Built for creative studios

IT operations that
creatives deserve

Deploy Maya in minutes, sync color profiles across every workstation, orchestrate render farms from on-prem to cloud. The RMM built for VFX, animation, and game studios.

150+ DCCs supported
1000s Artist seats managed
24/7 Render orchestration
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Maya 2025 Deployed to 142 machines
Color profiles 98% calibrated
Render farm 312 nodes + 47 idle workstations
Licenses 47/50 Houdini in use
Recent activity
Nuke 15.1 pushed to Compositing dept 2m ago
47 idle workstations joined render pool 8m ago
The reality

Creative IT is a
different beast

Generic RMM tools weren't built for studios. They don't understand DCCs, color pipelines, or render farms.

Software deployment chaos

Maya 2025 update across 150 artist machines? That's a week of tickets and broken plugins. Every DCC has its own installer quirks.

Color inconsistency

Artists see different colors on every monitor. Profiles drift, calibration is manual, and the grading suite never matches workstations.

Render farm sprawl

On-prem blades, cloud burst capacity, deadline-based orchestration — nothing talks to each other. Meanwhile, 50 workstations sit idle every night.

Plugin hell

Each artist has different ZBrush plugins, Houdini HDAs, Nuke gizmos. No consistency, no version control, endless "works on my machine."

License nightmare

Floating licenses for Houdini, node-locked for Nuke, subscriptions for Adobe. Manual tracking, surprise denials, money left on the table.

Project-specific configs

Different Maya versions for different shows. Custom environment variables per project. Your current tools can't handle this.

Capabilities

Everything creative IT
actually needs

Creative software deployment

Maya, Houdini, Nuke, Blender, Adobe CC, Unreal — silent install, auto-configuration, version pinning per project.

  • Silent installers for all major DCCs
  • Auto-configure preferences
  • Pin versions per project
  • Instant rollback

Color profile sync

Push ICC profiles to every workstation. Verify monitor calibration status. Ensure artists see what colorists see.

  • Centralized ICC profile management
  • Integration with X-Rite / Calibrite
  • Calibration status monitoring
  • Drift alerts and auto-remediation

Render farm orchestration

Unified control for Deadline, Tractor, Royal Render. Seamless cloud bursting and idle workstation harvesting.

  • Single pane for all render managers
  • Auto-scale cloud nodes on demand
  • Harvest idle workstations as render nodes
  • Cost tracking per project/shot

Plugin & preset management

Sync Houdini HDAs, Nuke gizmos, Maya shelves, Unreal plugins across your entire team. Version control included.

  • Centralized plugin repository
  • Per-project plugin sets
  • Automatic dependency resolution
  • Rollback and version history

License tracking

Real-time visibility into floating licenses, usage patterns, and cost optimization. Never get surprise denials again.

  • Live license usage dashboard
  • Usage analytics and forecasting
  • Idle license reclamation
  • Cost allocation per project

Project-based configs

Different Maya versions for different shows. Custom environment variables per project. Artists get the right setup automatically.

  • Per-project software stacks
  • Environment variable management
  • Auto-switch on project change
  • Template configs for quick setup
Real scenarios

How studios use
AppLift

01

New show kickoff

40 artists need Maya 2024.2 with studio plugins, Arnold 7.2, and show-specific shelf scripts by Monday.

With AppLift:

Push config Friday evening. Artists log in Monday to a fully configured workstation. Zero tickets, zero delays.

02

Color emergency

Colorist flags that artist workstations don't match the grading suite. Delivery is in 3 days.

With AppLift:

Push calibrated ICC profiles to all 80 machines overnight. Morning check: everything matches. Crisis averted.

03

Deadline crunch

Final deadline hits. On-prem render farm at 100% capacity. 2000 frames still in queue.

With AppLift:

Automatically harvest 60 idle artist workstations after hours. Spin up cloud nodes for the rest. Renders complete overnight. Budget intact.

Integrations

Works with your
entire pipeline

Deep integrations with the tools creative studios actually use.

3D & VFX

M Maya
H Houdini
N Nuke
B Blender
C4D Cinema 4D
Z ZBrush

Game engines

U Unreal
U Unity
G Godot

Adobe Creative Cloud

Ae After Effects
Pr Premiere
Ps Photoshop
Sb Substance

Render managers

D Deadline
T Tractor
R Royal Render
Q Qube

Cloud providers

aws AWS
Google Cloud Google Cloud
A Azure

Color & calibration

X X-Rite
C Calibrite
D Datacolor
Built for

Studios that can't afford
IT friction

VFX studios

100+ artists, tight deadlines, complex pipelines. When a shot is due, IT can't be the bottleneck. AppLift keeps your pipeline flowing.

  • Nuke, Maya, Houdini deployment
  • Render farm orchestration
  • Color-critical workflows

Game studios

Unreal plus Unity plus DCCs plus build farms. A heterogeneous nightmare that generic RMM can't handle. AppLift was built for this.

  • Engine + DCC coordination
  • Build machine management
  • Per-project configurations

Animation studios

Maya and Houdini standardization across departments. Render farm management that actually works. Plugin consistency that saves hours daily.

  • Maya/Houdini standardization
  • Render farm scaling
  • Plugin synchronization

Post-production

Adobe-heavy workflows, color-critical pipelines, fast turnarounds. When the client changes their mind, your IT needs to keep up.

  • Adobe CC management
  • Color profile consistency
  • Fast software updates
How it works

From chaos to
control

1

Install agent

Deploy the lightweight AppLift agent to your workstations and render nodes. Windows, macOS, Linux — all supported.

2

Define your stack

Configure your software stack, plugins, color profiles, and project-specific settings through the dashboard or API.

3

Assign to teams

Group machines by department, project, or location. Assign software stacks to groups. Changes propagate automatically.

4

Monitor & manage

Track deployments, license usage, render farm status, and color calibration from a single dashboard. Get alerts before problems become tickets.

Ready to fix creative IT?

Let's talk about how AppLift can eliminate the friction in your studio's pipeline.

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