Introduction

Animan is a web app that helps studios manage the production of broadcast animation.

Animan works with its companion software Renderman to help facilitate the animation production pipeline from storyboard to 4k render, including user management and detailed reports.

Features

1. Online and Offline Rendering
2. Work Statistics and Quota System
3. Workflow Management
4. Team Management, Messaging, and Logging
5. Revisions
6. Workfile Version Control and Backup

If you are a Member, you can

• View Resources that are assigned to you, and check out the file to work on.
• View and download references for the Resource that you are working on.
• Check in your revisied file for its preview to be rendered by Renderman.
• Advance the Resource to its next stage next stage for review by the Supervisor.

If you are a Supervisor, you can

• Manage Resource categories.
• Add, edit, and remove Resources and Shots.
• Add references to Resources and Shots.
• Assign work to Members.
• Review work and advance a Resource to the next stage or request revisions.
• Give Notes when assigning work and requesting revisions.

If you are an Admin, you can

• Add Members to your Studio, and manage users' privileges.
• Create a Show.
• Upload a Cut-Up animatic to create an Episode and its Shots.
• Ask Renderman to render Online and Offline quality Shots.
• Track work progress by Member, Category, or Episode.

If you are a Client, you can

• View Shots and Resources.
• NOT view Episode progress or Show statistics.
• NOT view Show Notes.
• NOT view Quota.

General Workflow

1. An Admin user creates a Show, uploads an animatic, assigns roles to other users, and assigns those users to Shows.
2. Supervisors create and assign Resources to Members.
3. Each Resource has a series of stages of work and approval in order to reach completion.
4. Members advance a Resource to the revision stage by assigning the Resource back to the Supervisor for review.
5. In the review stage, Supervisors approve the work done on a Resource and advance it to the next work stage if applicable or instead make notes and assign the Resource back to the Member for revision.
6. The Resource progresses through these stages until it is complete.
7. Throughout this process, Animan sends new versions of Resources to Renderman so the image and video previews use the most up-to-date resources.