CinePlay 1.2 released - Kollaborate Synced Sessions, CDLs and more

Earlier we launched CinePlay 1.2, a major update to our professional iOS video player.

Kollaborate Synced Sessions

You can now take part in Synced Sessions directly in CinePlay. This allows your CinePlay playhead to be controlled by someone else so you can take part in collaborative viewing sessions with multiple people on your project.

Note: CinePlay can only act as a guest and cannot currently host a session.

Kollaborate Color Decision Lists

You can now upload a Color Decision List to Kollaborate and have CinePlay color correct a video file according to the values in the CDL.

Here's how to do it:

1. Grade the video and export a Color Decision List from your grading software.

2. Upload the ungraded video to Kollaborate.

3. Upload the CDL to Kollaborate.

4. On the Files page, click the arrow to the right of the CDL and select Relationship Editor.

5. Click New Relationship.

6. Select the video, then set the relationship type to CDL.

7. Play the video in CinePlay and you will see the new grade. If you already had the video open, go back to the menu and select it again.

CinePlay will not apply the CDL if the movie's timecode does not fall within the bounds of the CDL clip start and end points. What this means is that you can use one CDL to apply different grades to different videos, or set the in and out points high to make it apply to multiple videos.

Kollaborate comment alerts

Like Cut Notes, CinePlay will now show an on-screen notification when someone else makes a note on the video you are watching.

Architecture overhaul

We've significantly overhauled the playback architecture which provides a base for many additional new features in future. We've also optimized the app to improve memory usage and performance and made it iOS 7-compatible.

You can read the full list of changes here.

CinePlay is an essential tool for video professionals, especially when used in conjunction with our Kollaborate cloud workflow platform. To find out more, view the feature list, read the user manual, watch the video overview or buy on the App Store.