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Release Notes - cineSync 5

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July 11 2024 - cineSync 5.4.3

  • NEW Option to change colour precision, 8 bit, 16bit and 32bit float
  • NEW Goto dialog box
  • NEW Support for video files with zlib compressed headers
  • NEW Item count now shown for Playlist groups
  • NEW Sort options added to Flow integration
  • NEW Sidebar (beta) in View menu
  • NEW Warning message if running Intel build on Apple Silicon
  • IMPROVED Renamed mac installers to include CPU type (Intel or Apple Silicon)
  • IMPROVED Continued improvements to loading large playlists via integrations
  • IMPROVED IME text entry for foreign languages
  • IMPROVED Changed colour operations order so highlights are not blown out
  • IMPROVED Increased timeline refresh rate for smoother timeline performance
  • IMPROVED More robust hash checks when adding similar files
  • IMPROVED Updated legal text on startup
  • FIXED Slow auto scroll issue in Playlist
  • FIXED AliCloud URLs now refresh correctly
  • FIXED Corruption in notes table when changing font size on macOS

 

June 3 2024 - cineSync 5.4.2

  • NEW iOS app
  • NEW Added ability to password protect reviews
  • NEW Added new visual timeline, displaying thumbnails of files, sequences and OTIO sequences
  • NEW Support for iconik domains
  • NEW Ability to view annotations during playback (preference)
  • NEW Buddy list now shows user status
  • NEW Eye icon added to all Playlist views to indicate "currently viewing" 
  • NEW Integrations menu updated from Shotgrid to Flow
  • IMPROVED Improved SFTP and FTPS transfer speeds
  • IMPROVED Frame sync in compare mode
  • IMPROVED Increased size of dropdown playlist menu so longer filenames are more visible
  • IMPROVED Added separate parameters so frame playback, OTIO, and video playback can have different cache sizes
  • IMPROVED UI fixes to collection tree in the iconik integration browser
  • IMPROVED When adding files to cineSync, multiple files can now be selected in file selection dialog box
  • IMPROVED Reworked fullscreen controls, adding more controls like colour grading, colour picker and line width
  • IMPROVED Colour range setting now persists
  • IMPROVED Performance of some ftrack API calls
  • IMPROVED Fullscreen mode no longer saved as a preference
  • IMPROVED The iconik integration browser now only shows active/available collections.
  • IMPROVED iconik URLs now refresh correctly and renew when added from a session file
  • IMPROVED Playlist added from ftrack now reflect live changes (add/delete media)
  • IMPROVED Playlist added from Flow now reflect live changes (add/delete media)

  • IMPROVED Playlist added from iconik Collection now reflect live changes (add/delete media)

  • IMPROVED Open saved frame folder now opens latest review folder
  • IMPROVED Render optimisations
  • FIXED Flow playlist order maintained when added to cineSync
  • FIXED OCIO profiles not being set correctly when multiple files with different OCIO profiles are played in a sequence
  • FIXED Performance issue playing OTIOs with variable frame rates
  • FIXED Screen position not always maintained when resizing on a second display
  • FIXED Graphic corruption when dragging cineSync on second display, with a different resolution
  • FIXED Placeholder text not showing in light mode
  • FIXED Crash on startup when running on Enterprise version of Windows
  • FIXED Crash on exit if audio wave graphic generation thread was running

 

March 14 2024 - cineSync 5.4.1

  • NEW Added autosave of session files
  • NEW Added support for markers to make timeline navigation easier
  • NEW Added alternative PDF renderer
  • NEW Added ability to view a PDF via Blackmagic
  • NEW Added additional output pixel formats for Blackmagic
  • NEW Added checkerboard background
  • IMPROVED Command + option(alt) can now be used to rotate the compare wipe tool
  • IMPROVED Updated Linux build environment to Rocky8, changing minimum glibc version to 2.28 as per vfxplatform recommendation
  • IMPROVED Moved all versions over to Qt6
  • IMPROVED Improved speed when swapping files in playlist, removed extra black frames
  • FIXED Play position sometimes not being set correctly when loading from a session file
  • FIXED Opening cineSync by double clicking media or session file (MacOS)
  • FIXED Render 1:1 scale rendering at the wrong size
  • FIXED Rotation glitch in compare wipe tool
  • FIXED Draw order for positive ghost frames, the active frame now always displays at the front
  • FIXED Eraser and ghosting. The eraser will no longer incorrectly delete ghosted drawings
  • FIXED Uppercase files extensions not being recognised
  • FIXED Handling of unicode files names on Windows

 

January 15 2024 - cineSync 5.4.0

  • NEW Added support for Standard and Pro accounts
  • NEW Added native ARM version for macOS
  • NEW Added support for V2 node locked licenses, V1 still supported on x86 machine
  • NEW Added ability for movie window to follow note selection
  • IMPROVED A/B compare mode
  • IMPROVED Encryption now works better on high latency networks
  • IMPROVED Reworked logging, all logs now written to single location
  • FIXED Fullscreen playlist sometimes causing main window to go blank
  • FIXED S3 urls invalidating after 60 mins (they now refresh correctly)
  • FIXED Crash when deleting an encrypted file while downloading

 

November 10 2023 - cineSync 5.3.3

  • NEW Added support for Iconik Storage Gateways (ISG’s) to the iconik integration, including proxy support
  • NEW Added support for OTIOZ
  • NEW New laser tool in annotations toolset
  • NEW Ability to zoom out past 100%
  • NEW New ability in ftrack integration to choose between exporting notes per frame or per asset
  • NEW Added support for OCIO profiles and support to save and auto load the profiles per asset
  • NEW Added support to setup secondary LUT via environment variables
  • NEW Ability to login to Shotgrid integration via the Shotgrid desktop app
  • NEW Added ability to add frames as either a sequence or as individual items in the playlist
  • NEW Added ability to select save frame format – png or jpg
     
  • IMPROVED Some reworking of the playlist and added “Manage Media” and “Manage Transfers” buttons
  • IMPROVED Added “Add from server” option to main UI
  • IMPROVED Added ability to select ftrack components when browsing and adding versions
  • IMPROVED Playlists updates in Shotgrid now update in cineSync via integration
  • IMPROVED Improved frame caching
  • IMPROVED Added password reset link to cineSync 5 login dialog box
  • IMPROVED Added ability for the customer to change their download location
  • UPDATED Patched lib curl for security venerability CVE-2023-38545
  • UPDATED Updated to the latest versions of OpenEXR (3.2) and OpenColorIO (2.3)
  • FIXED line tool not generating a note
  • FIXED playlist combobox sometime flashing incorrect icon when adding local files
  • FIXED output settings not always saving
  • FIXED dev menu not working from command line
  • FIXED localised paths with environment variables when used with ftrack media

July 5 2023 - cineSync 5.3.2

  • NEW Straight line tool - command/alt key locks to grid
  • NEW Support for Wacom devices
  • NEW Support for slower playback - 0.25, 0.5 and 0.75
  • NEW Ability to set custom thumbnail frame
  • IMPROVED Additional keyboard shortcuts for compare mode
  • IMPROVED Hotkey to open Notes (command N)
  • IMPROVED In compare mode added option to "use" A movie colour settings on B movie
  • IMPROVED Support for loading files using symlinks, aliases and shortcuts
  • IMPROVED Pinch gesture now works properly for zoom controls
  • IMPROVED rec709 added as one of the default output options
  • IMPROVED Increased max audio slip time from 1s to 5s
  • IMPROVED Notes now correctly choose timecode or frame number
  • UPDATED Colour channel menu options now respects "apply to all movies"
  • UPDATED Compare mode now persists as a preference
  • UPDATED Added support for paths conversions via the use of environment variables (Multi-OS environments)
  • FIXED S3 uploads/Browsing/downloads via Northern Virginia
  • FIXED Zoom box not always aligned correctly
  • FIXED Mouse cursor not showing correctly on macOS

 

May 15 2023 - cineSync 5.3.1

  • NEW "Log to desktop option" for file transfers
  • NEW Support for playing encrypted audio files
  • NEW Ability to login to iconik via the iconik web login
  • NEW Select-All control to publish iconik window
  • NEW "Open in folder" to right click menu, within the playlist
  • IMPROVED cineSync now registers 'add to cineSync" custom actions in iconik
  • UPDATED OpenEXR to v3.1.7
  • UPDATED OpenColorIO to v2.2.1
  • UPDATED FFmpeg to 6.0
  • FIXED Sound offset issue when playing for OTIO
  • FIXED Default EXR control not working on QT6 build
  • FIXED Group control, within fullscreen playlist not working on QT6 build
  • FIXED ssl issue when downloading from certain S3 zones
  • FIXED Downloading files from s3 with ( or ) in their name
  • FIXED Issues when browsing s3 buckets which contain a large number of objects
  • FIXED Version numbers in windows and macOS installers
  • FIXED Issue exporting frames back to ftrack
  • FIXED "B" video sometimes showing a black frame in compare mode

 

April 6 2023 - cineSync 5.3

  • NEW Integration with iconik

  • NEW Support for FTPS and SFTP file transfers

  • NEW Support for audio-only files

  • NEW "Open Folder" button to show save location when exporting frames and pdf

  • NEW Added ability to debug web views via remote chrome services

  • IMPROVED Updated to latest version of OTIO (v0.15)

  • IMPROVED Speed improvements in underlying TLRender framework

  • IMPROVED Volume control updates

  • FIXED Graphical glitch when dragging and dropping on macOS

  • FIXED The ftrack integration "Application UI" now respects the sort_order within the review session object

  • FIXED The ftrack integration "Application UI" now correctly displays Project names

  • FIXED Small screen corruption in compare mode, on Windows

  • FIXED Integrations not picking up new frames after an export

  • FIXED Volume control not showing correct icon in fullscreen mode

 

January 25 2023 - cineSync 5.2.1

  • NEW "Eyedropper" Colour picker

  • NEW Digital Color Meter

  • NEW Ability to copy and paste Colour settings

  • NEW Colour settings "Apply to all"

  • NEW Customisable keyboard shortcuts

  • NEW Read timecode track and use in OTIO

  • NEW Audio offset for Blackmagic devices

  • NEW Optional Watermarking for encrypted media

  • IMPROVED Reduced latency for volume and mute with Blackmagic devices

  • FIXED A timecode fix that was causing audio to be offset in some cases

 

December 21 2022 - cineSync 5.2

  • NEW Support for HDR content

  • NEW Output via Blackmagic SDI

  • NEW New support for creating file sequences

  • NEW Added support for folders/groups in Playlist

  • NEW Support for transfers via AWS S3 integration

  • NEW Support for transfers via AliCloud integration

  • NEW Support for file encryption for review media distributed via integrations

  • NEW Optional Watermarking for encrypted media

  • NEW Ability to mute guest playback volume remotely

  • NEW Presentation mode (disable guest transport and drawing controls)

  • NEW Added ability to load additional LUTs

  • IMPROVED New full screen UI

  • IMPROVED cineSync will now default to dedicated GPU if available

  • FIXED Version numbers changed to 5.x format

  • FIXED Added a 'check for updates'

  • FIXED Added some locate and un-locate menu options

  • FIXED Fixed timeline not rendering cuts correctly

  • FIXED Fixed crash joining a review with an audio offset applied

  • FIXED Fixed dragging text boxes

  • FIXED Added option to read timecode from the file

  • FIXED Thumbnails are now cleaned up correctly

  • FIXED Negative timecode offsets can now be specified

  • FIXED When downloading “original file” from ftrack integration, .mov's are no longer named incorrectly as .mp4's

 

July 4 2022 - cineSync 5.1 (cineSync Play v1.1)

  • NEW Movie Inspector Window

  • NEW Difference option in Compare Mode

  • NEW Add ability to view pre-multiplied alpha in Colour Tools

  • NEW Ping/Pong loop option

  • NEW Added ability to read frame sequence fps from ftrack component metadata

  • NEW Added option to Connect in China to dedicated servers hosted in AliCloud

  • IMPROVED Added ability to log python and java scripts

  • IMPROVED Added message when duplicate files are added to the review

  • IMPROVED cineSync Play can now access certs in the Windows store

  • IMPROVED Strings within our python scripts can now be translated

  • IMPROVED Changed background message while online to show session key

  • IMPROVED Improved command line args parsing on frame sequences

  • IMPROVED Updated to the latest version of OTIO

  • IMPROVED Added 2FA support for Shotgrid legacy logins

  • IMPROVED ftrack note category and colour is now saved in the preference file

  • IMPROVED Loading from non-standard locations when used with a self-hosted ftrack instance.

  • IMPROVED Added Error message if Save Frame folder does not exist, or has been deleted.

  • FIXED Problem connecting to Shotgrid server via SG integration

  • FIXED Issue with adding folders that contain movies files with numbers in their filename being incorrectly treated as frame sequences.

  • FIXED Issue with audio track sometimes not being detected

  • FIXED Logging into ftrack via cineSync Play sometimes logs the user out of ftrack Connect

  • FIXED Issue where saving the current frame re-enables Compare Mode under certain circumstances

  • FIXED Timeline rendering glitch where in and out point markers would not render when on frame 0

  • FIXED Play button showing incorrect icon when playing backwards

  • FIXED Issue where the legal dialog box being open prevented the application closing correctly.

  • FIXED Issue with setting Loop in and out points

  • FIXED Issue with in/out points not being set correctly for a guest joining an review

  • FIXED Crash when in/out points are enabled and guests in a sync review have not located the file

  • FIXED right mouse button activating drawing tools and leaving a mark on the frame

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