
Know where every shot stands.
Stages, files, chat and review live on the shot. Follow one fictional short, "Greenhouse", from plan to delivery.
One shot, everything attached.
Work files
Desktop Helper brings each artist the right files and publishes them back.
Chat on every shot
Every shot and stage has its own conversation.
Frame-by-frame review
Draw on the frame, compare versions and send clients a link. Guests never need a seat.
Timeline and estimates
Assign the work and get estimates from similar finished work.
Live snapshots, render farm on request
See each artist's Blender window, updated every minute. The render farm is available on request.
Follow one shot.
Illustrations of the real interface, with the fictional short "Greenhouse". Everything runs in the browser except work files, which Desktop Helper brings to your computer.
Step 1 · Pipeline
Set up the stages once.
List the stages a shot goes through and how they connect. They become the columns of your grid.
Name the stages
Storyboard, layout, animation, lighting, comp. Add or remove what you need.
Connect them
A stage feeds the next one with what it publishes.
Reuse it
Save the pipeline for the next sequence or project.
Step 2 · Tree Grid
See the whole production in one grid.
Shots are rows, stages are columns and every dot is a status. Open the work from its cell.
Read the state at a glance
Grey is not started, blue in progress, purple in review, green done.
Notice what moved
Badges mark the stages with new activity.
Open the context
Click a shot or stage to see its chat, versions and files.
Step 3 · Timeline
Plan the people and the hours.
Assign stages to artists and set estimates. The plan follows the grid, not a spreadsheet.
Assign and estimate
Drag a stage onto an artist and set the hours. Estimates can come from similar work.
Keep a queue
Unassigned stages wait in a queue the whole team can see.
Track the time
Artists log time on their revisions, next to the estimate.
Step 4 · Work files
Open the work with everything it needs.
A revision keeps the work file and everything it uses. Desktop Helper brings it to the artist, and the Blender add-on publishes the next one.
Get files
One click brings the file, rigs, libraries and textures.
Publish from Blender
Publish from Blender with the preview and the time spent.
Nothing lost
Older revisions stay on the shot with their files.
Step 5 · Chat in context
Talk where the work is.
Every shot and stage has its own chat. Approvals, questions and new versions stay next to the work.
Revision cards
Each new version appears in the chat with its files and preview.
Approvals in place
The lead answers on the stage. The next artist reads it first.
Translation
Messages show a translation and keep the original.
Step 6 · Review
Review frame by frame.
Draw on the frame and compare it with the last version. Clients leave notes through a link, without a seat.
Frame-accurate notes
Notes stay on the exact frame, ready for the next version.
Compare versions
See two versions side by side.
Client links
Protect them with a password and an expiry date.
SH060 Sunrise under review: a six-second take from the fictional short.
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Step 7 · Live and delivery
Watch the work. Deliver from the project.
See each artist's Blender window, updated every minute, and deliver approved work from the project. The render farm is available on request.
Render farm, on request
Send frames to your own machines and follow them on the stage. Available on request.
Live snapshots
A capture of each artist's Blender window, every minute.
Deliver from the project
Approved versions are already in the project. Just share them.
And a canvas for the creative work
Moodboards, references and boards on a canvas for each shot.
AI generation there is optional and paid per use.
How studios use it
By type of production
By workflow
One price per seat.
Pay monthly or yearly. Review guests are free. AI is paid per use with token packs.
Free
€0/ month
For one person. Every tool Pro has, on a small project of your own, at no cost.
- 1 artist · 1 GB storage
- Grid, files, chat, canvas, review and timeline
- 1 project, 2 spaces and 50 items
- Up to 2 Free studios per person
- Review guests never need a seat
- 100 welcome AI tokens, once per person
- Buy token packs and generate as much as you need
- Move to Pro when your team joins
Pro
€29/ seat / month
Everything Animanager does, for the whole team.
- 250 GB per seat, pooled across the studio
- Unlimited projects, spaces and items
- Grid, files, chat, canvas, review and timeline
- Blender add-on and live activity snapshots
- Message translation for international teams
- Review guests never need a seat
- AI paid per use, with token packs
- Render farm, finances and Publisher on request
Enterprise
Let's talk
Scope, rollout and terms agreed with your studio.
- Everything in Pro
- Dedicated team onboarding
- Custom branding and feature requirements
- Security review and procurement support
- SSO, watermarked review links and audit log on request
- Seats, storage and support by agreement
Extra storage, per month
Pro only. A fixed price per terabyte and month, as many as you need.
Each additional 1 TB
€30Pro only: the Free plan keeps its storage limit. Fixed price per block, not metered. Add or remove blocks in Billing whenever you need, charged with your subscription.