cineSync 5 release notes
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Written by Rory McGregor
Updated over a week ago

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 short cuts

  • 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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