Lumi Help Centre

Keep your team on track with a Dynamic Project Dashboard 

Project Dashboards give you complete control over what, where, and how your work is displayed. Dashboards update automatically with real-time data. Place documents, images, embedded websites and media front and centre on your Dashboard for easy access. Display web links and external media such as YouTube, Vimeo or Soundcloud. 

Build your own Location Database

Save your team time by storing notes, photos and information that is often lost in emails and server folders. Avoiding paying staff to recce the same location looked at for multiple projects.

Work on your Entire Project Slate

Build your research, talent ideas, content, budgets, locations, collate links, paperwork, sizzle reel screening notes and more, making information more accessible between your team. You can record all your communication from different clients, networks and producers stayed to keep you connected better than ever. 

Manage Cast Applications, Pitching & Paperless Auditions

Turn online applications into Lumi cast cards with one click of a button. Use cards to store contact details, photos, videos, social media links, weblinks, producer notes, wardrobe, red flags, interview questions, appearances releases, paperwork and much more. Create your own cast gradings system or simply track your YES/NO/MAYBE's and enjoy paperless audition tours. 

Create a Production Hub for your Management Team

Help your Senior staff and PM's manage schedules, budgets, crewing and keep up to date with the latest policies and templates

Avoid Duplication & Misinformation: Every Department in one Place 

Create cards for scenes, episodes, stories and challenges that all departments can access live and together. Store ideas, shot lists, field & edit notes, scripts, consents & releases, sponsorship & contra requirements, tech instructions, permits, recce notes, photos, wardrobe approvals, art moodboards, interview questions, pick ups, links to edit cut downs, screening notes, DPR's and more.  With all departments working off the same information, reduce miscommunication and ensure everyone is always looking at the most up-to-date information.

Compare, Track & Decide with Custom Fields

Digitise those often lost notebook scribbles. Need to track paperwork and releases? Need to compare costs? Need to know which locations are available on specific dates? Lumi gives you flexibility to create your own unique fields to record and track whatever you need for your project.  

Collaborate with your Team Live & Instantly on Microsoft Online

Create, store and upload word, excel, powerpoint documents in Lumi. Update a document somewhere and it updates everywhere.  Users with existing Microsoft Business or School accounts can edit documents live and together via Microsoft online, no need for downloading and reuploading. 

Manage Confidential Info 

Vault documents you need to keep private or for executive eyes only so staff can only see what is relevant to them. 

Manage Workflow like a Pro

Assign shoots or tasks to Producers and be across your team and their workflow. Someone has a sick day? With all their work in Lumi, it will be easy for another team member to pick things up.

Digital Whiteboards: Plan your Project from anywhere, anytime....

Get rid of the huge whiteboard on the wall and start planning your your shoots or scenes on a Lumi board, accessible to your team from anywhere at anytime. Play around with segments or shoot days, create your own labels and watch everything come together.

Capture every angle

Easily and quickly upload photos and videos and share with the rest of your team, save on emails and downloads, just one quick FYI of that card to a team member means they're across everything they need to see.

Live 3D Daily Schedules

Simply pull your cards into a schedule and plan out your day, set a total time of day to make sure your day isn't taking you into overtime. Click into cards directly from the schedule to read up on them and make notes. 

 Google Map Integration

Store multiple addresses on your location card to find and see nearest parking or emergency services.   

Simply add this location to your call sheet and Lumi will automatically pull all your address details, times for sunrise and sunset and the weather for your shoot day. 

Forget the Excel Tracker  

Get rid of complicated excel trackers and have a live overview of how your team is doing, keep across the numbers and allocate resources accordingly.  Use your custom fields to be across an overview of your work with one click. 

Live Time-Coded Logs 

Say goodbye to formatting and emailing your field notes and hello to live time-of-day multi user logs, accessible instantly and from anywhere in the world. Create your own custom shortcuts and export logs directly into AVID.

Don't let a great story slip through the cracks... 

When your stories start to grow, it's easy to miss something. With every word searchable in Lumi, don't stress about remembering that funny moment where someone stole the mayo, a quick search of those words will bring it up. 

Protect Yourself

Create, track and upload releases to ensure nothing is going to air without permission 

Keep your Promises

Keep your on track of clients, legals, censor requirements, sponsors and more all in once place.

Need to know has seen what? Has the episode gone through legals? Are your sponsors happy? Who needs a link?

Stay on top of your compliance without trawling through your emails last minute to make sure you have ticked all the boxes. 

Roughly Plan Your Episodes 

Use boards to create, workshop and plan episodes. Keeping your extra scenes nearby as a reminder for last minute changes and easy access to transcripts, episodes, field notes. 

Or get into the Detail 

Simply pull your scene/shoot/story cards into a rundown and plan out your edit in detail. Automatic TX timings and durations will keep you on track, no need to worry about complicated excel spreadsheets. Moving your line items is easy just drag and drop and link your cards, giving you an interactive 3D view with all the information you need at your fingertips. 

Lumi takes you from idea to Delivery

Clearly see what status each episode is up to, what’s waiting for a link, what’s ready for network, what episode is ready for online?  Stay on track and keep in the know.