The 2.8 release of SyncSketch further smooths out the user experience by improving responsiveness and adding support for variations in 3D and video file imports.

With release 2.7, the team at SyncSketch has focused on the finer details of existing workflows to deliver an even more intuitive experience for creative clients.

We've made the navigation tools for the 3D Viewer more discoverable and easier to access, updated the menus to be more consistent across SyncSketch, as well as several other improvements to PDFs, upload behavior, and managing items.

For more insights on the full changes, please see below for details.

With the release of version 2.6, the SyncSketch team is proud to deliver significant improvements on some of the little things that really matter day-to-day: loading speeds, smooth user interface interactions, increased file format support, and more!

Following on recent database upgrades and optimizations, significant progress this release was made improving the loading speed when transferring of media via the ShotGrid integration for Enterprise users, as well as continued improvement to the 3D Viewer user interface to make it feel even more intuitive to use in everyday workflows.

For a deeper dive on all the changes, please see below for the full release notes.

In release 2.5, the SyncSketch team has added functionality to create a new type of user, specifically for making API calls.

API Script Users introduces the ability for administrators to more easily integrate SyncSketch into their production pipelines.

This feature set is targeted at the needs of teams with pipeline developers and technical artists who want to call the SyncSketch API from scripts running in the background on a server, such as with a cron job, event daemon, or web server.

To add an API Script User, workspace administrators on enterprise accounts can visit the new workspace settings' API tab.

Based on user feedback, we've also made several improvements to our mobile device experience, timecode support, review statuses, and more. See below for the full 2.5 release notes:

In our latest release, the SyncSketch team introduced a new webhook that enterprise teams can use to integrate with their pipelines.

This new webhook will call out to a client-configured URL when a review session has ended. We detect that a session has ended when the number of users in a synced review drops below 2.

To use this new webhook, workspace administrators on enterprise accounts can visit the workspace settings' webhooks tab.

We have also made a handful of performance optimizations, speeding up PDF conversions and page load times across the application. See below for full 2.4 release notes:

With release 2.3, we've focused on delivering one of our most often requested features: Copying Review Items. You can now add Items to multiple Reviews without increasing your storage usage and upload counts.

In order to use this new functionality, select one or multiple Items, then select "Add to..." from the pop-over menu.

To see all available functionality for copying items, have a quick read through the docs: https://support.syncsketch.com/copying-items

We've also added significant improvements to the 3D Model Viewer, review link sharing, and our ShotGrid integration. See full release notes for 2.3 below:

We've been focused this release primarily on performance improvements across the board. From improving sync stability to optimizing video encoding settings, we hope you'll notice improvements across the application.

We also added additional configuration options to our ShotGrid integration, which allow for more specific access restrictions.

See the full release notes below for more details:

We've introduced a new user permission role called "billing" in this release along with some significant performance improvements to the 3D Viewer.

See the full release notes below for more details:

We've released a significant upgrade to the core sketching experience, featuring expressive brushes, improved control and more!

The main drawing tool, which we call the Ballpoint Pen, now draws a very natural line shape with lovely tapering based on speed of drawing (or pressure from a stylus if you're using one).

In addition there's a new Brush tool to add expressive painterly strokes that can illustrate your ideas in a way that would be tedious or impossible with the Ballpoint Pen.

Users on an Enterprise plan get an incredible set of brush customization options that can apply individually to the Brush, the Ballpoint Pen and even the Eraser!

If you're erasing, SyncSketch intelligently returns you to the last-used brush using the key or stylus nib.

We've added an upper toolbar and reorganized the tool groupings to make the interface less cluttered and more organized and responsive to windows of varying sizes and shapes.

You can now toggle between two colors using an onscreen icon or the key.

You can now hold the Shift key to constrain sketching to horizontal or vertical lines.

You can now adjust the brush size with great precision by holding the key while dragging in the image area.

On mobile devices we've added a new tool grouping at the left edge that is designed to conveniently control common functions with your thumb, including Undo and drawing options like Size and Opacity. There are also timeline navigation controls, including the unique Variscrubber that lets you scrub the timeline by moving your thumb vertically and control how fast you scrub the timeline by how far you extend your thumb horizontally.

Here are a few known limitations of the new sketching engine that we are working to overcome:

All of these new features are documented in Using the SyncSketch Drawing Tools.

We've introduced new widgets on the SyncSketch website to make access to the Changelog and Feedback Board even easier!

When outside of the player, you'll notice a new light bulb icon which gives quick access to the latest posts on the Changelog. In the lower right corner, inside the "?" menu, you'll notice a "Submit Feedback" link which now opens a widget inside the SyncSketch website.

Inside the player, the same Feedback widget is available within the "?" menu - so you can always leave us feedback as soon as you think of a new idea!