Sony Catalyst

Sony Catalyst Prepare 1.2.0.159 / Catalyst Browse 1.2.0.257



The complex world of media production requires powerful media management. Catalyst Browse, a cross-platform viewing and logging tool for all Sony Pro formats, offers streamlined media management that simplifies your workflow and secures your content.

Catalyst Browse is a media assistant that lets you browse files from your Sony camera, deck, or card reader with detailed views of individual clips; see and edit media metadata; accurately view video using source color space, and apply color correction and color looks. Once you have selected the clips you need, you can copy them to a local hard drive or connected NAS, upload to Sony Media Cloud Services Ci, transcode to a variety of formats, as well as create, ingest, and export Sony Professional Disc clip lists.

Catalyst Browse Features:

Browse
Quickly browse files on your device using a visual thumbnail view or detailed list.

View
See the details of each clip, check focus, mark in and out points, adjust colors, and edit metadata.

Fast Copy
Copy all clips on the media, a subset, or only the desired portion of a clip to save time and space.

Ultra Wide Color Gamut
Review with confidence the full range of color captured by your S-Log and RAW Sony cameras. Apply color correction, and import/export standard ASC-CDL files with other workflow tools to save time.

Clip Lists
Create, import, and export Sony Professional Disc clip lists for quick play-out needs.

Transcode and Cloud
Transcode clips to a variety of video production formats. Upload clips directly to the Sony Ci Media Cloud Services for collaborative team review.

Catalyst Prepare System Requirements:
- Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 (64-bit) or Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion), 10.9 (Mavericks), or 10.10 (Yosemite)
- 2 GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor CPU recommended for HD; 8 cores recommended for 4K)
- 500 MB hard-disk space for program installation
- Solid-state disk (SSD) or high-speed RAID for 4K media
- 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended; 16 GB recommended for 4K)
- NVIDIA, AMD/ATI, or Intel GPU with support for the following:
- OpenGL 2.1
- OpenCL 1.1 or later with at least 512 MB of memory (2 GB recommended for 4K) or a CPU with SSE 4.2 or higher

What's New in Catalyst Browse 1.2.0:
Added support for transcoding to XDCAM HD and HD422 formats.
Added support for transcoding to long-GOP MPEG-2 formats.
Added support for transcoding to SStP format.
Added support for transcoding to XAVC Intra formats using the Sony XAVC encoder. Presets are now labeled to indicate whether they use the Sony or MainConcept encoder.
Added 720p and 1080i presets for transcoding to XAVC format.
Added 720p and 1080i presets for transcoding to Apple ProRes format (Mac only).
Added support for transcoding clips between the mark in/out points of the source clip.
Added support for copying a snapshot of the current frame to the clipboard.
Added support for adding, deleting, and editing essence marks.
Added support for sequentially previewing multiple selected clips.
Added support for scaling the video preview in the Adjust Color workspace.
Added support for HiDPI displays when running under Windows.
When adding clips to a clip list, subclips now inherit title and description metadata from the source clip.

What's New in Catalyst Prepare 1.2.0:
Added support for rendering to XDCAM HD and HD422 formats.
Improved performance for previewing RAW video.