Sony Creative Software Catalyst Production Suite at the 2015 NAB Show NY
An interview from the 2015 NAB New York Show with Gary Rebholz of Sony Creative Software. Sony Creative Software is a leading global provider of professional editing and media production applications for film, television, and recording professionals as well as student, educators, and independent artists worldwide. In this interview Gary talks with us about Sony Creative Software's new Catalyst Production Suite, consisting of Catalyst Prepare 2015.1 and Catalyst Edit 2015.1, now available for trial and purchase worldwide.
Since its introduction, the Catalyst Production Suite has readily become an important time-saving link for professional video producers. The suite offers powerful media preparation and fast, focused editing capabilities for 4K, RAW, and XAVC content.
“This new version is based directly on customer input and provides solutions to both common workflow needs and the unique challenges of the latest 4K and RAW video innovations,” said John Freeborg, VP Sony Creative Software. “We’ve simplified the content preparation workflow and added flexibility that customers asked for in Catalyst Prepare. With Catalyst Edit, customers wanted expanded editing functionality and industry standard video FX plug-in support. We’ve added all of that and more to enable a much wider range of projects to be efficiently created. Together these improvements make the Catalyst Production Suite an even more integral part of the modern post-production workflow.”
Some of the new features in the Catalyst Production Suite included in Catalyst Prepare 2015.1
Easier file management: Readily copy, backup, organize, rename, and transcode clips into NLE-friendly formats.
Transcoding: Supports all the key formats from Sony (AVC, XAVC, XDCAM, SStP, and Sony RAW), Apple (ProRes for Mac), AVID (DNxHD), and more.
Storyboard EDL exporting: Supports formats for Apple Final Cut Pro (*.fcpxml), Adobe Premiere (*.prproj), AVID Media Composer (*.aaf), and Vegas Pro (*.txt).
Offload: Simultaneously back up multiple camera cards with verification.
Efficient importing: Quickly preview clips and metadata before copying to save time and space. Set in/out points for multiple clips and only copy those sections of footage you want.
Cloud collaboration: Upload directly to the Sony Media Cloud Services Ci for fast worldwide collaboration and stakeholder review.
Flash band correction: Repair clips with flash bands from events with flash photography; no need to reshoot.
Catalyst Edit now includes over 40 built-in GPU accelerated video FX and supports the OpenFX (OFX) industry plug-in standard. Users can enhance their projects with special effects, filters, media generators, transitions, and more from GenArts, RE:Vision Effects, NewBlueFX, Tiffen, FXhome, Digital Film Tools, and others. By supporting the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES), Catalyst Edit ensures an industry standard color accurate workflow regardless of source format. Additionally, close collaboration with Sony camera scientists provides supercharged 4K RAW processing, GPU optimization and hardware acceleration leveraging Intel Quick Sync Video as included in 6th Generation Intel Core Processors.
For more information please visit: http://www.SonyCreativeSoftware.com
