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One place to manage Archive Footage, VFX Shots, Vendors, Costs, Licensing, Credits, Shot Lists and Editorial Metadata.
All your VFX, archive, and stock shots in one list. Or two. Or thee. However you like. Filter by category, vendor, status. Edit shot codes, assign vendors, change statuses - right in the table.
Your film archives, stock libraries, music vendors, VFX houses - all in one directory. See how many clips and shots each vendor has. Keep contacts and notes in one spot.
Per-shot costs with price breakdowns. Licensing per frame, second, or minute? No problem. Compare VFX, archive, and stock budgets in different currencies.
Multiple episodes, multiple cut versions. Use one archive database to track shots across an entire season of documentaries.
Add your ALE files and marker exports to provide additional metadata for your project. This is especially useful for automatically generating VFX shot codes.
Custom roles with per-page access control. View, edit, or hide any section per role. Default-allow for fast setup - lock down only what matters.
The tool creates tasks by its own for example to help quickly categorize new shots. You can also create your own tasks with a simple drag-and-drop. Organize tasks into To Do, In Progress, and Done. You can assign tasks, set priorities, and track progress.
Set up automatic rules. Assign a vendor and status updates. Enter a price to set licensing flags. Define your own conditions.
Every edit, status change, and import gets logged with timestamps and who did it. Full audit trail for the whole production.
Click any status, vendor, or priority to edit it right in the table. No popups, no reloads.
| VFX_010_020 | Approved | Framestore | Composition |
| ARC_015_040 | In Progress | Getty Images | Archive |
| VFX_022_010 | Needs Review | DNEG | Cleanup |
| STK_008_015 | Estimate | Shutterstock | Stock |
One-click filter cards show shot counts by type.
Spend vs. allocation across VFX, archive, and stock.
Built-in for team coordination.
Everything links together. Cuts - Cues - Shots - Clips - Vendors - Budgets. Change something once, it updates everywhere.
Episodes & Cut Versions
VFX, Archive, Stock
Source Media
Libraries, Film Archives, VFX Studios
Costs & Licensing
Different job, different needs. Thats why we focus on roles to adjust the interfaces for their needs.
Import or build a database of all the archive footage. Share files with the editorial team. Track which clips come from which archive. Monitor licensing costs and status. See which files are being used in the current edit.
Keep your team up todate by uploading the current edit. Download clips shared by your team.
Import ALE files, film footage, markers, and subtitles. Manage and export shot lists.
Track spending across the different category. Define Roles in your team who can see and edit what.
Handle the handoff between the editorial and VFX teams. Update statuses in real time, assign vendors, and track turnovers and deliveries. Access all the details without leaving the shot list. Export VFX shot lists with thumbnails or create PULL sequences.
Check shot progress across the production. Manage VFX vendors. Use video previews to review potential VFX shots right in the detail panel. Add, hide or remove shots from the project.
One database per project where everything links together.
Export a sequence from your NLE (e.g., EDL, XML, etc.) and upload it with a video playout. Archive.Kitchen will take it from there.
Shot lists, video previews, thumbnails, and statuses are automatically updated. Changelogs track the differences between versions, visual timelines provide a complete overview, and recommended tasks help you address anything new.
Review the changes, add the rules and vendors, and start tracking the licensing costs. Changes will show up for everyone. List view, grid view, filters, and detail panels are all included.
All data processing and storage runs on servers located in heart of Europe. Preview rendering is handled by dedicated NVIDIA GPU workers, and media files are stored in S3-compatible object storage in Frankfurt, keeping latency low.
Your production data remains yours. We do not use customer data for AI training, nor do we process any media by third-party AI models without your explicit consent.
Archive.Kitchen does not wrap or pipe your data through AI services. Your videos, images, audio files, EDLs and metadata are never sent to language models or generative AI.
Customer data is never used to train AI models. This applies to all content types, including video, images, audio, edit decision lists, metadata, and any other files uploaded to the platform.
If AI-powered research tools become available, processing requires an opt-in for each clip. Nothing is sent to third-party models automatically or in bulk.
We have started to onboard a small number of film, documentary and series productions. If you think this tool could be useful to you too, apply and we’ll get back to you. Unlike all our other free tools on EditingTools.io, Archive.kitchen is a much more complex application. Therefore, we want to take our time to provide individual support to the first productions and optimise the tool before making it public to any project.