Welcome to the home of Syncarella™ the worlds easiest video markup tool.
about

Syncarella™ is a video markup tool which allows you to watch and draw on top of video files simultaneously with other users in the session. All playback and drawing tools are synchronised, so everyone gets to see what everyone else is doing in realtime.

Syncarella™ is used by film and video professionals, directors and motion graphics artists around the world to help streamline the creation of moving-image content on the web.

features

security No image data is transferred between users, and all sessions are protected by your password.

cross platform

You can participate in any session for FREE using Windows, OSX, Linux or Solaris, as long as Java™ is installed.
synchronised
Play, scrub and draw, and all users can see your actions in real-time.
multiple users
Up to 4 users per session, each user with a different pen colour.
snapshots Draw something, then click Snapshot, and the sketch will be saved onto your desktop in the Syncarella folder, in a uniquely numbered folder for your session..

instructions

1

Preparation. Make sure the latest version of Java™ is installed on your computer and that you have all the video files you need in the correct codecs. (see 4 below for codec info)

2

Click the big pink pumpkin to launch Syncarella. You need to say YES at the Java™ security dialogue to allow it to run.

3

Start single-user mode.

or Join a Session using your email and the password your Session manager gives you.

or Start a Session using your email and the password you get from this website. (if you want, you can build your own weblink to log in to Syncarella directly).

Then enter the email addresses of all the people you want to invite into the session. Syncarella will generate a unique Session password which each user will need in order to join your Session.

4
Load your video files (and wait for other users to do the same.)

Video files are currently limited to the following formats.
Video type Codecs (more coming soon!)
Quicktime (*.mov) Cinepak & Uncompressed & H263
AVI (*.avi) Cinepak & Uncompressed  
5
Draw, play and scrub. Click Snapshot to save your sketches as png files to the Syncarella folder on your Desktop.
Session managers and Single users can click Menu to load or swap video files.
purchase
Try Syncarella™ for free.
FREE for single users. FREE to join any session
Runs straight from the web!
Buy a Syncarella™ key.

Start your own sessions. 30 day FREE trial.

Your email address*
Select a key type    

* Your key will be sent to the email address that you specify above so please ensure that you have full access to that email. Syncarella also records your IP address during key submission.


 

Sun Java™

You will need Java™ in order to run Syncarella™.
Java™ is a free download from Sun Microsystems.

news

05 June 2008 - There's now an easy way to link directly to your Syncarella console! Check out this entry in the forums.

04 June 2008 - Check out our forums for news, bug reports, and features requests from our users.

30 May 2008 - Version 0.9 Beta Launch. Syncarella™ is free for single-users, free to join a session and comes with a 30 day free trial for Session managers so you start your own sessions. Sign up here for a key.

contacts
sales inquiries James Neale
Ph : +61 2 9247 2788
technical inquiries Josh Wright Ph : +61 2 6772 4115
       

legals

terms of use Syncarella™ is currently at BETA stage so we cannot promise that it will behave itself properly all the time.
You can try it for free at your own risk but there could still be some stability issues which we are slowly ironing out.
Please be patient and check back with us for updates and news about fixes.
privacy policy We guarantee that your email address will only be used for the purposes of identification, and will never be divulged to anyone outside of the Syncarella™ project.
We will only contact you by email if we find any security breaches on your account.

Syncarella™ © 2008 ProMotion Studios and KnowledgeIT All rights reserved
Sun™, Solaris™ and Java™ are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc, Santa Clara, CA, 95054, USA