Why Creative Teams Choose P4
Big files. Busy teams. Too many assets to track. Perforce P4 (formerly Helix Core) is version control built for the fast-moving world of animation, VFX, and virtual production. Trusted by Oscar-winning studios, P4 gives your team a foundation for creating without limits.
P4 scales with your project—whether it’s episodic TV, a full-length animated feature, or real-time virtual production.
The Industry Standard Version Control Platform
Perforce P4 is the scalable foundation for today’s animation, film, and TV projects. Track everything—from source code to 3D assets—with speed, scale, and control unmatched by any other animation software or VFX software.
Share asset access with vendors as needed—and keep your sensitive IP protected.
Reduce duplicate work and conflicts among large production teams with exclusive file locking and global lock visibility.
Track all versions of your rigs, textures, scenes, and 3D models, with full traceability.
Save money on storage by archiving projects to lower-cost object storage (S3 or S3-compatible).
P4 One is a free and intuitive version control tool designed with your animators and character artists in mind. Eliminate the risk, rework, and delays caused by the general-purpose tools that have crept into your pipeline.
Give your content creators one central place to find, review, and get feedback on every version of the models, textures, and materials they create. P4 DAM (formerly Helix DAM) connects with P4 to give your studio the visual library it needs to efficiently reference and reuse its catalog of IP.
Streamline your code reviews and apply full traceability to the custom tools, scripts, and automations you develop, P4 Code Review natively integrates into your P4 infrastructure, and can even be connected to your preferred LLM to help summarize changes.
Get a unified view into the shots, scenes, and projects your vendors are producing. P4 Plan lets you easily assess capacity and plan for future resources with one shareable and fully configurable plan.
“Now that we have the latest Perforce P4, we cut our project startup time from two days to two hours.”
Rogerio Gasi, Director of Engineering, Halon Entertainment
Proven Performance
"Our philosophy is that artists should focus on creativity, not technical details. [Perforce P4] lets us do that."
Will Ballard, Software Engineer, Halon Entertainment
82%
Rate P4’s ability to scale as “Best in Class."
100% ROI
Experienced within 2 years based on TechValidate Survey.
"Perforce is vital for our collaboration as it provides a single source of truth, enables versioning, and gives us a history of all revisions."
Mark Holland, Head of Content Management, Dimension
Purpose-Built Tools for Your Entire Team
P4 goes beyond basic version control with a comprehensive suite of integrated applications and tools that address the unique needs of every team member. While other solutions force compromises with one-size-fits-all interfaces, P4 delivers specialized tools that help each contributor work their way—all connected to the same powerful foundation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Perforce P4 is trusted by top VFX, animation, and virtual production studios, including DNEG, for its ability to manage large binary files, handle branching and merging with ease, and support global collaboration. It works seamlessly alongside industry-standard VFX software and animation software to keep teams in sync from concept to delivery.
Yes. Perforce P4 works with all file types—so artists can stay in their flow while ensuring version history is captured.
Our partnership with ICVR can help you build a production-proven Unreal Engine + Perforce workflow designed to scale. This integrated system connects your project management, DCC tools, and even next-gen AI to streamline everything from concept to final delivery.
Absolutely. P4 scales down as easily as it scales up.
Just starting out? Our Free plan gives you instant access with no strings attached. Great for teams with up to 5 users who want to experience our industry-standard version control.
Need a fully managed and hosted P4 server without any IT overhead? P4 Cloud is the fastest and easiest way to get started for teams up to 50. If you need help managing P4, P4 Remote Admin (P4RA) lets you offload setup and server management to Perforce—no in-house admin needed.
Not sure which plan is right for you? Contact us and we can help guide you.
Scale up with Perforce P4, and our Scale and Platform plans remove all limits and give full control to support your advanced workflows. These plans also provide exclusive access to our best-in-class DAM solution.
Not sure which plan is right for you? Contact us and we can help guide you.
Yes. You can control access down to the file or directory level, making it easy to bring in external vendors without exposing your entire project. Perforce protects your IP while enabling seamless creative collaboration.
Get Started with P4
If you don’t yet have P4, get started for free for up to 5 users and 20 workspaces.