ShotGrid - Pipeline - Start here!

If you're new to the Netherlands Filmacademy and new to the VFX industry in general you might be wonderwondering a few things:

• What is ShotGrid and why are the third and fourth years mentioning it so much?
• Everybody keeps using the word pipeline, but what does that even mean??
• How do ShotGrid and our pipeline relate to each other?

What is ShotGrid?

ShotGrid is a product owned by Autodesk that makes the whole process of VFX production much more streamlined. It's a combination of planning tools, review tools and software integrations that makes working on large projects much easier. In your first and second year at the Filmacademy you likely won't need it, as it only becomes truly useful on larger projects. The planning and review tools are available on our ShotGrid website: nfa.shotgunstudio.com. The software integrations are available when you launch programs through the ShotGrid launcher (see this page). 

ShotGrid was recently renamed to Flow Production Tracking. Nobody calls it that. It used to be called ShotGun, so some people might still call it that.