Review for animation and VFX

The exact image, reviewed together.

A review player that opens your multichannel EXRs and camera RAW as they are, and online review where your clients follow the pilot's picture in their browser.

Bernard Review in Dark mode: a shot in A/B comparison with the wipe in the middle, the playlist on the left, the colour panel on the right and the timeline below.
THE PLAYER, DARK MODE · A/B COMPARISON OF A RAW SHOT · IMAGE COURTESY OF RED DIGITAL CINEMA
The player · free and open source (MIT)

Everything a review needs, on your workstation.

Windows and Linux (Ubuntu, Rocky). The player is free: its code is open under the MIT licence, published by AArts Lab.

The real files

Multichannel EXR and their AOVs, OpenEXR 3.4 with HTJ2K, DPX, TIFF, ProRes, DNxHR, H.264 and HEVC, RED and Blackmagic RAW.

Compare

A and B side by side with a rotating wipe, previous and next versions, frame lock, onion skin for drawings.

Accurate colour

Floating-point grading, ACEScg, ACES 2065-1, ARRI LogC3 and LogC4, sRGB, Rec.709, P3, Rec.2020, ACES 1.0 and 2.0 output transforms, .cube LUTs.

Draw and take notes

Brush, text, arrows, shapes and laser on the picture; notes and status per shot; notes and drawings exported to HTML.

Export

Reusable export recipes: ProRes, DNxHR, H.264, HEVC, EXR, DPX, TIFF, PNG; burn-ins and watermark.

Smooth on heavy shots

RAM, VRAM and NVMe disk cache, resolution adjusted automatically so the playlist fits in memory, GPU decoding.

In the pipeline

Command line and local API for studio scripts: load, play, export, collect notes, even without a window.

Three looks

Classic, Dark and Light, as each user prefers.

Live sessions

Sessions between several players on the studio network or over VPN, synchronised frame by frame, no account needed.

Online review

Your clients see the pilot's picture, in their browser.

No account and nothing to install for guests. Other studios with Bernard Review follow on their own files, at full quality.

1 · Open

The pilot opens an online session.

It goes through our relay: no port to open at the studio, everything leaves on 443.

2 · Invite

A link, and a password sent separately, or a code by e-mail.

Each guest gets the picture with their name as a watermark.

3 · Review together

Same picture, same moment.

Laser, drawing, chat and voice. The pilot can hand over control in one click.

Live, in 1080p

Measured delay between the pilot's screen and the guest's: about 100 to 200 ms from Europe.

On every screen

Computer, tablet, phone. With a finger or a stylus.

The grade, visible

A read-only Colour & Image panel: the guest sees the pilot's settings.

To be honest

To judge the final colour: the player.

The web page receives compressed video, shown on screens we do not know. It is for commenting, pointing and deciding. Colour is judged in the player, in floating point, on the source.

Security

Designed for TPN requirements.

Guests without an accountseparate password or e-mail code
Named watermarkeach guest's name on their picture
Closed networksencrypted, everything on port 443
Nothing recordedno pictures or notes kept on the relay
Access logwho, when, from where
Hosted in the EUHetzner, Germany · or on your premises
Pricing · launch prices, excluding VAT

The player is free. Online review is per seat.

Pilot

€39 / month
  • €31 per month billed yearly
  • One pilot seat, unlimited online sessions
  • Up to 10 guests per session
  • Named watermark

Enterprise

from €6,000 / year
  • Relay installed on your premises
  • TPN security file
  • Service commitment

Session pass

€19
  • One 4-hour session
  • No subscription
  • Valid for 12 months

Guests never pay. 14-day free trial. Schools and non-profits: 50% off on request.

Next

In the works.

COMING SOON

Your trackers

Playlists loaded from Kitsu, ftrack and Flow (ShotGrid), notes and drawings published back.

COMING SOON

An Essential mode

A simple interface for artists and supervisors, with nothing taken away.

COMING SOON

Scopes and curves

Histogram, parade, waveform, vectorscope, curves and levels, the way retouching tools work.

COMING SOON

Forensic watermark

An invisible mark that identifies the source of a leak.

COMING SOON

macOS

The player on Mac.

COMING SOON

More quality online

Lossless still frame on request, 4K, file sync between studios.

Try it on your next review.

Write to us: we will show you the player and an online session, on your own shots.

contact@bernardengine.com