Set up your first production in Curtyn
Every shoot in Curtyn lives in a project. A project holds your script, your shotlists, your files, your schedule and the people you work with, all in one place. This guide walks you through creating your first one and getting it ready for the crew.
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Create a new project
From your dashboard, select New project. Give it the working title of your production. You can rename it at any time, so a placeholder is fine if the title isn't locked yet.
On the free plan you can own one project and join one more that someone else owns. That is enough to run a full production from first idea to delivery.
Add the production basics
Fill in the production type, your role on it, and a shoot date if you have one. None of this is required to continue, but a few details now make later tools, like the schedule, quicker to fill in.
Decide where to start
A new project opens empty, and you don't have to use every tool. Most directors and DPs start in the Script or the Shotlist. Production teams often start with Lists or the Budget.
Open whichever tool matches the work in front of you. The rest are there when you need them, not locked behind a setup step.
Set the project identity
Add a clear title and, if you have one, a key image or a production logo. This is what your crew sees at the top of the project, and what a client sees on a shared view or an exported PDF.
Build your first tool
Open a tool from the project sidebar and start filling it in. Whatever you create, a script, a list, a shotlist, becomes part of the project straight away and is visible to everyone you invite.
Upload your first files
Drag footage, stills, scripts or reference images into the project. Curtyn keeps a single copy of every file and makes it available to every tool that needs it, so you never upload the same thing twice.
Invite the people you need
Add your crew, your collaborators or a client. Each person gets their own seat in the project rather than a link on the side. The guide on inviting your crew covers the seat types in detail.
Know where to come back to
Your project dashboard is home base. It shows recent activity, the tools in use, and anything waiting on you. It is the screen to return to whenever you open Curtyn.