Kitsu now supports OpenID Connect (OIDC), giving studios a way to let their teams log in using an existing identity provider instead of managing separate Kitsu credentials.

Once OIDC is enabled in the backend configuration, the login page automatically displays a "Login with [provider]" button alongside the standard login form.

Studios that already rely on a centralized identity system, whether that's Google Workspace, Okta, Azure AD, or another OIDC-compatible provider, can now login faster! Rather than creating and maintaining a separate password for Kitsu, team members can sign in with the same credentials they already use for everything else.

Centralizing authentication through an identity provider means IT and pipeline admins can manage access from one place: onboarding, offboarding, and permission changes all flow through the existing system instead of requiring manual updates inside Kitsu itself.

It also reduces password fatigue for artists and production staff, and shrinks the attack surface that comes with juggling multiple credential sets across different tools.

If you've ever needed to check frame-to-frame consistency while reviewing animation in Kitsu, there's now a much faster way to do it: onion skinning for annotations is available directly in video playlist reviews!

Onion skinning overlays nearby annotation frames (up to 5 frames before and/or after the current frame) so you can see motion, spacing, and timing issues in one go without scrubbing back and forth.

It's a staple feature in animation software, and now it's available right inside the review process!

Review playlists are often the first place inconsistent spacing, jittery arcs, or volume loss become visible to someone other than the animator.

Before, catching these issues meant either trusting your eye on a single frame or jumping into the original animation file to compare frames manually. You can now spot these problems directly in context without breaking your review flow or switching tools.

Kitsu's playlist annotations just got a useful upgrade: an eraser tool.

Until now, if you drew an annotation on a playlist clip and wanted to fix a small part of it, your only option was undoing the whole stroke or starting over. That's fine for quick notes, but it gets tedious when you're giving detailed feedback and you only need to clean up one corner of the drawing.

With the eraser, you can now selectively remove parts of your annotation's color without touching the rest.

Tighter, cleaner notes for your team, fewer redo-from-scratch moments, and a review workflow that feels a bit more like a real drawing tool.

Small addition, but you'll use it often if you spend a lot of time annotating playlists for feedback.

Getting feedback from temporary clients, supervisors, or external partners shouldn't require creating accounts or extra steps.

With Kitsu's new public playlist sharing, you can send a playlist with a single link and let reviewers jump straight into work.

Guests don't need a Kitsu account to participate. They get access to a dedicated review player where they can leave comments, make annotations, update statuses, and manage checklists on their own feedback.

Inviting reviewers is also simpler: the new email picker suggests existing client contacts, supports entering any email address, and lets you include an optional message with the invitation.

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We've added a new retake-count filter to the Task Type page.

This update lets you quickly filter tasks based on how many times they've been sent back for revision (retakes), to make it easier to identify work that may need additional attention.

Retakes are a valuable signal when reviewing production health:

On the Task Type page, use the new Retakes filter to narrow the task list to tasks that match the number of retakes you're interested in: All Tasks, No Retakes, or With Retakes.

Reviewers can now draw squares, circles, and arrows directly on shots while reviewing playlists, instead of being limited to freehand sketching alone.

Shape annotations can communicate feedback faster and more precisely than rough drawings: pointing an arrow at a specific element, circling an area that needs attention, or boxing off a region for a compositing fix takes a fraction of the time it would to freehand the same note, and the result reads more clearly to the artist on the receiving end.

For supervisors giving notes across dozens of shots in a single session, that speed and clarity adds up quickly and it keeps the review process moving without sacrificing precision.

You can now filter by status across all task types with a single filter.

Previously, if you wanted to see every task that was in a specific status like WIP, you had to apply that status filter separately for each task type. It was hard to maintain as the number of task types grew.

With this update, a single status filter works across all task types.

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We've added a new way to control whether comments are shared with clients.

When writing a comment, supervisors and producers will now see a toggle in the comment editor. Comments that are shared externally are clearly marked with a visibility tag, and visibility can be changed later from the comment menu.

Any visibility changes are reflected in client-facing views immediately, so clients see updates in real time without needing to refresh.

Key benefits:

* Keep internal discussions private while sharing relevant updates with clients

* Reduce duplication by turning an existing comment into a client-visible update instead of rewriting it elsewhere

* Make visibility status easy to understand at a glance with clear tagging

* Ensure clients always see the latest approved information as soon as it's shared

We've improved comment drafts so they now persist both your written text and any checklist items you're still working on.

Previously, if you switched tasks or refreshed the page while drafting a comment, you could lose progress on an unfinished checklist. Now, Kitsu automatically saves the entire draft so you can return exactly where you left off.

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Getting a new production set up often means repeating the same configuration steps over and over like choosing task types for shots and assets, defining task statuses, and adjusting project-wide settings to match your team's workflow.

With Project Templates, you can start from a predefined setup in one click.

When creating a new production, simply pick a template and Kitsu will automatically apply your preferred settings.

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