ShotGrid is aproject management software owned byAutodesk. ShotGrid is primarily used for visual effects and animation project management in television shows and movie production and video game development.
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Original author(s) | Shotgun Software |
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Developer(s) | Autodesk, Inc. |
Initial release | 2009; 16 years ago (2009) |
Written in | Ruby on Rails,JavaScript,Python |
Type | Project management |
Website | www |
ShotGrid Software was originally founded as Shotgun Software, by Don Parker and Isaac Reuben in 2006. They created it to build a project management tool forDisney'sThe Wild. Originally, the product focused primarily on production tracking and later added more functionalities.[1][2]
The first version of Shotgun was released privately two weeks after the first code was written. Shotgun then spent three and a half years in private beta. The product was launched publicly in 2009 atSIGGRAPH.[1]
In June 2014, Shotgun was acquired byAutodesk.[3]
In 2017, Shotgun won anEngineering Emmy.[4]
In February 2020, Don Parker announced Sarah Hodges would be taking over as head of Shotgun.[5]
In February 2021, Don Parker and four other Shotgun employees were awardedSci-Tech Oscars for the development of Shotgun in theTechnical Achievement category.[6]
In June 2021, Autodesk changed the name of the software to ShotGrid.[7]
In March 2024, Autodesk changed the name again of the software to Flow Production Tracking.[8]
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