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Follow up on the latest improvements and updates.
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Audio FIles
Hooray! SyncSketch now supports uploading audio-only file formats. No need to render out a blank video file with your audio track to get it into SyncSketch anymore - simply drag and drop your aac, mp3, aiff, or wav files straight into a review.
We generate a waveform based on your file to give a visual inside the player, and allow you to draw on it to leave notes.
Check out our Reviewing Audio Files support article for more info!
Copy Annotations
Now you can copy all of your sketches and comments from an item in one step, and easily paste them onto another item!
Check out our Copying & Pasting Annotations support article for more info!
Improvements
- Remember frame and playback range settings when switching between items.
- Automatically reload latest project after session timeout.
- Adding Review Sections to Python API
- Adding item extension in player
Security
- Session Alerts - our users are now getting notified about new login activity to increase transparency.
We are updating our new navigation design to give you the best experience. The Update includes:
Improvements
- Archived Reviews can now be accessed in the sidebar
- Project and Workspace switchers show on hover
- Auto Focus Project Search when opening Project Switcher
- Easily access project actions from the Home Page (Admin only)
- Updated Project tiles on the Home page now show "last updated" date to quickly find active projects
Project Action Menu for Admins
Fixes
- Fixed an issue with limited starred reviews and projects
- Fixed visual inconsistencies when loading reviews
Accessing SyncSketch is getting easier for current Unity customers. You can now sign in using your existing Unity ID with the click of a button. Quick and easy.
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue with case sensitive Webhooks
- Fixed "Page can not be found" issue for education users when reloading the page.
We're introducing brand new navigation to SyncSketch! This is an "opt-in" feature for now, so we'd love for you to check it out and let us know what you think!
We've chosen a sidebar design that we feel is much more streamlined, and gives our users a better sense of where they are within the Workspace>Project>Review structure. In addition to feeling more intuitive, some additional benefits offered by the new design include:
- New Workspace Home Page:giving all users a convenient overview of all their Projects
- Starred Projects:easy access to frequently visited projects
- Starred Reviews:convenient way to flag important reviews
- Bookmarksin the Media Tab (Team & Enterprise only) are more accessible
- Review Groups(Team & Enterprise only) are more accessible
Check out our Updated Navigation support article for more info!
At long last, we now have Aspect Ratio Mattes, as well as several types of Overlays for use in the player. Use our new Guides menu, seen in the image below, to adjust the settings. Our convenient keyboard shortcut of "shift+g" allows the Mattes and Overlays to be quickly turned off and on!
Check out our Using Guides to add Aspect Ratio Mattes & Overlays support article for more info!
Fixes
- Case-sensitivity error for Whitelisted Users/Domains
- Issue preventing removal of an item added to a review from another review
- Sorting issue after collapsing a section on the project page
- Links in PDF notes summary
Improvements
- Added support for .heic files (High Efficiency Image File Format - common to Apple iPhone)
- SSO self-service workflow enhancements
- Updated UI sliders for brush size and opacity
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Self-Service SSO & Enterprise Self-Purchase (v3.5)
We're putting more power into your hands by introducing a couple new ways you can manage your account, without waiting on us!
Self-Service SSO (available on Enterprise)
We've put an end to the back and forth once required with our support team to set up, or update your SAML configuration. Now you can complete the entire process from within your Workspace Settings!
Check out our Self-Service SSO support article for more info!
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Enterprise Trial and Self-Purchase
Sometimes you just know what you want! We've now unlocked the ability to start a trial and ultimately purchase or upgrade to our Enterprise plan - without the need to interface directly with our sales team.
Don't worry, our team is still here to help when you need them, but now you don't have to wait for business hours if you wake up in the middle of the night with a sudden craving to try our advanced features!
Check out our Subscription Adjustments support article for more info on how to adjust your current plan or switch to a different one!
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Upload from clipboard
Paste an item straight from your clipboard using Ctrl/Meta+V or by using our Add Media Menu. A big time saver to quickly add screenshots into your review sessions.
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Improvements
- Improved Auto Fit Zoom by adding an option to max out zoom at 100%. This keep quality high by preventing smoothing. We also added a handy shortcut to zoom to 100% (Ctrl + 1)
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Fixes
- Issue causing dragged items to drop into multiple sections
- Default Section now disappears when all items have been moved to custom Sections
- Sections menu is now available immediately when a new review is created, before media is added
- Dragging first item into Sections now works more smoothly
- Transparent PNG files no longer 'flash' the transparency grid upon completion of upload in the player and review row accordion
- Whitelist Domains field can now accept up to 4096 characters
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Audio Notes & Jira Integration (v3.4)
We're excited to share two major new features!
Audio Notes
A great option if your feedback is easier to express by speaking it, rather than typing it.
Want to use sound effects to convey an idea or simply describe something in detail that comes out easier when speaking? Give this a try!
Jira Integration
If your studio is using Jira as a tracking tool, this integration will help you link SyncSketch comments to existing Jira issues, or create new issues based on the comments.
Fixes
- Time range, sync, sound and playback issues when using compare mode
- Blank page issue when refreshing during looped video playback in synced session
Improvements
- Saving custom brush settings functionality clarified by updating language in the UI and the support article
NEW: Organize media items into Sections
It's here! Rather than having one big bucket of media items in your review, you can now organize your media into custom sections that you create.
- Flexibility:Add, remove, rename, reorder, expand and collapse sections using the new options, whether you're prepping for a review on the Project page, or in the middle of one in the Player!
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Player Improvements (v3.2)
New:
Full-screen playback
In addition to the existing full-screen playback mode available on desktop browsers, we now feature an option to view in Theater Mode, which makes the playback full-screen and also hides the playback controls and other browser window features. This is great for screening rooms and conference room projectors.
(Note that Full Screen mode remains unavailable in any browser on iOS due to Web API restrictions on the platform.)
Link Sharing Defaults: Start Unsynced
There is a new project setting that allows invitees to join reviews unsynced by default. Invitees can still click the Join Sync button in the upper right corner for synced reviews.
This setting is also available in the Workspace Settings so that you can set the default for all projects, and even enforce them if needed.
The
Share Review Link
dialog still only shows the Start Unsynced
option for External Collaborators. Project members can now join reviews unsynced by default using this new setting. Custom Playback Speed Controls
- In the Review Player, the playback speed controls have undergone some improvements.
- The toolbar control now only displays the framerate when playback is at normal speed. When using the speed controls either via the menu or the JKL keys, the speeds will be shown as multipliers, which is usually more useful.
- Custom rate settings persist locally.
Improvements
- Static watermarks are now applied to newly uploaded GIFs.
- To make email notifications snappier, we’ve tightened up timeouts for inactive browser tabs.
- Various optimizations and performance improvements in the API and in general.
Fixes
- When attempting to download PDF notes for videos that have no annotations, a warning will be presented and it will no longer generate a blank PDF.
- When navigating to long notes, the screen no longer shifts up.
- When using Google to sign in, changes in your name or profile picture in SyncSketch will no longer get reverted to those from your Google account.
- Dynamic Watermarks once again only appear at the bottom.
- Unsynced reviewers no longer affect those in a synced review meeting when using Compare Mode.
- The media item’s duration in frames is once again displayed in the lower right corner in the Grid view of the Review in the Project Overview.
NEW: Pre- and Post-Roll (aka 'Handles')
We now have a Project Setting that will automatically set playback ranges on videos to ignore a specified number of frames at the head (Pre-Roll) and tail (Post-Roll) of a clip.
The Item Name Filter option adds flexibility to only apply these settings to clips that contain certain words in their name.
UPDATE: Upload Manager location change
This update gives the Upload Manager a new home in the header at the top of the page. Access your upload progress or recent upload activity here:
Improvements:
- Project API performance improvements
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