“We could not have delivered The Tale of Despereaux, our first animated feature, without Shotgun. It enabled us to manage a large and complex show with a small production staff on a very tight schedule.”

David Lipman, Managing Partner
Framestore Animation

“To say that Shotgun has revolutionized how we run projects is an understatement.”

Didier Elzinga, CEO
Rising Sun Pictures

“These guys truly ‘get it’.”

Eben Ostby, Vice President for Software Tools
Pixar

“Digital Domain has adopted Shotgun across all of our feature productions to manage crews and shot, task, and asset information. The system's performance is fast, release cycles are fast, and support has been fantastic. These guys have a great understanding of the film and animation workflow and they're really responsive to our feature requests.”

Ryan Mayeda, Technology Project Manager
Digital Domain

“Over the years I have seen many systems that try to bring together the myriad sources of information that production require to keep on top of large feature projects. None of them have ever come close to the openness and flexibility of Shotgun. It is way more flexible than all the others and has the ability to give you the power over your information, rather than be a slave to it. Shotgun not only allows you to keep on top of your information but also allows you to get ahead of it, with deep integration into your asset management and related IT systems for more automation of information updating.

None of this would be possible without the awesome team at Shotgun Software, they all have a huge amount of production experience and are very aware of today's production demands, and have turned that into a very practical system. They have integrated into our facility and pipeline as part of the team and have continued to deliver an outstanding amount of support and service to our team throughout. The attention to detail and ability to turn out requested features and enhancements, I believe, is beyond the level of any other technology partner in their field today.”

Brett Feeney, Head of Production
Dr. D Studios

“At HALON our mantra is to work fast, be flexible and disseminate information to the people who need it. Shotgun gives us secure access to all of our data no matter where in the world we happen to be, allows us to manage and display it any way we need and disseminates that information to the right people immediately and with no fuss. For HALON Shotgun is the ultimate in cloud based production trackers and has changed the way we do business.” 

Daniel D. Gregoire, CEO, Previsualization Director
HALON Entertainment

“Shot tracking is a core need for any VFX studio, and the team at Shotgun Software have built a tool that manages to be extremely powerful yet remain completely flexible. We've managed to integrate it into our pipeline with minimal effort and without completely changing the way we work. It's a pleasure to use, and the support team is very responsive and helpful.” 

Marc Horsfield, FX Supervisor
Black Ginger

“At LAIKA, the use of Shotgun started small, but thanks to its flexible design and ability to easily integrate with our pipeline, Shotgun has grown to be one of our core tools. Department after department ask to use Shotgun once they see what it can do.

Shotgun isn't just a great technology; the Shotgun team also provides terrific customer service. They understand the demands of production and have the ability to quickly deliver usable features. It continues to be a pleasure working with them.”

Rob Blau
Laika

“Shotgun is THE most important aspect of our infrastructure.  It is the glue that keeps our place running.  Prior to shotgun we were utilizing a variety of applications and scripts to keep track of productions, assets, and personnel.  Shotgun's open architecture and ease of use has allowed us to aggregate all those things from both our New York and Los Angeles offices into a centralized location and has resulted in a significant increase in productivity and efficiency.  We can now focus our full efforts on our core business (producing high quality and creative visual effects) knowing full well Shotgun will take care of the rest.  Shotgun is absolutely dazzling and you will not find a more knowledgeable, intelligent, and expeditious support team anywhere.  Shotgun will become the de facto standard for running a visual effects facility.”

Michael Oliver, Director of Technology and Senior Systems Engineer
Look Effects, Inc.

“Clean, efficient UI, a place to track every last bit of production data. As a new studio, we wouldn't have been able to ramp up our pipeline in time without Shotgun.”

Mark Visser, Software Director
Lumière VFX

“Rainmaker is using Shotgun to centralize the management of tasks, assignments and statuses for shots and assets so that the information is available to everyone at all times. It's flexible and easy to customize, and has become the information hub for all our productions. We've put Shotgun through its paces and we're very pleased with it.”

Tony Pelle, Director of Technology
Rainmaker Entertainment

“Shotgun represents an integral step in the future of how a digital company conducts its day to day business. The ability to coordinate a scattered team is central to how we see ourselves continuing to lean on Shotgun.  And the ability to tailor it to the needs of any project is central to how we use it.  I have no doubt that Shotgun will be a cornerstone of how we do business for many years to come.”

Dan Schmit, DP / Senior FX  Supervisor
Engine Room

‘Hooray for Shotgun! After trying out a few solutions for our animation production needs, we decided on Shotgun, and it has become a valuable part of our everyday workflow. From Production Staff to Artists, we are finding the software easy to navigate and customize for our specific tasks. As a growing studio, it was important for us to have something that was straightforward to use, yet robust enough to handle a TV series schedule. Shotgun has been integral in keeping the production on track and the departments together as a cohesive unit. And they are great, supportive guys to work with too!”

Nicole Stinn, President
Nitrogen Studios

“The Shotgun crew has done excellent work in the design of their system. We seriously considered several options for our studio before settling on an in-house installation of Shotgun.  It is very easy to maintain and back-up, and I like the idea of running both a live and a staging instance to test things on. None of their competition offered this option.

The technical support is excellent; in fact, the longest we have ever waited was 6 hours and the reply is always  “It is fixed. This was the problem. Let us know if there are any other issues.

I can't recommend this enough.”

Dane Allan Smith, Producer
Snoot Entertainment

“Shotgun is a key component in our studio pipeline that has enabled us to scale our operations towards meeting the demanding needs of our clients. It helps us to maintain organized simplicity and sanity in tracking and managing our concurrent productions. The Shotgun team is of high caliber and they have gone above and beyond to respond to our needs in a timely manner.”

Sanjay Das, CTO
Tippett Studio

“Shotgun has changed the way our company does business. Initially we deployed Shotgun as a replacement for our existing, aging pipeline. Its user interface is smart and sophisticated, and its API for custom development is very mature and robust. Shotgun has provided the tools necessary to break the typical barriers of inter-company communication found in our industry.

Upon deployment, we quickly realized its potential, and have since developed custom tools for many other aspects of our business - from bidding and scheduling to version notes and render management. Every single employee in our company interacts with Shotgun every day in a way that positively effects our studio's ability to be more effective at providing the best possible product to our clients.

The Shotgun team has provided an exceptional product with exceptional support and responsiveness. Using Shotgun gives us the ability to focus on the finer details of production management and pipeline development. Hands down this is an amazing tool.”

Mike Romey, Pipeline Supervisor
Zoic Studios

“Aardman Animation are embarking on our most ambitious Stop Frame feature ever and we’ll be looking to Shotgun to help us manage the Pre-Viz and delivery of over 1,000 VFX shots.”

Ben Lock, VFX Producer
Aardman Animation