The new cineSync Pro beta has been released today, with some options for larger brush sizes in the drawing tools, brush size shortcuts (larger is ], smaller is [ ), a fix for some reported colour "clipping" issues to ensure accurate colour representation on calibrated systems and other general speed and performance improvements.
The full release of cineSync Pro 2.0 will be issued on May 26 – but anyone interested in purchasing cineSync Pro prior to the official release can take advantage of the offer detailed below.

Any support queries should be emailed to and any enquiries about pricing or purchasing can be sent to cineSync Product Manager Rory McGregor at

What is cineSync Pro?

cineSync Pro has been developed in response to the needs of VFX, animation, film production, network television and DI facilities – facilities that deal with a large volume of media across multiple locations and which require a level of features not available in existing interactive media review tools.

cineSync Pro excels in 3 major areas: Flexibility, Presentation and high level Interactivity.

Flexibility

cineSync Pro introduces two new features to enhance flexibility ‘ Multisession and Offline Mode.

Multisession allows multiple simultaneous sessions with the one account – for example, a 10 user account can support 5 x 2 user accounts running at the same time.

Offline Mode allows you to set up sessions without being connected to the cineSync server. You now have access to as many offline licenses as online licenses (based on the size of your cineSync Pro account). This means that even if all your external – “online” – cineSync Pro licenses are in use, you can still utilise “offline” licenses to set up sessions prior to reviews. Artists can also use cineSync Pro offline to prepare frames and sequences with markers and annotations for review prior to approvals, without using an online license.

Presentation

cineSync Pro supports full screen presentation, allowing you to run sessions without the usual system GUI in situations where presentation is important. All of the normal cineSync shortcut keys work in full screen mode.

Interactivity

cineSync Pro now allows you to communicate colour information, through some simple colour manipulation tools. You can also compare framing using synchronised masking tools, and examine areas in greater detail using synchronised zoom and pan controls.

Stereoscopy

cineSync Pro also now supports stereoscopic (3D) material. Using Quicktime movies with the left eye and right eye rendered side by side, you can display the left and right on two separate monitors in full screen ‘ or output to a stereo projector. You can also modify the convergence of your Stereo shots, using our synchronised image and drawing depth controls.

Summary of features:

  • Run on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (Suse 9.3, Ubuntu 7.10, CentOS 4.4 and Fedora Core 5).
  • Full screen mode.
  • Full screen shortcut controls.
  • Play stereoscopic QuickTimes (with synchronised convergence controls).
  • Perform synchronised colour adjustments, including gamma, saturation, contrast and brightness.
  • Zoom and pan to specific areas of interest.
  • Run multiple simultaneous sessions.
  • Use without an internet connection in offline mode.
  • Apply synchronised soft or hard masks in any aspect ratio.
  • Apply 3D LUTs to loaded movies and still images.
  • Switch between anamorphic and standard aspect ratios.
Coming soon:
  • Fullscreen transport controls.
  • Better stereoscopic file support (e.g. mono files wont be displayed in stereo mode).
  • HD-SDI output (windows and Mac only)
  • Windows playback performance improvements.
Pricing

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

Special Offer

If you like what you see and wish to purchase an account before the full release of cineSync Pro on May 26, we have a very special offer.

Firstly, we’re discounting the price during the beta period to USD$4,000 for a 12 month, 10 user account. Secondly, regardless of when you purchase the account, it will be valid until at least May 26 2009 – so purchases before May 26 2008 will gain an additional month or two for free.

As an added bonus – those of you that purchase cineSync Pro before May 26, will have the option of upgrading your existing cineSync accounts to cineSync Pro for the remainder of the subscription period ‘ for free (This offer is only applicable to existing cineSync accounts purchased prior to March 19 2008).

If you are interested in cineSync Pro, would like more information about the offer, or have any other queries, please contact cineSync Product Manager Rory McGregor at or contact