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Streamline your production budgeting, payments, and actualization with Saturation. Start your free 14-day trial ↓

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Saturation feels like a budgeting tool, but it streamlines payments and actualization in real time. Not movie magic—actual magic. → https://t.co/6eIX3NaBS0

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New: Duplicate POs & PDF Reports ⧉

Right-click any purchase order in the POs table and choose Duplicate.

In the PDF Builder, open the report's menu and choose Duplicate.

Now you have a faster way to work from existing POs and reports in Saturation.

https://t.co/uaGdwRt2bE

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🔐 Saturation is now SOC 1 Type 1 certified.

Your budgets, production bank accounts (FDIC-insured), expense cards, ACH or wire payments to vendors, purchase orders, and payment workflows are independently verified.

Full announcement here: https://t.co/EvQIHcZuBB

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Schedule & screenings for ANIMA:
https://t.co/sxMeri2Pvm

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Two films produced on Saturation are premiering at @SXSW this week.

ANIMA
Starring Sydney Chandler & Takehiro Hira, directed by @thebrianivie

Your Attention Please
Reclaiming your attention from Big Tech

Congrats to both teams!
#SXSW2026 #SXSW #IndieFilm

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Here's the schedule for YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE premiere & screenings:
https://t.co/LrPzJYyIyr

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The new Saturation PDF Builder here.

Design client-ready budgets, reports, and cost summaries. Drag-and-drop layouts.

Dynamic variables. Logo and brand colors. Attach receipts and invoices directly in the PDF.

See how it works → https://t.co/eC0f6bwUJU

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You have to love the process. Actually doing the work is what contributes to the rich life.

@ReeseHopper wrote for a year. He kept going because the process itself was enriching. That's what gets you through the dips.

Full episode: https://t.co/hmJJcliN3T

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From shading one character's lip for 20 years to creating entire Pixar movies solo.

@PJaccetturo went all-in on AI filmmaking. Yes, it's disruptive. But disruption isn't new. We went from shovels to tractors.

Full episode: https://t.co/hmJJcliN3T with @jensjacob24

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@carolinagroppa shares "you see a producer making $100K on a budget. Divide that by 5 years. Subtract taxes. That's not even a living wage."

Producers invest years developing filmmaker.

Full episode: https://t.co/hmJJcliN3T with @jensjacob24

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Freelancing is challenging and rewarding. One of life's enriching experiences.

@ReeseHopper believes everyone can and should try it. Make $300 on a weekend providing a service.

Full episode: https://t.co/hmJJcliN3T with @jensjacob24

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Register for the LIVE event here 👉 https://t.co/880GHyd5du

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🚨 For studio and production company founders

@JoelPilger and @jensjacob24 are doing a LIVE roundtable next Tuesday (Feb 24, 2026) at 12:30pm ET.

Covering:
- how companies can take back control on spend
- future of production budgets
- cash flow, risk, in changing industry

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Shane also shares his take on AI in filmmaking, why he co-founded @filmmakersacad, and the career philosophy that's guided him for 30+ years: every choice you make has a massive ripple effect.

Watch full episode with @jensjacob24: https://t.co/1U66XGlawA

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AI doesn't like failure, but it fails a lot.

@shanehurlbutasc has shot $200M blockbusters on films like Terminator Salvation, Act of Valor, Need for Speed, he's pioneered the DSLR revolution, became the youngest ASC nominee in history.

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Saturation is a collaborative platform where production teams manage budgets, payments, and expenses in one place (in real time). No more spreadsheets, chasing receipts, or disconnected tools.
https://t.co/WHm8YWypgQ

Trusted by over 8,000 producers worldwide.

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@jensjacob24 is at @HPAonline #HPATechRetreat this week. Come by and get a sneak peek at what's coming to @saturation_io in 2026!

You're going to want to see this.

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Most filmmakers make a short, put it on Vimeo, and wait. Nothing happens.

@noamkroll found unconventional ways to monetize his work instead of hoping for the next big break.

Full episode: https://t.co/hmJJcliN3T with @jensjacob24

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Some things Simon Tam just doesn't care about. But good story? Good craftsmanship? Expressing something real?

That seed was always planted. It just turned into code and math.

Full episode: https://t.co/hmJJcliN3T

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That's the art of documentary: going with the punches.

@rossgirardu says when things change with your story, it's part of what you're doing. Build trust with your subjects. Adapt. That relationship is everything.

Full episode: https://t.co/hmJJcliN3T @jensjacob24

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Listen to full conversation with Executive Producer Lisamarie Shires and @jensjacob24 https://t.co/9Fb3WOb3kn

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State of commercial production industry:

The work is out there. The way we approach getting work has to evolve.

Confidence. Leadership. Authority. These are what set you apart now. Your work being good is just assumed.

Full episode w/ @lisamarieshires: https://t.co/hmJJcliN3T