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Overview
Media production is growing more complicated. Turnaround times are getting tighter. You need a tool that eases the workload on your editor, ensuring that projects meet their deadlines. With Catalyst Prepare, you can quickly identify the right footage to deliver, in the correct format, with your desired folder and clip-naming structure, even when using a variety of popular cameras. Jumpstart the editing and review process by creating a rough cut storyboard with a quick initial colour grade, then render it out directly or export an EDL for use in popular NLEs.
Features
Fast
Verify shots immediately on set, including Sony RAW and S-Log clips
Solve your "camera media wrangling" issues with a single application
Deadline pressure? Quickly review and identify subclips for copying, eliminating the long transfer times needed for entire clips
Solve your "camera media wrangling" issues with a single application
Deadline pressure? Quickly review and identify subclips for copying, eliminating the long transfer times needed for entire clips
Simple
Work in the same simple, consistent, fresh user interface on both Mac OS X and Windows platforms
Simple, powerful interface with a quick and easy learning curve
Secure, integrated clip upload to Ci Workspace enables cloud-based, collaborative review of work with your extended team
Intuitive design provides the tools you need for each step, ending cognitive overload, clutter, and confusion
Simple, powerful interface with a quick and easy learning curve
Secure, integrated clip upload to Ci Workspace enables cloud-based, collaborative review of work with your extended team
Intuitive design provides the tools you need for each step, ending cognitive overload, clutter, and confusion
Reliable
Back up your camera media with confidence from integrated checksum verification
Media libraries are saved automatically and continuously, preserving critical edits
Precise managed colour workflow ensures accuracy and consistency for Sony RAW and S-Log sources
Media libraries are saved automatically and continuously, preserving critical edits
Precise managed colour workflow ensures accuracy and consistency for Sony RAW and S-Log sources
SR Live Workflow
Convert from HDR to SDR by SR Live metadata and the manual adjustment of SDR gain, SDR knee, and Black.
Import
Quickly view and import clips from the latest Sony cameras.
Organize
Organization is key: Prepare gives you the ability to organize your media into targeted, meaningful collections.
Edit
View details, zoom into every corner, mark in/out points, edit metadata, adjust colours nondestructively, and create a storyboard to rough draft your vision.
Export
Export a file, a group of files, or a storyboard. Render to .MP4, DPX, OpenEXR, ProRes, or XAVC in a variety of resolutions and frame rates, or securely upload to the Sony cloud-based media production workspace, Ci.
Confident Backup
Back up the entire camera media with the confidence of checksum and hash verification.
Ultra Wide Colour Gamut
Work in the same high dynamic range and ultra-wide colour gamut colour space as your camera. Set the source colour space and the grade colour space independently.
Create a Rough Cut
Use the storyboard editor to sequence and edit a rough cut, then render the storyboard or export it to a variety of NLEs.
