Scripts, cuts, masters and artwork
A production generates scripts and treatments as documents, cuts and trailers as video, mixes and masters as audio, and stills, key art and concept art as images.
Watermarking for media and entertainment
Studios, labels, publishers and game developers share unreleased work with large numbers of people inside and outside the company. Invisproof issues each recipient an individual copy of a script, a cut, a recording or an image, with a forensic watermark that cannot be seen or heard.
Unreleased work in every format
Crews, vendors and partners
The work passes through editors, post-production and localization vendors, marketing agencies, distributors, reviewers and licensing partners before it reaches the public.
A release schedule
Each title has a release date around which its campaign is planned, and material that appears early cannot be withdrawn.
One service for a whole production
The Document Engine handles scripts and presentations and the Media Engine handles images, video and audio, so that one distribution list serves every kind of file.
The process for a production
Watermark
The Document Engine and the Media Engine prepare an individual copy of each script, cut, recording and image for every recipient.
Distribute
Recipients read, watch and listen in the secure viewer, or receive files in the original format that keep their watermark when saved and viewed offline.
Identify
If unreleased material appears, an investigation compares it with the copies issued and identifies the copy it came from.
Productions in which it is used
Scripts, cuts and screeners pass through production, post-production and distribution.
- Scripts, cuts and screeners
- Copies for vendors, reviewers and distributors
- Viewing in the secure viewer
Mixes and masters are shared with collaborators, labels and reviewers before release.
- Mixes, masters and cover artwork
- An individual copy of each recording
- A watermark that cannot be heard
Trailers, concept art and design documents are shared with publishers, partners and the press before an announcement.
- Trailers and gameplay footage
- Concept art and screenshots
- Design documents and presentations
Manuscripts and proofs are sent to reviewers, agents and translators before publication.
- Manuscripts and proofs as documents
- Cover artwork as images
- An individual copy for each reader
Controls for a media company
Viewing and listening in the browser
A video, a recording or an image is opened in the secure viewer in a browser, with nothing to download and nothing to install. The organization decides which files are opened only in this way.
Copies in the original format
Where the organization permits it, a recipient saves a copy in its original format. The copy plays in the usual applications, can be viewed offline and keeps its watermark.
Recipients inside and outside
Members of the organization sign in with their accounts. Recipients outside it need no account, and open a file with a passcode or a one-time code sent to their email address.
Investigation of a found copy
A file found outside its intended audience is submitted for investigation, which compares it with the copies issued and states the probability that it came from a given copy.
- Nothing to download
- Nothing to install
- Decided file by file
- Original format
- Usual applications
- Offline viewing
- Watermark retained
- Sign-in for members
- Passcode
- One-time code by email
- No account for outside recipients
- Any found file submitted
- Compared with the copies issued
- Probability stated
- Decision left to the organization
What a studio, label or publisher gains
Vendors and partners can be given the material their work depends on. Because each copy remains accountable, access need not be confined to supervised screenings.
When a scene, a track or an image appears before release, an investigation of the found file identifies the copy it came from.
A finding concerns one copy. Vendors, reviewers and partners who handled their own copies properly keep the company's confidence.
Questions from media companies
Is the watermark visible in a picture or audible in a recording?
No. The watermark cannot be seen or heard, and each copy keeps the format of the original.
Can vendors and reviewers open files without an account?
Yes. Recipients outside the company open a file with a passcode or with a one-time code sent to their email address, and nothing is installed on their devices.
Can a title's material be limited to viewing in the browser?
Yes. The company decides, file by file, whether a copy is viewed only in the secure viewer or may also be saved in its original format.
Is unreleased work used to train models?
No. Files provided by customers are not used to train models, and Invisproof's staff cannot open them.
Related use cases and solutions
Pre-release film, music and artwork
Screeners, mixes and stills, issued as an individual copy to each reviewer, partner and distributor before release.
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Embargoed announcements
Financial results, press releases and launch material, issued as an individual copy to each recipient before publication.
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Source identification
A file found outside its intended audience, compared with the copies that were issued and matched to the copy it came from.
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Technology and manufacturing
Roadmaps, specifications and product images, issued as an individual copy to each team, supplier and partner.
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Invisproof is provided to organizations by approval.