About cineSync:

cineSync is a remote review and approval tool based on Apple QuickTime technology. By synchronizing the timeline and playback of movies, you can quickly and efficiently view your work at the same time with anyone anywhere in the world.

Build a playlist of movies, scrub to a point in a movie, playback a movie, draw on the screen with your mouse, circle and point to areas using the drawing tools – all synchronized in real time with everyone else in your review. You can also navigate through your playlist using Text Markers ('Bookmarks'), transfer your movies using a built-in FTP client, and save your drawings for future reference.

cineSync offers an unparalleled user experience, making it possible for your clients to participate in a review session without needing their own account. All they need to do is download a small self-contained package, and login using a key that is unique per-review session. Movies are never transferred through the cineSync servers, ensuring that your reviews are secure, and your media never leaves the privacy of your own file servers.

Features/What's New in the Pro Version:

• Run multiple simultaneous sessions.
• Use without an internet connection in offline mode.
• Run in Full screen (see above).
• Play stereoscopic QuickTimes (with synchronized convergence controls).
• Apply soft or hard masks in any aspect ratio.
• Perform synchronized colour adjustments.
• Apply 3D LUTs to loaded movies and still images.
• Switch between anamorphic and standard aspect ratios.
• Zoom and pan to specific areas of interest.
• Control cineSync Pro from the command line.
• Run on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (Suse 9.3, Ubuntu 7.10, CentOS 4.4 and Fedora Core 5).

Pricing: cineSync Pro pricing starts at USD$5,000 for a 12 month, 10 user multisession account.

Pre-order special Offer!

As a special offer, available until the full release on May 26, we are offering the opportunity to purchase cineSync Pro at the discount subscription rate of USD $4,000 for the first 12 months.

You will also receive:

• Preferred development and support.
• An account and license starting from the date of purchase and valid until May 26 2009.
• The option to buy further blocks of 10 users at the same discount rate (until May 26).
• A free upgrade of any existing cineSync account (purchased prior to March 19 2008) to cineSync Pro for the remainder of its subscription period.

You can download the current beta version of cineSync Pro here. cineSync will be demoing at NAB booth #SL9522.

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January 14, 2008 Source: Studio Daily

Today sees the release of cineSync 1.2.5. The main changes include several performance improvements related to drawings and the playlist organiser, plus a fix for displaying very large images on OSX.

In 2008, cineSync will be releasing iterations on a more frequent basis. The last 6 months have seen an explosion in feature requests - not to mention new OS's (aaahhhh... Leopard....) and new platforms (aahhhh... MacBook Pro...) that have required some degree of modification for cineSync. This is a trend we expect to continue and we see it as an opportunity to improve further on cineSync in 2008. As a result, you'll be seeing more regular updates - and we welcome any feedback you might have.

A full change log is available at www.cinesync.com/release_notes

cineSync 1.2.5 can be downloaded from www.cinesync.com/download

The cineSync 1.2.5 upgrade is free for all existing cineSync customers. If you do not yet have a cineSync account, but would like to trial the new features of cineSync 1.2.5, please email for a demo.

cineSync Pro - February 2008

For those of you that have already signed up for the cineSync Pro mailing list, you'll be starting to see a lot more information coming through this year. Our first release client will be coming out in February and then we'll be officially launching cineSync Pro at NAB in April (more on that in a moment).

Our first release client will include the following features: synchronised colour controls, synchronised zooming, masking and aspect ratio controls, full screen mode, 3D LUT support, stereoscopic support, HD (DVI) output and "multisession" ability.

Pricing for cineSync Pro starts at USD$5,000 for a minimum 10 user account, so it represents solid value for the larger facility or the power user, where the new tools and multisession support come into their own.

If you'd like a sneak peak at cineSync Pro, we have a beta available with many of the features included. The beta has the colour, zoom, masking, aspect ratio and 3D LUT support under the new "Tools" menu, which should give you a feel for where cineSync Pro will be going over the next couple of months. To sign up for the beta, just visit before next Friday and we'll send you an evaluation copy for OSX or Windows.

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Coming over the next few months, you're going to see some amazing new things coming from cineSync, so stay tuned for the new features as they're announced!

In the meantime, we're releasing a beta version of the upcoming 1.2.4 release to all existing cineSync users, as the first step in rolling out the cineSync upgrades and improvements in the coming weeks and months. The beta is cosmetically similar to the existing 1.2.3 release, but for the Mac users, it now has full support for Leopard, as well as support for the newer Intel MacBook Pros. Windows users should see improvement in image saving, and management of large sessions is improved across both platforms.

Given the amount of changes involved in the new release, we've decided to release it first as a public beta. We're keen to have you try it out, give it a thrash and let us know what you think. Any feedback you can provide will be most appreciated and the best feedback will win a free month's subscription!

Of course, we have to stress that this is a beta version, so we'd recommend trying it out before you launch into a session with a star client, but it has been comprehensively tested and you should find it's a smoother, sleeker and more powerful beast than ever before.

This beta version is using a new cineSync server and as such you will need to adjust your firewall settings if you would like to try this beta version.

The beta server's IP address is:
203.0.153.235

This change is only for the beta version and is not required for the existing cineSync 1.2.3 release, or the upcoming full release of 1.2.4.

All feedback should be directed to support@cinesync.com and is most appreciated.

The new beta (cineSync 1.2.4 beta2) can be downloaded at the CineSync Beta Downloads page.

The cineSync 1.2.4 beta is free for all existing cineSync customers. If you do not yet have a cineSync account, but would like to trial the new features of cineSync 1.2.4 beta, please email for a demo. Anyone interested in gaining a first look at the new cineSync Pro - coming very soon - should register their interest on our website at www.cinesync.com/pro

cineSync Pro represents a major evolution in the capabilities of cineSync, adding support for stereoscopic playback, mono and stereo HD output (to a projector or broadcast monitor), synchronised colour tools, 3D LUT support, synchronised masking and aspect ratio controls and a number of other exciting features. For the first time, cineSync Pro will also be available on Linux.

For more information, sign up for our mailing list at the official website of the cineSync HD Pro Suite at or contact cineSync Project Manager Rory McGregor on 61 8 8400 6475 (Australia).

Via StudioDaily

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cineSync is a remote review and approval tool based on Apple QuickTime technology. By synchronising the timeline and playback of movies, you can quickly and efficiently view your work at the same time with anyone anywhere in the world. A cineSync review session is much like a telephone conference call. With a registered cineSync account, you can start a cineSync review session that will allow others to join with no cost to them.

New features in cineSync 1.2.3:

• Proxy server support: for users who want to connect to cineSync via a proxy server
• Auto locating movies: cineSync now remembers the last 20 folders you've pulled movies from - and will auto search these folders when new movies are added to the session.
• Windows colour picker: to match the existing capability of the OSX client.
• Improved performance

Visit cineSync's site to get the 1.2.3 update. cineSync strongly recommends upgrading as soon as possible, to eliminate any potential performance issues related to using older versions of cineSync.

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