Dashboard

You manage four active productions. One is in post, two are shooting, one is in pre-production. Each has a different photographer, different team, different deadlines. Where do you even start your day?

The ReelStorage dashboard is your starting point. One screen that shows what's happening across every project, who's been active, and what needs your attention.

Your morning check-in

When you sign in, the dashboard gives you the lay of the land:

Active projects are listed with the information that matters: how many assets each contains, how many team members are assigned, when the last upload happened, and the project's current status. You can see at a glance which projects are active and which are dormant.

Recent activity shows a timeline of events across all your projects. Someone uploaded 200 stills to the season 3 project at midnight? It's right there. A team member created an approval code for talent review? You'll see that too.

Quick actions put the most common tasks within reach. Create a new project, invite a member, jump to organization settings. No hunting through navigation menus.

Project overview

The project list is the heart of the dashboard. Each project card shows:

• Project name and description
• Asset count: Total images and files in the project
• Team size: Number of members assigned
• Last activity: When something last happened
• Status indicators: Active, archived, or scheduled for deletion

Click any project to jump directly into it. If you need to create a new project, the button is right there on the dashboard.

Sorting and filtering

When you're managing a handful of projects, the default list works fine. As your project count grows, context menus and filters help you focus. Archive completed productions to keep the dashboard clean without losing the data.

Activity feed

The activity feed is a reverse-chronological timeline of events across your organization. Instead of checking each project's activity log individually, you see everything in one stream.

Events you'll see include:

• Asset uploads: Who uploaded, how many, to which project
• Approval activity: Access codes created, talent reviews started or completed
• Team changes: New members invited, roles updated, members removed
• Project updates: Settings changed, projects created or archived

The feed updates in real time. No need to refresh the page to see the latest activity.

Quick actions

The dashboard surfaces shortcuts for tasks you perform regularly:

• Create project: Start a new production with a name and description
• Invite member: Add someone to your organization with a role assignment
• Browse all projects: Jump to the full project list with advanced filtering

These exist to reduce the number of clicks between "I need to do something" and actually doing it. Most actions that start on the dashboard can be completed without navigating away.

Storage overview

Your organization's storage usage is visible from the dashboard. You can see total storage consumed, how it breaks down across projects, and how much headroom you have on your current plan.

This matters for production companies running multiple simultaneous shoots. When a unit photographer is uploading 50 GB of stills per week per show, storage adds up fast. The dashboard gives you a clear picture without needing to dig into billing settings.

Built for managers, not just photographers

Most DAM interfaces are designed for the person working inside a project: uploading, tagging, organizing. That's important, but it's not the only perspective.

The dashboard is designed for the person who needs to know what's happening across the organization. The production coordinator checking in on all active shoots. The studio manager who needs to report on weekly activity. The agency lead who wants to confirm that a client project is on track.

If you spend your day switching between projects and asking "what's the status on that," the dashboard answers most of those questions without a single Slack message.

Where to go from here

The dashboard isn't just a status page. It's the hub that connects to everything else:

• Click a project to manage assets, run approvals, or adjust settings
• Click "Invite Member" to grow your team
• Click "Create Project" to start a new production
• Click through to organization settings for billing, branding, or role management

Everything flows from here. Sign in, scan the dashboard, decide what needs your attention, and go.