NorthPass Play is a professional media review player built for VFX supervision and client review sessions on iPad. Frame-accurate playback, non-destructive annotation, and real-time colour — designed for the way review actually happens on set and in the suite.
PLAYBACK
Frame-accurate transport with SMPTE timecode, including drop-frame
Variable speed (0.25x–2x), in and out points, loop
Even, predictable touch scrubbing and hold-to-step frame buttons
VLC-style keyboard shortcuts (space, J/K/L, arrow keys)
Keeps the screen awake during a review
ANNOTATION
Per-frame Apple Pencil drawing and text notes
Annotation filmstrip to jump between marked frames
Written notes per clip
Annotation PDF reports — for a single item or a whole playlist
COLOUR
Real-time Metal colour correction: exposure, contrast, saturation, gamma, hue
3D LUT (.cube) support with tetrahedral interpolation
RGB and luma channel isolation
EXPORT
QuickTime H.265 with burnt-in colour, annotations, timecode and clip name
Single-frame snapshots
Annotation PDF reports from video, images and PDFs
MEDIA
Video, image sequences, stills and PDFs
Import in place from Files, or copy from Photos
Playlists and folders with manual ordering
Automatic scene-cut detection
IMMERSIVE & 3D
360° and panorama image viewer
Virtual Set — step inside a panorama in AR, with real people kept in the shot
Gaussian-splat and point-cloud (.ply) review in 3D and AR
iPad only. Questions or feedback: northpassvfx@gmail.com
Ratings & Reviews
5.0
out of 5
1 Ratings
Annotation export everywhere
Export annotation PDF reports directly from image and PDF items, not just video. The export button in the player is always available now — share a PDF report, a QuickTime (H.265) with burnt-in notes, or a single-frame snapshot at any
time.
The following are experimental and still in active development:
Gaussian splats and point clouds (in progress)
Import .ply captures (for example from Scaniverse) and review them as real 3D Gaussian splats — orbit, zoom and pan, or place them in the room in AR at real scale, with real people and geometry staying in front.
360° / Panorama viewer (in progress)
Open panoramic and 360° images in an immersive viewer with gyroscope look-around, recenter, a sphere/cylinder toggle and a live-camera blend.
Virtual Set — AR (in progress)
Place yourself inside a panorama using AR. Real people stay in the shot, and on LiDAR iPads a portal-distance slider keeps nearby objects real.
Sharper AR masking (in progress)
People and nearby objects are separated from the virtual backdrop more cleanly and with less flicker.
Version 2.4
The developer, stephane ceretti, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
Seller
stephane ceretti
Size
3.9 MB
Category
Photo & Video
Compatibility
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.