The Emmy® and Academy Award®-winning cineSync is the world’s most trusted remote review and approval system.
cineSync is the only remote review and approval tool that lets you watch high resolution, high frame rate video in sync with anyone in the world and guarantee that you’re seeing the same frame of the same video at the same time.
Standard includes all these great features:
- Remote video review and approval
- Synchronized and interactive
- OSX, Windows and Linux
- Drawing and annotation tools
- Export notes as PDF
Pro includes all Standard features, plus:
- Integration with ftrack, Shotgun and NIM
- Python API for integration with other tools
- Stereo / 3D support
- Synchronized color tools
- Zoom, masking and aspect ration tools
- 3D LUT support
- Multiple simultaneous sessions per account
- cineSync Play
What’s new in CineSync 5?
- A new infrastructure designed to meet the demands of today’s creative projects.
- Work more intuitively via a modern UI and faster, more responsive review.
- Local desktop review—cineSync 5’s new player, cineSync Play, can run locally without a license.
- Go in-depth on media with OTIO and OCIO v2 support.
- Support for high-resolution original media, including frame/image sequence playback and OpenEXR support.
- Enhanced production tracking integrations with ftrack Studio and ShotGrid.
- Enjoy improved playback performance when working with large files.
- Access tons of new features: view image layers, access a new text annotation tool, support for separate audio tracks, and more.
- Find more ways to compare media—wipe, A/B, top/bottom, side-by-side, overlay.
- Work in your language—localization is now supported, with the first release translated into Chinese.
Easy, Interactive Annotation
cineSync’s simple drawing tools allow you to make notes directly on the image, to point things out, to circle areas of the frame – all in sync with everyone else in the review.
Comprehensive Notes
Take notes for specific frames, or against the whole media file. All notes are saved and easily exported to other applications if required.
Support for OS X, Windows and Linux
cineSync works on whatever platform you need. You can be working a Mac, while your review guests are on a PC or Linux, without any problems.
Perfect playback – where screen sharing and streaming fail
cineSync can play high resolution, high frame rate video perfectly, regardless of available bandwidth. No more suffering through stuttering video and delayed playback, cineSync just works.
Secure by Design
Trusted by the biggest studios, cineSync does not store media and no media file ever passes through our servers. The only information transferred during a session are sync commands such as “play”, “pause”, or “go to frame 117” – and all those instructions are 256-bit encrypted.
Viewing Controls (Color, Masking, Zoom, Aspect Ratio, etc.)
cineSync Pro allows you to easily and interactively modify color, brightness, masking, aspect ratio, to zoom into areas of interest and everyone in the review will see exactly what you are doing.
iOS Support
cineSync iOS allows guests to join reviews from an iPhone or iPad, so they can participate in a live, interactive session from wherever they are.
Integrations
cineSync Pro closely integrates with our own ftrack Studio, as well as with a number of other production tracking tools, including Shotgun and NIM, while files can be transferred via an integrated sFTP client.
cineSync Play
cineSync 5 uses our newly designed player, cineSync Play, which can be downloaded and installed for free on any OSX, Windows, or Linux machine. While cineSync applications have always been free to install, cineSync Play is the first version to function as a standalone player. Without logging in, users can access local, frame-accurate playback and review of high-res frame sequences, OTIO and OCIO support, and more.
or the full synchronized, interactive review functionality users expect from cineSync, a cineSync license is required. For the initial release, access to cineSync 5 will be available to all users with a cineSync Pro account. Users will be able to sign up for cineSync 5 using their existing account details, and new users can access cineSync 5 via a trial account.
cineSync Play also comes integrated with any ftrack Studio license, so you can browse media, notes, and information in cineSync Play and then add feedback into your production plan.
Description
ftrack
cineSync Pro includes our integration with ftrack, the cloud based platform for production tracking, asset management, review and team collaboration.
- Any reviews in ftrack can be opened in cineSync to enable live discussion and real-time interactivity.
- Media is transferred automatically from ftrack to the cineSync review session, for both the session owner and guests.
- Once the review has been completed in cineSync, all notes, drawings and saved frames can be exported back to ftrack with a single click.
- Because the export is entirely automated, there’s no requirement to transcribe notes or copy frames back into ftrack, saving time and eliminating errors.
- Notes and saved frames can be saved either back to the original ftrack review, or directly to the corresponding Asset Versions, so all cineSync review information is retained in the correct location.
The integration is free and available to all cineSync Pro account owners. If you have the latest versions of ftrack and cineSync, you can start using the integration right away.
Shotgun
The integration consists of a Shotgun Review portal built into cineSync. Users launch Shotgun Review from within cineSync and browse their Shotgun instance to identify clips for review. Versions and Playlists can be added from Shotgun to cineSync sessions with a single click. Any files stored in Shotgun will be automatically downloaded, while local files will be added as usual.
During the review session, cineSync users can use the inbuilt Shotgun Review to browse for alternate or previous Versions, to view all previous notes on Versions and to add new Versions for review at any time, without having to leave cineSync.
Once the review has been completed, cineSync users can publish all their notes and drawings to Shotgun. Additionally, users can merge cineSync data with existing Shotgun data – so in cases where annotated frames have been created in cineSync, but notes taken in Shotgun’s Notes App, users can simply choose to combine the two.
NIM
cineSync Pro now includes a direct integration with studio management software NIM, from California’s NIM Labs. NIM provides project management, job and asset tracking, financial tracking (including bidding, timecards and projections), review, approval and more within one easily accessible tool. NIM’s integration with cineSync Pro means that any media in NIM can be reviewed interactively in cineSync, and that all cineSync session notes and drawings can be easily be exported back to NIM at the end of the session.
System Requirements
Macintosh
- Mac OS X 10.14 or later
- At least 4gig of ram
- An internet connection that allows access to whitelisted addresses on port 443
Windows
- Windows 10 or later
- At least 4gig of ram
- An Intel or AMD GPU that supports OpenGL 4.1 or greater
- An internet connection that allows access to whitelisted addresses on port 443
Note: System requirements are based on playing a 1920 x 1080 movie encoded using H.264
Change Log
What’s new in CineSync 5?
- A new infrastructure designed to meet the demands of today’s creative projects.
- Work more intuitively via a modern UI and faster, more responsive review.
- Local desktop review—cineSync 5’s new player, cineSync Play, can run locally without a license.
- Go in-depth on media with OTIO and OCIO v2 support.
- Support for high-resolution original media, including frame/image sequence playback and OpenEXR support.
- Enhanced production tracking integrations with ftrack Studio and ShotGrid.
- Enjoy improved playback performance when working with large files.
- Access tons of new features: view image layers, access a new text annotation tool, support for separate audio tracks, and more.
- Find more ways to compare media—wipe, A/B, top/bottom, side-by-side, overlay.
- Work in your language—localization is now supported, with the first release translated into Chinese.
What’s new in 4.1.12?
New
- Added ability to play two different videos simultaneously, either side by side, or overlayed
- Windows renderer has been updated to take advantage of modern GPUs
- Added support for MXF container files
- All communication has been updated from 128bit to 256bit encryption
- PageUp and PageDown now respect the active group when changing movies
- Shotgun integration now has the ability to upload saved frames directly to Shotgun’s S3 storage
Improved
- Improved visibility of text within ftrack integration on some displays
- Fixed issue where ftrack playlist were not always being fully loaded
- Fixed issue saving frames on macs with retina displays
- Fixed crash on windows if sound system fails to initialise
- Various bug fixes and optimizations
What’s New in 4.1.8?
- Updates FFmpeg libraries to 4.0.2
- Added ability to play videos at variable speeds
- Improved scrubbing on Windows
- Updated UI for sequences and in/out points
- Various bug fixes and optimisations
FAQs
Tutorials
cineSync Integration with ftrack, Shotgun, and Aspera
cineSync is integrated with ftrack, Shotgun and Aspera to help make the review process fast and easy. These 3 tutorials show you how to use cineSync in conjunction with each.
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