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Production management software: Bringing creative visions to life
Production management software: Bringing creative visions to life
Bridge the gap between production and creative workflows so teams can work together more efficiently.
Flow Capture software provides real-time collaboration opportunities.What is film production management?
What is film production management?
Production management in media and entertainment is the process of planning, tracking, and managing the logistics and assets of a creative project from the pre-production phases through to final delivery. It involves creating and optimizing schedules, tracking asset development and resources, assigning tasks, managing project budgets, and reviewing and approving creative content.
Production management in media and entertainment is the process of planning, tracking, and managing the logistics and assets of a creative project from the pre-production phases through to final delivery. It involves creating and optimizing schedules, tracking asset development and resources, assigning tasks, managing project budgets, and reviewing and approving creative content.
During filming, on-set crew can use production management software to stream camera footage to the cloud for review by off-site team members.What is production management software?
What is production management software?
Production management software is used by directors, producers, supervisors, post-production artists, and others to aid each stage of the film production process, from early development to final delivery. These tools can dramatically improve the organizational aspects of budgeting, scheduling, and resource management, as well as providing creative review capabilities between the on-set personnel and the off-site postproduction editors and visual effects (VFX) artists.
Autodesk’s film production management tools go even further, offering AI-powered capabilities that dynamically update production schedules and resource assignments as changes occur. They also offer real-time camera-to-cloud creative reviews with powerful annotation tools and easy remote collaboration so production and post-production teams stay aligned.
Production management software is used by directors, producers, supervisors, post-production artists, and others to aid each stage of the film production process, from early development to final delivery. These tools can dramatically improve the organizational aspects of budgeting, scheduling, and resource management, as well as providing creative review capabilities between the on-set personnel and the off-site postproduction editors and visual effects (VFX) artists.
Autodesk’s film production management tools go even further, offering AI-powered capabilities that dynamically update production schedules and resource assignments as changes occur. They also offer real-time camera-to-cloud creative reviews with powerful annotation tools and easy remote collaboration so production and post-production teams stay aligned.
Flow Production Tracking creates new, extended workflows for collaboration across the production lifecycle.Solutions for creative teams
Solutions for creative teams
Production management software like Autodesk Flow Production Tracking (formerly ShotGrid) makes it possible for studios to confidently keep pace with the dynamic nature of production. Advanced production management capabilities give teams the tools they need to track, manage, and analyze project data, media, and resources in one centralized, cloud-connected environment as they move through the pipeline.
With Autodesk Flow Capture (formerly Moxion), production teams gain a powerful, cloud-based digital dailies and review tool that streamlines collaboration. Its industry-proven tools accelerate review workflows, enabling creative teams to deliver high-quality results with timely, effective feedback. Purpose-built to meet the evolving security demands of the media and entertainment industry, Flow Capture also offers a robust suite of security features that help teams collaborate with confidence - without compromising creative agility.
Production management software like Autodesk Flow Production Tracking (formerly ShotGrid) makes it possible for studios to confidently keep pace with the dynamic nature of production. Advanced production management capabilities give teams the tools they need to track, manage, and analyze project data, media, and resources in one centralized, cloud-connected environment as they move through the pipeline.
With Autodesk Flow Capture (formerly Moxion), production teams gain a powerful, cloud-based digital dailies and review tool that streamlines collaboration. Its industry-proven tools accelerate review workflows, enabling creative teams to deliver high-quality results with timely, effective feedback. Purpose-built to meet the evolving security demands of the media and entertainment industry, Flow Capture also offers a robust suite of security features that help teams collaborate with confidence - without compromising creative agility.
Autodesk production management software
Flow Production Tracking
Flow Capture (formerly Moxion)
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Film production management software features
Film production management software features help film creators and crews to stay connected and informed with real-time access to footage, collaborative media reviews, and up-to-the-second changes to production schedules and budgets.
Film production management software features help film creators and crews to stay connected and informed with real-time access to footage, collaborative media reviews, and up-to-the-second changes to production schedules and budgets.
Advanced dailies
Advanced dailies
Camera-to-cloud technology found in film production tools like Flow Capture gives film crews access to footage immediately after shooting, and the ability to collaborate in real-time across sets and locations. This efficient global collaboration allows for swift creative decision making, reducing the need for reshoots.
Camera-to-cloud technology found in film production tools like Flow Capture gives film crews access to footage immediately after shooting, and the ability to collaborate in real-time across sets and locations. This efficient global collaboration allows for swift creative decision making, reducing the need for reshoots.
Real-time review
Real-time review
Real-time review solutions like Flow Capture Rooms enable production and post-production teams to facilitate fully synced, live review sessions for in-the-moment decision-making, or share dynamically watermarked cuts securely in the cloud to collect comments from key approvers on their own time. Rooms can be saved, re-opened, and updated for use throughout production.
Real-time review solutions like Flow Capture Rooms enable production and post-production teams to facilitate fully synced, live review sessions for in-the-moment decision-making, or share dynamically watermarked cuts securely in the cloud to collect comments from key approvers on their own time. Rooms can be saved, re-opened, and updated for use throughout production.
Real-time project tracking
Real-time project tracking
Film production management tools like Flow Production Tracking make it possible to track every step of a project—including shots, assets, and task deadlines—in real time, all from one cloud-based environment.
Film production management tools like Flow Production Tracking make it possible to track every step of a project—including shots, assets, and task deadlines—in real time, all from one cloud-based environment.
Scheduling and resource planning
Scheduling and resource planning
Flow Production Tracking offers comprehensive scheduling of every step of the film production workflow, as well as AI-powered generative scheduling that automates schedule creation based on shifting variables. The software’s resource planning tools let you dynamically allocate and adjust resources to help deliver projects on time and on budget.
Flow Production Tracking offers comprehensive scheduling of every step of the film production workflow, as well as AI-powered generative scheduling that automates schedule creation based on shifting variables. The software’s resource planning tools let you dynamically allocate and adjust resources to help deliver projects on time and on budget.
Production management software through the production process
Production management software through the production process
Production management software is used by many different people involved in film production, from producers and directors to editors and VFX supervisors.
Using tools like Flow Production Tracking and Flow Capture can significantly improve productivity throughout the stages of production. During early development, assets like scripts, storyboards, concept art, and other files are stored centrally in the cloud so that all team members can access the latest versions, share ideas, and collaborate easily.
During pre-production, these film production tools help teams create schedules and budgets, and track assets such as location scouting photos, design files, and other materials to align everyone on the most up-to-date information. Automated scheduling and budgeting tools reduce tedious manual tasks and facilitate accurate updates.
During filming, on-set crew can use film production software to stream camera footage to the cloud for review by off-site team members. This also prompts the post-production stage to begin while filming is still in progress.
Throughout filming and post-production, production tracking software can be used to manage and update schedules as changes arise, manage budgets, and track assets like different versions and shots as they move through the pipeline.
Production management software is used by many different people involved in film production, from producers and directors to editors and VFX supervisors.
Using tools like Flow Production Tracking and Flow Capture can significantly improve productivity throughout the stages of production. During early development, assets like scripts, storyboards, concept art, and other files are stored centrally in the cloud so that all team members can access the latest versions, share ideas, and collaborate easily.
During pre-production, these film production tools help teams create schedules and budgets, and track assets such as location scouting photos, design files, and other materials to align everyone on the most up-to-date information. Automated scheduling and budgeting tools reduce tedious manual tasks and facilitate accurate updates.
During filming, on-set crew can use film production software to stream camera footage to the cloud for review by off-site team members. This also prompts the post-production stage to begin while filming is still in progress.
Throughout filming and post-production, production tracking software can be used to manage and update schedules as changes arise, manage budgets, and track assets like different versions and shots as they move through the pipeline.
Benefits of production management software
Increase productivity and enhance collaboration so you can confidently deliver projects on time and on budget.
Increase productivity and enhance collaboration so you can confidently deliver projects on time and on budget.
Accelerated production
Centralize project assets and workflows in one cloud-based environment to easily track every step of the project in real time.
Centralize project assets and workflows in one cloud-based environment to easily track every step of the project in real time.
Dynamic resource planning & scheduling
With production tracking software you can easily identify where artists are overloaded or underutilized and adjust resources to optimize team performance, reduce downtime and deliver projects on time and on budget.
With production tracking software you can easily identify where artists are overloaded or underutilized and adjust resources to optimize team performance, reduce downtime and deliver projects on time and on budget.
Business continuity
Use production insights to track and visualize key production data in one centralized environment to make critical business decisions faster.
Use production insights to track and visualize key production data in one centralized environment to make critical business decisions faster.
Improved collaboration
Easily review, annotate, and iterate assets in context and in high resolution with powerful review tools to deliver the best results possible.
Easily review, annotate, and iterate assets in context and in high resolution with powerful review tools to deliver the best results possible.
Create with confidence
Stay in a creative state with seamless integrations with industry-leading content creation tools.
Stay in a creative state with seamless integrations with industry-leading content creation tools.
See how our customers use Autodesk production management software
A worldwide effort to recreate Middle Earth
A worldwide effort to recreate Middle Earth
To piece together nearly 10,000 VFX shots with live-action footage for The Rings of Power, Amazon created a custom pipeline powered by Autodesk Flow Production Tracking and Flow Capture.
To piece together nearly 10,000 VFX shots with live-action footage for The Rings of Power, Amazon created a custom pipeline powered by Autodesk Flow Production Tracking and Flow Capture.
No strings holding them back
No strings holding them back
To deliver the Oscar-winning Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Shadow Machine relied on Flow Production Tracking to keep remote teams connected and their project on track during a global pandemic.
To deliver the Oscar-winning Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Shadow Machine relied on Flow Production Tracking to keep remote teams connected and their project on track during a global pandemic.
Taking game development to the next level
Taking game development to the next level
Games studio Gearbox streamlined creative workflows and achieved significant productivity gains by integrating Flow Production Tracking with Autodesk Maya during the development of New Tales from the Borderlands.
Games studio Gearbox streamlined creative workflows and achieved significant productivity gains by integrating Flow Production Tracking with Autodesk Maya during the development of New Tales from the Borderlands.
Autodesk University learning sessions featuring Flow Production Tracking
Using project data and insights in Autodesk Flow Production Tracking
Work Smarter: Using Project Data and Insights with Flow Production Tracking
Find out how to use Flow Production Tracking’s cloud-based data management in your production. Learn how to facilitate access to data across multiple teams and locations, and how to design pages to guide decision making and gain valuable insights into project requirements and progress.
Watch sessionWork Smarter: Using Project Data and Insights with Flow Production Tracking
Find out how to use Flow Production Tracking’s cloud-based data management in your production. Learn how to facilitate access to data across multiple teams and locations, and how to design pages to guide decision making and gain valuable insights into project requirements and progress.
The power of collaboration
The power of collaboration using Flow Production Tracking
Learn how Flow Production Tracking is used in many different industries to manage production pipelines. In this video we’ll also cover how to manage production in a world where many artists are working remotely, how to save time during the review process, and how to calculate ROI.
Watch sessionThe power of collaboration using Flow Production Tracking
Learn how Flow Production Tracking is used in many different industries to manage production pipelines. In this video we’ll also cover how to manage production in a world where many artists are working remotely, how to save time during the review process, and how to calculate ROI.
Getting started with Flow Production Tracking
Getting started with Flow Production Tracking
Learn the fundamentals of using Flow Production Tracking. In this course, you’ll see how to set up an account, gain insight on how data is structured within Flow Production Tracking, learn how to navigate and customize your on-screen data, and more.Â
Learn the fundamentals of using Flow Production Tracking. In this course, you’ll see how to set up an account, gain insight on how data is structured within Flow Production Tracking, learn how to navigate and customize your on-screen data, and more.Â
Additional production management software resources
How the production team streamlines stop-motion in the big world of Tiny Chef
Join Whitney Schmerber, Art Production Supervisor at ShadowMachine, for a deep dive into how they use Flow Production Tracking and Flow Capture to streamline communications, maximize data organization and forecast into the future to flag disruptions to workflows and company capacities.
Join Whitney Schmerber, Art Production Supervisor at ShadowMachine, for a deep dive into how they use Flow Production Tracking and Flow Capture to streamline communications, maximize data organization and forecast into the future to flag disruptions to workflows and company capacities.
Learn how Untold Studios delivers world-class VFX in the cloud
See how the first fully cloud-based visual effects studio uses Flow Production Tracking to optimize production workflows to deliver award-winning projects across film, TV, and commercials.
See how the first fully cloud-based visual effects studio uses Flow Production Tracking to optimize production workflows to deliver award-winning projects across film, TV, and commercials.
How WeFX accelerated project deployment with production management software
WeFX Production Development Manager Leanna Kruse and Production Manager Lynn Sibley share how Autodesk Flow Production Tracking has transformed their creative process.
WeFX Production Development Manager Leanna Kruse and Production Manager Lynn Sibley share how Autodesk Flow Production Tracking has transformed their creative process.
The next frontier of TV and film production
Explore three Autodesk University presentations on film production that show how connected data, AI, and open standards are transforming media and entertainment. These technologies help meet tight timelines and high demands while enabling creative breakthroughs.
Explore three Autodesk University presentations on film production that show how connected data, AI, and open standards are transforming media and entertainment. These technologies help meet tight timelines and high demands while enabling creative breakthroughs.
Virtual rooms for real-time creative review
Flow Capture Rooms give production team members the opportunity to collaborate in real time. In this series of onboarding videos, walk through their use and function.
Flow Capture Rooms give production team members the opportunity to collaborate in real time. In this series of onboarding videos, walk through their use and function.
AI is coming to the film industry
Learn more about the exciting implications of adding AI to the film production workflow: repurposing or remixing existing footage, film restoration breakthroughs, and more, and how they may bring about a reckoning within the industry on the ultimate impact of AI.
Learn more about the exciting implications of adding AI to the film production workflow: repurposing or remixing existing footage, film restoration breakthroughs, and more, and how they may bring about a reckoning within the industry on the ultimate impact of AI.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs) about production management software
Production management software improves efficiency in media projects by providing project tracking and review tools that streamline complex production workflows. Production management software centralizes large amounts of project assets, data, and logistics, making it easier to track, manage, and deliver creative projects on time and on budget.
Key features of widely adopted production management software include:
Real-time project tracking for every step of production, including shots and assets
Powerful production management tools for budgeting, scheduling, and resource planning
Automation technology that reduces repetitive tasks
Data visualization of key production data to track project progress
Interoperability with industry-leading content creation software
Review tools for remote collaboration and effective feedback
Production tracking software like Flow Production Tracking (formerly ShotGrid) is easily scalable and can be used on creative projects of all sizes and levels of complexity. Flow Production Tracking also accommodates any project budget, with flexible pricing options including monthly, annual, multi-year and pay as you go.