Welcome to our new update about the CGWire company and Kitsu! This post will teach you everything we did during the past three months.
Kitsu
1 - Cross-production statistics
We added the capability to check project progress from the project list page to facilitate the management of multiple projects.
2 - Day-off Management
Artists can now add their days off from their to-do list page. This is reflected in your schedules for better load management.
3 - Multiple Studios
You can now link people to different sites or studios. The main Kitsu pages can now be filtered for a given studio.
4 - Entity Chats
Running discussions around assets or shots right into Kitsu is now possible. You can have casual conversations without impacting the task status.
5 - Shared Filters
You can share your filters to make your team's onboarding easier. They will have prepared views on a project.
Infrastructure
We added the capability to synchronize ongoing data between two different Kitsu instances. It required some additional configuration on the hosting infrastructure side. If you are interested in this kind of setup, let us know.
Events
We participated in the Annecy MIFA event. We received positive feedback and met new leads for Kitsu hosting. We noticed that the industry is still super active, and everyone is doing their best to make it thrive again.
Finance
Our cash balance is in good shape. While the market seems to be recovering, we have expanded into new industries (video games, commercials) and continued working with several active 2D studios, such as Fost or Madlab.
To secure things further, we applied for and received two grants. They will allow us to keep adding features to Kitsu regularly while doing our sales and marketing efforts.
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Communication
We made several ads in the main magazines distributed during the Annecy MIFA: Animation Magazine, European Animation Magazine, and Écran Total. The Annecy MIFA is one of the year's most important events, so we made sure to have the best coverage while having one of the major booths in the technology section.
On a different note, we decided to post our changelogs on Twitter/X. It's easier to follow news on this platform than on Canny.
Studios and productions
During the last 3 months, we have had several newcomers. It's exciting to see the project expanding in other areas than animation. Find the list below:
Pole Nord - https://www.polenord.studio/
Creative Seeds - https://creativeseeds.fr/
Impossible Objects - https://www.impossible-objects.co/
Factory Fifteen - https://factoryfifteen.com/
Remembers - https://remembers.fr/
Atelier VFX - http://ateliervfx.com/
Amopix - http://amopix.com/
To conclude
Thank you for reading! Feel free to ask any questions. During the upcoming months, we will work on the Vue 3 migration (underlying framework used by Kitsu) and advanced scheduling, among other upcoming features. Let us know if you have specific needs you would like to see addressed in Kitsu!
