IT for Wellington Screen, VFX and Game Studios
Studios need more than a help desk. Artists need fast workstations, renders need to finish overnight, storage needs to keep up with the whole team, and clients want evidence that their content is secure. Most IT providers stop at Windows laptops and Microsoft 365. Precedent’s engineers have run Linux at scale for years, so render nodes, storage and automation are home ground for us.
We support boutique VFX, post-production, animation and game development studios across the Wellington region.
Systems we work alongside
Linux workstations and render nodes; render management such as Deadline; DaVinci Resolve, Avid, Adobe Creative Cloud, Nuke, Houdini, Maya, Blender, Unreal Engine and Unity; production tracking such as ShotGrid and ftrack; NAS and shared storage; Google Workspace or Microsoft 365.
Client security requirements
Studios working on pre-release content are often asked to pass a content-security assessment. We help you design the environment and write the documentation those assessments look for, then keep it that way.
What’s included
- Workstation and render fleet: Build, image and maintain Linux and Windows workstations and render nodes with configuration management, so machines are consistent and quick to rebuild
- Storage and networking: Shared storage sized for your workloads, 10/25 GbE networking, and performance tuning
- Render automation: Scheduling, licensing and monitoring so jobs finish and failures are caught
- Content security: Access control, network segmentation and documentation to prepare for client security assessments such as the Trusted Partner Network
- Scaling with projects: Adding and retiring seats, licences and render capacity as projects start and wrap
This sits on top of our core managed IT service, tailored to your practice.
Business-hours support, Monday to Friday 08:30–17:00, with after-hours cover arranged for managed service clients when you need it.
First step: a render and storage performance review
We look at where artists and renders are waiting, measure your storage and network, and give you a sized, prioritised plan.
Common questions
Do you only support Linux?
No. We support mixed Linux, Windows and macOS studios. Linux is simply where we have unusual depth.
Can you help with a short project that needs extra capacity?
Yes. We can plan and add workstations, render nodes and storage for a project, then scale back down afterwards.
Call 04 282 0045 or send us a message to get started.