Shotgun has teamed up with Tweak on a new product called Revolver that provides digital studios with an all-in-one review toolset. Revolver combines production tracking and review, making it easy for teams to collaborate in real-time. A web-player provides access to the work from any browser or mobile device, and Tweak's high-end native player RV is deeply integrated to provide real-time playback of high res frames from local storage at the desktop or in the screening room. Additional players like an Alembic viewer from Fabric Engine will be offered as optional apps, allowing studios to customize their ideal review pipeline.
"Shotgun has become the fabric that ties our industry together," said Seth Rosenthal, CEO of Tweak Software. "They have already done a brilliant job of foreseeing the collaborative, social, connected future of production. Revolver is the inevitable next step--we seriously hope it will help our friends and colleagues in the industry spend more time making great images and less time fighting with outmoded tools."
Powerful Features
- Visual browsing of assets, shots and playlists across multiple projects.
- View the latest work in context of the cut, with or without handles.
- Integrated search and visual filtering.
- View one or more versions in the timeline, or compare them at the same time.
- Annotate right on the images or write notes that go directly back to the artists.
- View what will be or has been seen in dailies.
- Supports media stored on a local file system or media uploaded to Shotgun managed cloud storage.
- Smart Playlists create filter-driven "in-boxes" of work based on saved filters.
- Playback on any screen, from screening room to desktop to mobile device.
Built on the Shotgun Platform
Revolver is built on the Shotgun platform, providing a powerful and flexible cloud-based framework for production tracking, collaboration, and integration. Revolver leverages much of the platform, including the customizable database, Python API, event stream for event-driven automation, advanced user account and permission management, and custom web-based interfaces for advanced layout control. Revolver will be made available as an add-on for Shotgun clients or a stand-alone product.
Optional Apps: 3D Alembic File Review from Fabric Engine
A web-based Alembic player created by Fabric Engine will also be available as an optional add-on, allowing studios to review and annotate on 3d alembic files.
"We're working with Tweak to take review to a new level. A level where review is so seamless that studios dealing with spiking complexity are finally freed to focus on the work instead of wasting time dealing with the logistics of managing media, documents, time-zones, and data", said Don Parker, Shotgun's CEO. "The result is like having a personal screening room on every desk, and on any device, catering to your every need at any time of day."
Revolver is currently in private beta with more than 30 studios and will be released publicly in early summer. Revolver will be available with a range of options to help studios customize their review pipelines. Prices start at a $19 subscription fee per user per month, or studios can opt to purchase instead. Revolver can be used with existing licenses of RV, or customers can purchase low-cost monthly RV subscriptions directly through Shotgun.