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Bernard user guide

Welcome to the guide of Bernard (Bernard Production Engine), the production tracking and management tool for animation and VFX studios.

Bernard is a desktop application where the whole team sees the same data live: the project tree, spreadsheets, task workflows, files and their versions, notes and media review, time spent and planning. Content creation software talks to Bernard through plugins.

This guide describes version 2.1.48.

How this guide is organized

Getting started

Page What you will find
Getting started logging in, the home screen, the main window, opening a project, tabs, finding your tasks
Artist guide your day in Bernard: your tasks, starting, delivering, notes and retakes
Lead and supervisor guide reviewing, giving a verdict, retakes, assigning, following a team
Production guide creating a project, creating shots, departments, assigning, following progress

Reference

Page What you will find
Interface every view (tree, spreadsheet, node view, Path Edit, planning, presets), the top menu, the Property View and its tabs, production objects, the settings (Bernard Settings)
Workflows, states and templates task states, Ready, Approved and retakes, script tasks, triggers, creating and editing a workflow, templates, instructions
Roles, permissions and assignment roles and their permissions, departments, assigning work
Time spent, attendance and planning automatically counted time, attendance, the Gantt, planning, the workload (Workload)
Review and playlists playlists, Bernard Review, publishing a review, what each verdict triggers
File management attaching a file to an item, versions, copies
Expressions and paths expression syntax, the editor, Path Edit, variations by system and by site
Import, export and logs importing files or a table, exporting, the Bernard log, what to send to support
User management creating and authorising accounts, passwords, workstations
Customising Bernard categories, properties, colors, icons, layout of the Property View
Notifications and emails what triggers a notification, the bell, following objects, emails
DCC integrations the plugin manager and each content creation application
Scripts and Python API what scripts can do, the Python API, examples
Installation and administration installing and updating Bernard, setting up a workstation, troubleshooting
Keyboard shortcuts shortcuts and navigation, view by view
Release notes what is new in 2.1.48 and what is coming
Who is Bernard? Bernard, its publisher, its platforms

In the application, the help buttons (the question mark in views and settings) open the section that concerns them directly.

Where to start

Resources