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Imagine a world where your creative process moves freely. Openly. Collaboratively. Where your production pipeline offers solutions - not roadblocks. Where creative energy isn’t slowed down by red tape, bottlenecks, or busywork. That’s the reality we’re building with Autodesk Flow.
Autodesk is on a mission to move the industry forward - removing barriers to creativity, one step at a time.
Creativity requires freedom. Whether you’re a director, artist, editor or producer — bringing your dreams to life means eliminating the barriers that stand in your way. Autodesk Flow, the industry cloud for media and entertainment, built on Autodesk’s Design and Make Platform, lays the foundation for that freedom. Today is just the beginning.
STEP 1
Autodesk Flow is a new way of working that will move the entire industry forward, and we want to bring as many people as we can on the journey with us. It’s happening, right now.
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STEP 2
Autodesk Flow’s shared industry cloud allows for more efficient collaboration between teams and studios by creating stronger connections between previously siloed parts of the pipeline. Saving everyone time, money, and headaches.
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STEP 3
Every production is a learning experience. Autodesk Flow makes those learnings smarter, leveraging data to provide you with fresh insights, so each new experience, whether it’s a current or future project, will run smoother than the last.
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STEP 4
Built on a common data environment to streamline sharing of asset data from one application to another, both Autodesk and 3rd party, Flow takes a first-of-its-kind approach to putting the right asset data, in the right hands, right on time.
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STEP 5
Break free from existing tool restrictions and layer on your own special brand of creativity. Autodesk Flow’s open ecosystem will make it easier to build, and even monetize, your own APIs to achieve your vision.
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DESTINATION
Imagine what your team could accomplish without any barriers standing in the way of their creativity? Autodesk Flow clears the way for you to focus on what you do best - telling great stories.
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Explore solutions for cloud-based review, production tracking, and content creation.
Secure, cloud-based dailies and review software that connects production and post-production.
Creative project management software for tracking every step of a project through the pipeline.
AI-powered 3D toolset that transforms live-action footage into editable CG scenes — no complex setup required.
AI-powered tool for creating resource-optimized and balanced schedules in a fraction of the time.
Flow unlocks new creative capabilities, like Flow Animating in Context, that help teams make creative decisions faster and stay focused on their craft.
Flow Animating in Context integrates Flow Production Tracking with Maya, bringing editorial cuts directly into the artist's workspace. Artists can view surrounding shots, scrub through scenes, and switch between pipeline steps - like layout, animation, and FX - at both the cut and shot level to stay aligned and improve continuity.
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Flow Retopology helps modelers stay focused on creative work by offloading retopology jobs to the cloud. Artists can continue working in Maya or 3ds Max while mesh operations are processed remotely, freeing up local resources and reducing downtime.
The tool functions just like 3ds Max and Maya's Retopology tools - simplifying complex geometry to make it easier to work with, while enabling simultaneous workflows. Whether refining high-resolution meshes or preparing assets for animation, Flow Retopology streamlines the process so artists can deliver professional results faster.
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We know your pipelines are complex and you rely on a variety of third-party and custom solutions to bring your productions to life. That’s why - at its core - Flow is open and extensible, allowing you to build on top of your favorite tools in fast and flexible ways. With the Flow Graph Engine API, you'll be able to develop your own capabilities to fit your studio's unique needs and workflows.
See how DigitalFish built an XR service with the Flow Graph Engine API to enable live-action virtual production on-set.
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Flow Wedging in Bifrost for Maya gives FX artists the freedom to iterate faster by offloading compute-heavy simulations to the cloud. Artists can test multiple variations of a simulation - each with different parameters - at the same time, without tying up their local machines. This means less waiting, more exploring, and faster creative decisions.
MovieLabs’ CEO Richard Berger speaks with Autodesk's Matt Sivertson about how Autodesk is embracing the MovieLabs 2030 Vision and building Flow with data interoperability front and center.
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Autodesk Flow is the industry cloud for media and entertainment built on Autodesk’s Design and Make Platform. It connects workflows, data, and teams across the entire production lifecycle from earliest concept to final delivery. With open standards and an open ecosystem laying the foundation, Flow connects every tool in your pipeline, bringing data together seamlessly and accelerating project delivery.
Autodesk Flow is part of the Autodesk Platform, which consists of three industry clouds and a set of common, cloud-based services. In addition to Autodesk Flow, the Autodesk Platform includes industry clouds for manufacturing (Autodesk Fusion) and architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (Autodesk Forma). Autodesk Platform Services offers APIs and services to help visualize and optimize data, build end-to-end custom workflows, and connect processes, applications, and enterprise software.
Flow is built for studios of all sizes working in production, visual effects, and animation. It supports both technical decision-makers and creative teams, with tools that improve collaboration, efficiency, and creative output.
Autodesk Flow supports key workflows that help studios streamline production and enhance creativity. Teams can track shots and assets with Flow Production Tracking, review footage instantly using Flow Capture, and quickly build adaptive schedules with Flow Generative Scheduling. Artists can offload retopology tasks to the cloud with Flow Retopology, explore FX simulations in parallel using Flow Wedging, and view editorial cuts directly in Maya with Flow Animating in Context. Developers can also build custom cloud-based services with the Flow Graph Engine API to automate and scale effects and simulation workflows.
Yes. Flow is built on an open ecosystem and extensible architecture, allowing studios to integrate third-party and custom tools into their pipeline.
