Whiteboards are the ultimate canvas for creativity; they are where your best ideas begin. But for animation and game-dev teams, traditional standalone whiteboard tools—like Miro—often hit a wall as production ramps up. While these tools are fantastic for general brainstorming, they aren’t seamlessly integrated into your cloud-based project management platform. Your brilliant ideas end up living in a silo, completely disconnected from your evolving files.
To solve this, Cotoon features infinite whiteboards designed to act as a living, breathing extension of your production pipeline.
Live Assets, Not Dead Pixels
The biggest advantage of a fully integrated workspace is what you can actually put on your canvas. Instead of static screenshots, Cotoon allows you to pull your active working files directly into a boundless workspace.
Because these assets are linked directly to your production database, they are always current. Update the file, and the board reflects the change instantly, without any manual syncing. There is no more checking a mood board only to realize the character model shown is three versions out of date. This means your brainstorming sessions remain permanently synced with your master files.
Built for the Animation Pipeline
This live-linking transforms the whiteboard from a simple scratchpad into a powerful, active production tool. Animation teams use it to:
- Plan Sequences: Bring in 3D block-outs, storyboards, and reference footage to map out complex shots before committing to heavy rendering.
- Create Living Mood Boards: Whether you are storyboarding a new scene or compiling visual references, your canvas remains tethered to your real-time workflow.
- Map Dependencies: You can visually map out pipeline connections, and the platform will handle the automatic dependency updates in the background.
The Creative Toolkit
You still get all the tactile, intuitive tools you need to communicate visually. The board includes a full suite of markup options—including freehand drawing, lines, arrows, rectangles, and text tools—allowing directors and leads to sketch over assets, point out specific details, and leave clear spatial notes for the team.
With Cotoon, your whiteboard is never a graveyard for early concepts. It’s an uplifting, unified workspace where your creative planning and your actual production files thrive side-by-side.