Start with a post-native structure
Use Actual’s Post / Animation / VFX template to organize management, creative, production, versioning, delivery, and business costs.
All production types
Post, animation & VFX
Post, animation, and VFX budgets built for revisions. Keep the approved baseline visible.
Start from Actual’s Post / Animation / VFX structure, then track changing deliverables, outside vendors, POs, invoices, and actual costs against one approved baseline.
actual / budgets
Atlas LaunchProduction budget
LiveWorking budget$482,600
Committed$318,240
Remaining$164,360
CategoryBudgetActualStatus
Production staff$86,400$65,220On track
Camera$72,800$54,480On track
Locations$54,200$47,930Review
Post production$68,500$31,600On track
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Client approved v6Decision recorded · just now
Where the process breaks
When the scope moves, the budget needs to move with it.
Keep outside work connected to the budget
Request Service Bids from outside animation or VFX studios. Compare their estimates for the agreed work and bring the selected costs into the job’s budget.
Reconcile invoices to the plan
Review incoming vendor detail against coded commitments and keep the supporting backup attached through reconciliation.
From first estimate to final costs
Connect the changing scope to the cost it creates.
Use the budget structure that matches your studio’s work, then keep vendor decisions, commitments, and actuals attached as deliverables evolve.
Model the work
Start from the built-in post, animation, and VFX structure, then shape costs around the deliverables.
Choose a studio for the work
Compare Service Bids against the deliverables, assumptions, and cost of the work you need that studio to handle.
Reconcile to the job
Turn invoice detail into reviewable records tied to the correct production codes.
actual / budgets
Atlas LaunchProduction budget
LiveWorking budget$482,600
Committed$318,240
Remaining$164,360
CategoryBudgetActualStatus
Production staff$86,400$65,220On track
Camera$72,800$54,480On track
Locations$54,200$47,930Review
Post production$68,500$31,600On track
JS
Client approved v6Decision recorded · just now
What changes
See the cost of the work you agreed to deliver—at every revision.
Actual lets post teams adapt their cost structure to the work while keeping commitments, vendor backup, and incoming costs connected to the same production record.
- Budget versions preserve changing assumptions
- Service Bids stay linked to the outside studio’s scope
- Vendor invoices reconcile against coded costs
Choose what your company needs
Scale around sourcing, roles, and accounting needs.
Core budget management starts free. Studio and Max add the controls and accounting workflows needed by a larger operation.
Actual for Post / Animation / VFX
See how Actual handles a revision-heavy post workflow.
Bring a typical scope, vendor mix, or change cycle. We’ll show you how the budget and cost record stay intact as the work evolves.