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Imagine a world where your creative workflow actually, you know, flows. Freely. Openly. Collaboratively. Imagine a production pipeline that presents creative solutions rather than obstacles. Imagine creative energy unimpeded by process. That’s our mission. Autodesk Flow will get us there.
Autodesk is on a mission to move the industry forward by breaking down the barriers to creative flow one by one.
Creativity requires freedom. Whether you’re a director, artist, editor or producer — bringing your dreams to life means eliminating the barriers that stand in your way. Autodesk Flow, the industry cloud for media and entertainment, built on Autodesk’s Design and Make Platform, lays the foundation for that freedom. Today is just the beginning.
STEP 1
Autodesk Flow is a new way of working that will move the entire industry forward, and we want to bring as many people as we can on the journey with us. It’s happening, right now.
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STEP 2
Autodesk Flow’s shared industry cloud will allow for more efficient collaboration between teams and studios by creating stronger connections between previously siloed parts of the pipeline. Saving everyone time, money, and headaches.
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STEP 3
Every production is a learning experience. Autodesk Flow makes those learnings smarter, leveraging data to provide you with fresh insights, so each new experience, whether it’s a current or future project, will run smoother than the last.
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STEP 4
Built on a common data environment to streamline sharing of asset data from one application to another, both Autodesk and 3rd party, Flow takes a first-of-its-kind approach to putting the right asset data, in the right hands, right on time.
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STEP 5
Break free from existing tool restrictions and layer on your own special brand of creativity. Autodesk Flow’s open ecosystem will make it easier to build, and even monetize, your own APIs to achieve your vision.
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DESTINATION
Imagine what your team could accomplish without any barriers standing in the way of their creative flow state? That’s what we’re aiming for. Autodesk Flow will get us there.
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As we work toward a more streamlined creative future with Flow, we’ll be making some changes, and our first two are effective right now. Moxion has been renamed Flow Capture and ShotGrid is now Flow Production Tracking.
Creative project management software for tracking every step of a project through the pipeline.
It’s a sign of all the good things to come on the journey to Flow. For the moment, those who know and love ShotGrid and Moxion will continue to enjoy the full range of capabilities you’ve come to expect — with a few new features to look forward to. Now Flow Capture customers get to experience a new, more intuitive UI and Avid Media Composer integration. And in the near future, Flow Production Tracking customers will get new AI-assisted scheduling capabilities.
Once Flow Production Tracking and Flow Capture are fully connected to the industry cloud, that’s where Flow really starts to shine. Breaking down barriers between previously siloed workflows means everyone will be able to work better together.
As a first step on our journey to a more streamlined creative future, we’re breaking down the barriers to collaboration throughout the production pipeline. Flow Production Tracking and Flow Capture bridge the gap between dispersed production and visual effects workflows, so teams and studios can collaborate more efficiently.
Imagine a world where artists can easily see what other artists are working on. A world where they never have to leave their creative tool. A world where unnecessary distractions are a thing of the past. Flow unlocks new creative capabilities, like Animating in Context, that help teams stay in their creative flow state doing their best work.
Hear how Technicolor Group is using Animating in Context to help artists make creative decisions faster and stay focused on their work.
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We know your pipelines are complex and you rely on a variety of third-party and custom solutions to bring your productions to life. That’s why - at its core - Flow is open and extensible, allowing you to build on top of your favorite tools in fast and flexible ways. With the Flow Graph Engine API, you'll be able to develop your own capabilities to fit your studio's unique needs and workflows.
See how DigitalFish built an XR service with the Flow Graph Engine API to enable live-action virtual production on-set.
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MovieLabs’ CEO Richard Berger speaks with Autodesk's Matt Sivertson about how Autodesk is embracing the MovieLabs 2030 Vision and building Flow with data interoperability front and center.
AI, open standards, and the cloud are disrupting the content production landscape. With this increasing complexity, today’s productions demand that directors, artists, editors, producers, and other stakeholders have seamless access to updated project data and a powerful ecosystem of connected tools, enabling real-time global collaboration.
We’re excited to kick off this mission in service of unbridled creativity, and even more excited for you to join us. Sign up for email updates to get an insider's view of what’s happening behind the scenes.
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Autodesk Flow is the industry cloud for media and entertainment built on Autodesk’s Design and Make Platform. It connects workflows, data, and teams across the entire production lifecycle from earliest concept to final delivery. With open standards and an open ecosystem laying the foundation, Flow connects every tool in your pipeline, bringing data together seamlessly and accelerating project delivery.
To connect siloed data through the entire production lifecycle, we’re building Flow with three core principles in mind:
Flow Production Tracking (formerly ShotGrid) and Flow Capture (formerly Moxion) are the first Autodesk products integrated with Flow, creating new, extended workflows for collaboration across the production lifecycle. Enabled by open standards, Flow will allow our existing content creation tools, starting with Maya, and third-party tools like SideFX’s Houdini and Avid Media Composer, to plug into an open ecosystem.
Autodesk Flow is part of the Autodesk Platform, which consists of three industry clouds and a set of common, cloud-based services. In addition to Autodesk Flow, the Autodesk Platform includes industry clouds for manufacturing (Autodesk Fusion) and architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (Autodesk Forma). Autodesk Platform Services offers APIs and services to help visualize and optimize data, build end-to-end custom workflows, and connect processes, applications, and enterprise software.
Customers will be able to request early access to Flow starting in January 2024. Wider availability is anticipated for later in the year, though timing is subject to change.
