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Modernizing Your Creative Studio: Say Goodbye to In-House Tools and Spreadsheets

Typically, studios may be using in-house tools or spreadsheets for managing their operations, projects and teams. In 2023, it does not need to be like this. Projectal transforms and modernizes a studios operations and workflow.

February 16, 2023

Organize Your Data Effortlessly: The Power of Tagging

Start using tags in Projectal to categorize your projects, tasks, staff, departments and resources for quick recall.

January 27, 2023

Projectal Release Notes: Version 3.1 Changelog

Projectal version 3.1 has over 65 new improvements and fixes, including LDAP and AD support.

December 2, 2022

Feature Showcase Video: Projectal 3.0

Take a look at the top new features in Projectal 3.0, and learn how they will improve your bidding, budgeting, planning, scheduling, reporting and staff management.

November 11, 2022

Projectal Release Notes: Version 3.0 Changelog

We are excited to announce Projectal version 3.0, which includes a slew of new features to help you better manage your projects, departments, locations, and staff pool.

September 29, 2022

Connector Spotlight: ShotGrid

Synchronize your Projectal data in real-time with ShotGrid, a premier tool from Autodesk for tracking and managing assets during production.

August 9, 2022

Connector Spotlight: ftrack

Real-time syncing between Projectal and ftrack, a leading task management and asset management tool.

July 20, 2022

Studios: Get Your Team on the Same Page

Projectal's dashboards, reports and saved views get your entire team on the same page and working off the same real-time data.

June 26, 2022

Connector Spotlight: BambooHR

Seamless integration between Projectal and BambooHR, a leading HR software tool.

June 13, 2022

Projectal Release Notes: Version 2.1 Changelog

Projectal version 2.1 has over 40 new improvements and fixes, including API and Python Client Library updates.

June 7, 2022

Feature Focus Video: Staff Usage

Projectal's Staff Usage features help you manage your staff, departments and locations. If your studio needs to get better at managing your staff pool, then Projectal has the answers.

May 24, 2022

Projectal Release Notes: Version 2.0 Changelog

Projectal version 2.0 is a major new release that offers offering exciting new features that will help studios better understand their current and future capacity & loads across their staff pool, departments and locations.

May 12, 2022

Projectal in the News: Animation Magazine Article

Projectal was recently featured in this Animation Magazine article: "AI Has Finally Arrived in Animation Studios."

May 2, 2022

Secure Access via Single Sign-On (SSO)

Projectal has added Single Sign-On (SSO) features to let users log in via a single email address or identity. SSO enables users of Projectal to securely log in and authenticate using a preferred Identity Provider (IDP).

April 25, 2022

Projectal in the News: befores & afters Article

Projectal was recently featured in this befores & afters article: "A new way to run your VFX or animation business has arrived."

April 20, 2022

Skills Matching: The Smart Way to Manage Your Artist Pool

As your artist pool grows, it becomes increasingly difficult to manage task assignments. Who is the best artist for the job? Are they available when it needs to be done? Projectal’s AI-based skills matching can answer these questions for you.

March 25, 2022

Manage VFX and Animation Tax Incentives with Projectal

VFX and Animation studios know that tax incentives can make a big difference to the bottom line. But managing those rebates can be a challenge. That's where Projectal comes in.

March 17, 2022

Projectal Release Notes: Version 1.8 Changelog

Projectal version 1.8 ships with over 50 new improvements and fixes, including enhancements to the importing engine for ingesting client bid documents.

February 24, 2022

Slice and Dice Your Studio Data with Projectal

Projectal features an intuitive visual query builder allowing you to drill into project data and create Data Views for your specific role within the studio.

February 16, 2022

Projectal Release Notes: Version 1.7 Changelog

A major new feature of Projectal version 1.7 is a Python client library, allowing developers to write Python-based apps that talk directly with Projectal. This gives developers immense freedom to access all data points in Projectal and to integrate Projectal with their workflow.

February 8, 2022

Quick tip: Import Data from a Spreadsheet

Projectal allows you to import data from a spreadsheet for nearly all the entities on the Management screen. In this example, we will import employee data.

January 28, 2022

Getting Started: The Management Screen

The Management screen in Projectal is where you maintain all the entities that make up your Projectal installation - the building blocks. This includes your company details, along with departments, staff, customers, projects and more.

January 15, 2022

Are Your Projects Profitable? Projectal has the Insights

Projectal keeps track of your planned and actual costs (in both gross and net form, with or without rebates applied) from the shot, task, asset, or sequence levels, all the way up to the project level.

December 22, 2021

Projectal Release Notes: Version 1.6 Changelog

Projectal version 1.6 is a major release containing over 200 new features, improvements, and fixes as requested by our customers.

December 16, 2021