Digital production has its own quirks and they vary heavily from one project to
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Question
Digital production has its own quirks and they vary heavily from one project to another. Some projects are largely focused on animation, other may be focused solely modelling and rigging, or just lighting (shading), VFX, simulation, rendering, etc. Or could include all of these.
The production line maybe quirky but sure has its redundancies which can be automated, thus reducing unnecessary boilerplate work and logistics.
What software would you recommend through which one could:
assign tasks to users, enabling easy task management
handle multiple project simultaneously, hence project management
maintain different version of a particular digital asset and its dependencies, hence digital asset management
add custom triggers like sending out email notifications, toggling task status, rendering etc
I don't require that any recommendations be for a specific operating system - cross-platform would be better but if it's OS specific it's okay.
Explanation / Answer
I'm a huge fan of Trello. While it is a little more generic than other project management tools (which can be good or bad depending on your needs), this does make it extremely flexible and adaptable to your particular needs.
It covers your first two requirements and probably falls short on the third (you can attach files to cards, but I wouldn't consider it asset management).
It already sends email notifications of activity, and offers an API for further customization. The API would allow you to do anything that falls under your fourth requirement, and you could even set up a bridge with some other asset management tool.