Accelerate VFX and Animation Pipelines

Reduce the friction associated with handling large VFX and animation files, collaborating with distributed teams, and working with partners.

Use Cases for VFX and Animation

Previs Collaboration

Elevate collaboration and efficiency in VFX previsualization. Enable swift file access for artists across locations, granting quicker access and more time for creative decisions. Expedite exchanges, freeing up time for producers, directors, and art directors to focus on creativity rather than waiting.

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Motion Capture Data Delivery

Moving motion capture footage and data faster to artists enhances production and creative options, fostering efficient iteration and exploration of creative ideas. This ensures adherence to schedules and allows for ample time to refine work, resulting in higher-quality outputs.

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Virtual/Volumetric Production Pipeline

Maintain a fast and secure connection between the virtual art department and the virtual/volumetric stage. Signiant’s fast file and TPN-assessed transfers provides seamless movement of new or revised assets to the volume stage from any global location, fostering smoother transitions and greater creative options.

Automated Transfer Between Studios

Automatically connect and sync global studios and creation facilities around the world — no matter the file type or size, including FBX 3D models, motion capture data, MA/MAX animations, After Effects compositions, NUKE projects, and more. Supports any size file and folders with millions of files, common when working with frame-by-frame formats.

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Secure Content Access

Create secure self-service portals for studios to send production elements, granting granular access to partners without compromising storage security. Upon arrival, designated watch folders can automatically process the file and distribute to the right teams.

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Final VFX Distribution

Create automated distribution job profiles to expedite final deliverables to any number of recipients. This enables simultaneous, secure file deliveries across various stakeholders, complete with notifications, streamlining the entire process. By automating workflows, companies reduce manual efforts, minimizing errors and delays.

Signiant Benefits

Work Faster

  • Work Faster

    Signiant’s rule of thumb — the larger the file, the higher the bandwidth, and the greater the distance, the better the performance. Send and receive content from production houses around the world in hours — not days.

Security, Visibility & Control

  • Security, Visibility, and Control

    Safeguard against leaks and ensure timely delivery of secure media with control features like the ability to assign end-user permissions and folder access within portals so that VFX artists, animators, and clients can only access the content they need within a file directory.

Remote Work

  • Remote Work

    Allow VFX and animation artists to work wherever they choose. With a central production hub for control and visibility, studios can tap into a global pool of creative talent with a remote work model, allowing artists to produce higher-quality work from anywhere in the world.

Customized Portals

  • Customized Portals

    Set up unlimited portals that can be customized to different workflows, teams and projects, including foreign language support and branding, making it adaptable to the wide range of today’s VFX and animation businesses.

Automate Workflows

  • Automate Workflows

    Automatically move or sync data between a central production hub and VFX/animation off-shoot locations for time-critical transfers. Easily set up hot folder jobs, where any files placed can trigger an automated transfer to one or more locations.

Access Control

  • Access Control

    Add portal members, restrict permissions, control access to content, and track member activity so you always know who has access to which files. Get real-time feedback on the state of active transfers to set your mind at ease and start working on your next project.

Signiant provides a comprehensive solution to VFX and animation file challenges by offering fast file transfer capabilities, efficient management tools for organizing and tracking files, and robust security features to safeguard valuable intellectual property throughout the collaborative process. VFX and animation studios like Laika, Aardman, Crafty Apes, Cinesite, and more, trust the Signiant Platform to securely distribute their most valuable assets around the world with ease 

Trusted by the VFX & Animation industry, including:

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VFX Legion

James Hattin | Creative Director & VFX Supervisor

“Media Shuttle is a key part of our business strategy. We are going to do more larger projects, more TV shows, and we are going to push it to its limit.”

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The Signiant Platform by the Numbers

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Learn More About the Signiant Platform

The Signiant Platform builds on the foundation of our world-class fast file movement apps and adds workflow-centric production services that make working with media even more efficient.

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