DJV v3.6.0: New review mode – Annotate Frames and Run Full Review Sessions Without Leaving the Player
Save review sessions and stop screenshotting frames just to point at flaws – thanks to @MattRM2.
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Review sessions and annotations
“I’ve been using DJV to do reviews (videos and image sequences side by side), and since I didn’t have all the video formats and wanted a complete package, I compiled it myself. After the first review, I thought a *.djvr file type to save the review setup would be useful, and after two more reviews, DJV gained a review panel.”
— @MattRM2
DJV 3.6.0 introduces MattRM2’s review panel into the player: draw and write on a frame, save the entire session — media, comparisons, view, color, interface — to a .djvr file, and reopen it exactly where you left off, without ever leaving DJV.
review icon in the tool bar
Review panel
Ink color options
- Review sessions: the entire state of a session (media, A/B comparison, view, color, interface) is saved to a “.djvr” file and reopens identically. Double-click the file, and the session picks up right where it left off.
- 2D annotations: freehand vector drawing on any frame, with pencil and eraser tools and adjustable color and thickness. Strokes stick to the image through zoom, pan, and comparison mode changes, with keyboard undo/redo.
- Timestamped notes: text comments attached to a specific frame, displayed only on that frame.
- Timeline markers: frames carrying a note or drawing are flagged, with two buttons to jump from one to the next without scrubbing.
- Review ranges: named frame ranges — set your in/out points, save them under a name, and recall them with one click.
- Safety net: crash-recovery autosave, plus guided relocation when media files have moved.
Thank you MattRM2, for building this and contributing it to DJV.
What’s new in this release cycle
Draw and write directly on frames during playback, and move through a review session without switching to another app. Contributed by community member MattRM2.
Build a playlist to move through multiple shots or sequences in one sitting, instead of opening them one at a time.
Open a directory using a wildcard filter and a depth setting, so you can point DJV at a folder full of shots and pull in only what matches — no more browsing past everything you don’t need.
Reload an image sequence and DJV picks up any new frames that have landed since you opened it, so you can check in on a running render without closing and reopening the file.
DJV now ships Python bindings, along with a full Python version of DJV as an example — a real starting point for scripting your own tools or workflows on top of it.
Read camera raw formats directly — CR3, NEF, ARW, DNG, and others — without converting them first.
Read OpenEXR files compressed with HTJ2K.
DJV can now determine the OCIO input color space automatically, including reading the OpenEXR “colorInteropID” attribute, so you’re less likely to be looking at a shot in the wrong color space by default.
Interface refinements
- LUTs can be applied inverted for ICC monitor profiles.
- Mouse wheel actions can be remapped for zooming and scrubbing.
- Movie and image sequence exports now carry color information.
- Thumbnails added to the file browser.
- The file browser can be opened in a window of its own.
- The file browser can now be driven from the keyboard.
- The FFmpegCmd plugin is merged into the FFmpeg plugin and now works as a fallback.
- Presets added for movie exports.
- Movies can be exported using the FFmpeg command line application.
- AV1 support now works on Windows.
- The Information tool shows the file name and directory.
- Color pickers gain a palette of preset colors and remember which tab was used last.
What got fixed
- Comparison warning: a warning is now shown when comparing files that don’t overlap in time.
- Color correction fix: corrections are applied in linear when the OCIO configuration names a scene_linear role.
- Keypad fix: the keypad’s Enter key now works like the Return key.
- Frame rate fix: file information no longer shows a frame rate of zero for movies whose container declares it as “0/0.”
- Anamorphic fixes: fixes for anamorphic movies.
Updated dependencies
- OpenColorIO updated to 2.5.2.
- OpenEXR updated to 3.4.15.
- OpenImageIO updated to 3.1.16.0.
- libtiff updated to 4.7.2.
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