Release notes - ftrack Review | ftrack Documentation

October 1, 2020

NEW Improved player interface that puts the media in more focus by giving it more screen estate.
CHANGED Moved “laser tool” to player toolbar and changed order of tools.
CHANGED Allow users to download images attached to notes.
CHANGED Hovering over card and playlist item titles reveal truncated names in a tooltip.
FIXED The spacing in the Version selector is off when there is only 1 version.
FIXED Keyboard shortcuts heading gets cut off on smaller screen resolutions.
FIXED Keyboard shortcuts are not specific to the users current platform.
FIXED The description text in the "Version up" modal is not visible in the light theme.
FIXED Opacity value in sync is sometimes a bit off between collaborators.
FIXED Sync is a bit off in compare mode.
FIXED Error is thrown sometimes when entering compare mode.

NEW Add new compare mode, Overlay, where you can compare versions by changing the opacity.
NEW Add "Leave review" button in the collaborator interface.
CHANGED Transparent images now show a checkerboard pattern behind them.
CHANGED De-emphasize the secondary media when giving feedback in compare mode.
FIXED Player toolbar flickers and shows stale data when changing media.
FIXED Comments written in Microsoft Edge does not contain an exported annotation for use in PDF export.
FIXED Version numbers are not localized.
FIXED Tooltip for download button in fullscreen mode of player is positioned wrong.
FIXED User may appear as in sync when sync connection is dropped.
FIXED Highlight the current step in the onboarding stepper.
FIXED Review expiry date label is displayed using the API name.
FIXED Annotations did not always appear to all in sync, when revisited.
FIXED Can not see annotations on PDFs while in compare mode.
FIXED Hovering over images shows a pointer cursor when clicking has no effect.
FIXED Safari fails to start video playback when in sync in some situations.
FIXED The styling in the compare header is a bit off.
FIXED Holding shift while dragging does not show grabbing cursor.
FIXED Displaying native size is not applied when in compare mode.
FIXED Selecting the already playing version breaks the page.

CHANGED Updated localization for Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and Russian.
FIXED Status is reset to seen if previously changed when loading a review.
FIXED Can not play media when sync connection is not established.
FIXED Start sync button is shown before establishing connection to sync server.

NEW Reviews with sync - Review media in sync with collaborators.

When in sync, all participants look at the same media and frame. Feedback and changes appear in real-time and and annotations are automatically saved as drafts.
NEW Compare versions of the same asset side by side.
NEW Add playback support for high-resolution media with a standard of 1080p.
NEW Allow changing video resolution in player.
NEW Now possible to buy Review Pro for more sync participants, increased storage and 4k video support.
CHANGED Add spinner to asset card in uploading state.
CHANGED Updated text in dialog for adding collaborators to a review.
CHANGED Change versions of an asset in library from player header instead of sidebar.
CHANGED Simplify user experience for empty states.
FIXED Some text in ftrack Review that have grammatical errors.
FIXED Clicking on the already selected menu item causes issues with the video frame rate.
FIXED Feedback without any text comments and drawings can be posted.
FIXED Annotation tools closes when clicking on the frame tag in a note.
FIXED Resizing screen to a narrow window causes an error.
FIXED Error when playing review before media has finished encoding.
FIXED Images smaller than the viewport are scaled up.

NEW Redesigned player full screen mode with the ability to control playback.
NEW Annotate when giving feedback from Library without first creating a review
NEW Added setting to disable notifications for collaborators.
CHANGED Videos do no longer auto-play when changing media.
CHANGED Annotation tools are no longer reset when changing media.
CHANGED Display warning if there are more than 200 comments on one media.
CHANGED You can no longer select to give feedback in one review from Library, all comments from Library are internal only.
CHANGED The feedback box is now centered on large resolutions.

NEW Passphrase protection for review sessions. When enabled, your collaborators will need a passphrase to enter the review session.
FIXED Download button appears on Android devices when playing the media in full screen.

CHANGED Added keyboard shortcut for closing the annotation tools.
FIXED Switching media more than an hour after loading the review may cause errors displaying it.
FIXED Team members list disappears briefly when managing project access.
FIXED Unable to post reply to comments in review on mobile.

NEW [Feedback] New laser annotation tool. Useful for highlighting parts of the image without saving the annotation.
NEW [Localization] Add support for Russian localization.
CHANGED [Feedback] Improve performance when posting feedback in a Review.
CHANGED [Feedback] The default annotation color has changed to be unique for each collaborator.
CHANGED [Feedback] Annotation drafts are now shown as timeline markers.
CHANGED [Feedback] Annotations are no longer cleared automatically, but can be do so explicitly with a new button in the toolbar.
CHANGED [Player] Updated design of time format menu to match playback menu.
CHANGED [Localization] Updated localization for Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and Russian.
FIXED [Player, Mobile] The player timeline is hidden in the mobile layout.
FIXED [Player] Clicking on the playlist or comment frame tags may jumps to the wrong frame if the video sequence contains a variable frame rate.
FIXED [Player] No tooltips for player toolbar icons.

NEW Play back specific videos in sequence by selecting "Play selection" playback mode.
CHANGED Added media type icon to each item in playlist in the review player, as well as a new icon if item has multiple versions.
CHANGED Improved performance when managing reviews that have a lot of content.
FIXED Duplicate items may appear in Library and "Import from library" modal if there are more than 25 assets.
FIXED A version which is not the latest may be displayed when managing a review with more than 100 objects.
FIXED Activity tab in library fails to load if asset has been renamed.
FIXED The checkboxes on the items in different dialogs does not work to click on.
FIXED The version selector doesn't sort correctly when there are 10 or more versions of the review session object.
FIXED The play review button is visible for empty reviews.
FIXED The download button is missing from the internal review player.
FIXED Links in activity feed to review media are broken.