Getting Started

Creating an account

Navigate to studiocolor.io and click Get Started. You can sign up with an email and password or use Google OAuth for one-click access. Either method gives you full access to the platform.

• Email signup: Enter your email and a password. You’ll receive a confirmation email — click the link to verify your account before you can sign in.
• Google OAuth: Click Continue with Google, select your Google account, and you’ll be signed in immediately — no separate email verification required.

Onboarding

The first time you sign in, Studio Color walks you through a short onboarding flow to personalize your experience. You’ll be asked to:

• Enter your display name and contact details.
• Select your department(s) — the areas of production you work in (e.g. Production, Camera, Art). This helps the system suggest sensible defaults when you join a project.
• Select your use cases — things like finding crew, managing budgets, or doing script breakdowns.

Creating your first project

After onboarding you’ll land on the Dashboard. Click New Project and fill in the project name and description. You can also set an initial status (e.g. Pre-Production).

Once created, the project is yours — you are automatically added as the Producer withsuper_admin permissions, meaning you have full access to every feature and department in the project.

Project statuses

A project moves through the following statuses over its lifetime:

• Planning — Early development, the project is not yet in active pre-production.
• Pre-Production — Active planning, crew hiring, scouting, budgeting, and breakdowns.
• Production — Principal photography is underway.
• Post Production — Editing, color, sound, and finishing.
• Completed — Project is finished.
• Archived — Read-only. The project remains visible but cannot be edited.

Inviting crew

Go to the Org Chart page (or any department crew page in the sidebar) and clickInvite Member. Enter the crew member’s email address, select their department, role, and permission level.

What happens next

• If the email has a Studio Color account: They are added to the project immediately. They’ll see the project on their Dashboard next time they sign in.
• If the email does not have an account: A pending invitation is created. When they sign up using that email address, they are automatically added to the project with the role and permissions you specified.

Accepting an invitation

When you are invited to a project, you will receive an email invitation. Clicking the link will take you to Studio Color — if you already have an account, you’ll be added immediately. If not, the invitation link will guide you through creating an account, after which you’ll be automatically added to the project.

Navigating the app

The sidebar

The left sidebar is your primary navigation. At the top are global items (Dashboard, projects, archived). When you’re inside a project, the sidebar expands to show:

• Current Scene — Live on-set view of what’s being filmed right now.
• My Page — Your personal dashboard: schedule, paperwork, and project overview.
• Org Chart — Full crew directory and invitation management.
• Script Management — Script version library.
• Budget Overview — Cross-department budget summary (admin+ only).
• Departments — Collapsible sections for each department you have access to.

My Page

Every crew member has a My Page — a personal view of the project. It shows your upcoming shoot days, locations relevant to you, a link to download the latest script, any paperwork assigned to you, and a budget snapshot (if you have access).

Crew members can upload their completed paperwork directly from My Page without needing access to the full paperwork management section.

Permissions overview

There are four permission levels in Studio Color:

Additionally, admins can grant crew members cross-department access (e.g. a DP can be given camera admin access while being a production admin). This is managed from the department crew page.