cineSync 1.2 released

Tuesday, 05 December 2006

The new release adds several new features, including:

• A buddy list: see who's in the session with you.
• A text drawing tool: write notes directly onto a frame.
• Session saving capability: recall your notes from previous sessions.
• Final Cut Pro XML data Import/Export: supply all your notes directly to your FCP editor.
• Refined pencil, circle and arrow drawing tools:  better, faster, improved.
• Multi-level Undo/Redo: of all drawing and text.

The tool of choice for visual media review and approval, cineSync is the industry standard review tool in Hollywood, having been used on mega budget films such as X-Men: The Last Stand, Superman Returns, Charlotte's Web, Poseidon, War of the Worlds and many, many others. VFX Supervisor on the third installment of X-Men, John Bruno, describes working with facilities in Wellington, London, Toronto and LA thus - "cineSync [gave me] the ability to do daily quick-time reviews - using my laptop - in the proper color space and talking in real time to the artists at the facility (via i-pod) with the ability to draw directly onto the screen to illustrate an area of concern within the particular shot. In other words it was almost like being there".

James Tichenor, VFX Supervisor of the upcoming Weinstein Company release Black Christmas said "It's a big feature, shooting in one east coast city, posting in another west coast city, with VFX houses in three other cities spread across North America. cineSync has become our central workspace for keeping all these different locations on the same page with previs and shot design. The flexibility of the system is second to none, and the software really easy and smart".

From a facilities point of view, Arin Finger, a VFX Producer at the Orphanage said "cineSync has been an absolute dream come true for The Orphanage. It has given us the ability to conduct reviews with our clients, vendors and internal staff with minimal setup time. We are able to give and receive precise direction with the great drawing tools within the program. cineSync has become a part of everyday life at The Orphanage. The program is used multiple times a day across the many projects in house." Orphanage projects that have used cineSync include Superman Returns, Pulse, Mimzy and Dungeon Siege.

The release of cineSync v1.2 brings a new level of refinement and features stemming from the close relationship Rising Sun Research has with its customers. Feedback from users on the front line in companies such as Industrial Light and Magic, Weta Digital, Rainmaker Studios, Framestore CFC and The Orphanage is an integral part of the development process, ensuring that cineSync is closely aligned with ever-changing workflow demands.

"cineSync is rapidly establishing itself as the industry standard for reviews" states Clint Walker, CEO of Rising Sun Research. "Our current customers are located across the globe, including such production centres as Los Angeles, Montreal, London, Sydney, Mumbai and beyond. Due to the rapid uptake by industry leaders, we are fast becoming a workflow standard, with industry practices evolving around the new opportunities enabled by cineSync."