If you can make it, Aproove can render it. Pixel-for-pixel. Frame-for-frame.

Why it matters

A review platform that cannot render an asset accurately is not a review platform. It is an approximation tool. For regulated work, for brand-critical campaigns, for anything bound for print or paid placement, the version your team approves has to be the version your audience receives.

Approximation is how brand inconsistency, color drift, broken animations, and post-print surprises happen. Approval signed off on what looked right on screen. What shipped looked different.

Aproove eliminates that gap. The proof in the Review Interface is processed by the same kind of engine that drives the destination medium: Adobe libraries for print-bound PDFs, native rendering for HTML5 banners, faithful video playback with frame-accurate annotation. Reviewers see what their audiences will see.

Format breadth: 150+ and counting

The file extraction engine accepts a wide range of formats grouped by category:

• Documents: Adobe PDF (rendered via genuine Adobe libraries), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), DCS2 (1-bit TIFF for prepress), and others.
• Images: TIFF (8/16/24/32-bit), JPEG, PNG, JPEG-2000, EPS, PSD, and dozens more.
• Video: standard production formats including MP4, MOV, AVI, ProRes, DV, FLV, and broadcast-grade codecs. Optional mobile previews and burned-in time codes are available for review use.
• Motion and animation: Flash (SWF), FLI/FLC/FLX animation, Flash Video.
• Interactive HTML5: HTML5 file packages for animated display banners and interactive ads. These render live in the Review Interface, with animations and interactions playing as designed.
• CAD/CAM: technical drawings and prepress formats used in manufacturing and packaging.
• Office and structured data: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CSV, and others.

When a client asks "do you support our file format," the answer is almost always yes.

Static and in motion

Most platforms that handle static assets cannot handle motion well, and most that handle motion cannot handle print. Aproove handles both natively, in the same Review Interface, with the same review tools applied to each.

For static assets, the engine renders the file at full resolution (deep zoom available via proprietary tiling), with annotation, comparison, and component-level Note placement working at the pixel.

For video, the engine renders the asset frame-accurate, with optional time codes burned into the Proofing video, mobile-friendly previews for non-desktop reviewers, and Notes and annotations placeable on specific frames or ranges.

For HTML5 interactive assets, the engine renders the package live so that animations, hover states, and interactive elements behave exactly as they will in production. Reviewers see the asset working, not a screenshot of it at rest.

For multi-format projects (a campaign that includes a print PDF, a hero video, a set of static social images, and a few HTML5 display banners), all of these can sit in a single project, reviewed by the same team, on the same workflow, with the same audit trail.

Pixel-perfect rendering

Fidelity is not just about file format support. It is also about how a file is rendered.

• Color management. ICC color profiles are applied through the Processing Agent so that color rendering in the Review Interface reflects the destination medium. GraCol Coated for high-quality sheet-fed printing on coated paper. Custom ICC profiles can be configured per project. Reviewers approving for print see color the way press operators will see it.
• Resolution and zoom. Aproove's proprietary tiling engine streams deep-zoom views of any asset on demand, so reviewers can inspect at the pixel without downloading the file. Useful for catching the half-pixel shifts and color drift that thumbnail-based tools miss.
• Adobe library support for PDF. PDFs are processed with the Adobe PDF Library (APDFL), the same technology behind Acrobat. This means full PDF spec coverage including layers (Optional Content), transparency, embedded fonts, color profiles, and hyperlinks (extracted and clickable in the Review Interface).
• Frame accuracy for video. Video is processed at production-grade frame rates, with annotations placeable at the exact frame. Time codes can be burned in for review precision.

Benefits

• What you proof is what you ship. PDFs render at print quality via Adobe libraries. Video plays frame-accurate. HTML5 banners animate as designed. The proof on screen matches the asset that goes to production.
• One platform for every format. Mixed-format campaigns (print, video, HTML5, social) live together in a single project, on a single workflow, with one audit trail.
• No "we don't support that file type" conversations. 150+ formats means you almost certainly do not need a side platform for the asset that didn't fit.
• Reviewers stay in flow. Whether the next file in their queue is a PDF, a video, or an animated banner, they review it in the same interface with the same tools.
• Color fidelity for print buyers. ICC color profiles ensure the proof reflects press-side output, not screen approximation.‍
• Motion review without exporting. No more sending video to a separate review tool, then bringing comments back. Annotation, comparison, and decision-making happen on the asset in motion.

Who it's for

• Creative agencies producing mixed-format campaigns for clients in regulated and brand-critical industries.
• In-house creative and brand teams running review across print, digital, video, and interactive channels.
• Production and prepress teams where color fidelity and pixel accuracy determine whether a file makes it to press correctly.
• Display advertising and digital teams producing HTML5 banners, animated ads, and interactive creative.
• Video producers and post-production teams running review across cuts, edits, and final masters.‍
• Operations leaders standardizing review on a single platform across all asset types.

Under the hood

Aproove's processing engine is operated by the Aproove Processing Agent (also called the RIP, for Raster Image Processor), which converts source files into web-renderable proof representations stored alongside the original. The engine includes dedicated providers for each format family, with the PDF provider built on the Adobe PDF Library (APDFL) for full Adobe-spec compliance including PDF Layers (Optional Content), embedded ICC profiles (GraCol Coated and others as configured), transparency, fonts, and hyperlinks extracted and made clickable. Video processing supports a wide codec range with optional burned-in time codes and mobile-friendly low-resolution previews. HTML5 package processing renders live in the Review Interface for faithful animation and interaction playback. Review delivery uses Aproove's proprietary tiling engine, which streams deep-zoom views from secure cloud infrastructure on demand, so reviewers can inspect at the pixel without local copies. Original files are stored encrypted at rest, with TLS 1.2+ in transit and tenant isolation. Source originals are preserved alongside processed proofs for forensic comparison and master record retention.