As the entertainment industry battled against the onset of COVID-19 shutting down film sets worldwide, there was an unprecedented demand for animation-based entertainment. 

Thanks to the fact that digital “actors” can't spread viruses and an increase in demand for video games and other animation-based entertainment, your remote animation team likely has their hands full.

But how do you keep everyone on the same page when your team members are isolated from each other as they work remotely? Check out these tools that will help keep your remote animation team in sync.

1. Evercast

Collaboration is everything in the creative world, especially for animators. But when you’re working remotely, trying to replicate the feeling of being in an edit session or pre-production meeting together can feel clunky, glitchy, and unproductive.

If you have a remote animation team, you need Evercast to help you seamlessly collaborate from start to finish.

Here’s how Evercast can be used during every stage of your animation production:

Pre-Production

• Review sketches, storyboards, textures, and much more with HD, ultra-low latency streaming of whatever digital workspace you're working in.
• Chat face-to-face while you review the content with integrated video conferencing directly in the program.
  

Production

• Stream multiple sources of content (such as live camera feeds, shot lists, motion builders, etc.) while simultaneously video-chatting with your team.
  

Post-Production

• Securely review content and make time-stamped notes during review sessions while getting live feedback from your team.
• Record and playback edit sessions to ensure accurate revisions.

2. Slack

In a remote work world, keeping everyone in the loop and on task can be a challenge. Also, not everything requires a meeting, and email inboxes are already overcrowded. Having space where team members can message each other freely for quick answers allows for information to flow and helps get things done faster.

Slack has long been the darling of the corporate world, but remote creative teams are finding it incredibly functional to keep their team informed and organized.

Here’s how Slack can help your team stay organized:

• Organize your team members into dedicated groups depending on what elements of the project they’re working on.
• Coordinate meetings and follow up with individual team members for sidebar conversations afterward.
• Keep your team updated on changes in the production schedule, delivery dates, and other important minute-by-minute information.
• Coordinate review sessions.
• Quickly check on the status of missing elements and organize delivery.

3. Proofhub

Now, being able to communicate with each other is half the battle. Still, animation has a lot of moving parts, and it can be incredibly difficult to keep track of every little piece of the puzzle in a stream of endless messages.

That’s why Proofhub is such a useful tool for animation teams. Proofhub allows you to plan and organize projects visually and allows team members to be self-accountable by giving them access to their own personalized list of tasks and due dates.

Here’s how Proofhub can benefit your animation team:

• Encourages individual accountability by giving each team member their own dashboard with their outstanding tasks and due dates.
• Allows production managers to add, edit, and re-assign different tasks as production demands change.
• It gives a visual overview of every element that has been completed, is in progress, and is still yet to be started, so nothing falls through the cracks.