Feature comparison
With Catalyst Prepare, you can go beyond browsing and viewing to a full-featured media preparation and logging tool.
| Feature | Catalyst Browse
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Catalyst Prepare
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|---|---|---|
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Format |
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XDCAM formats |
✓ |
✓ |
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XAVC Intra |
✓ |
✓ |
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XAVC Long GOP |
✓ |
✓ |
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XAVC Long 422 3840x2160 200 Mbps export |
|
✓ |
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XAVC S Intra and Long 422 10-bit export (MP4) |
|
✓ |
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XAVC Intra 422 10-bit export (MXF) |
✓ |
✓ |
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XAVC S |
✓ |
✓ |
|
X-OCN |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Sony RAW |
✓ |
✓ |
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SStP (Not supported on Mac) |
✓ |
✓ |
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XAVC HS (read only) |
✓ |
✓ |
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DPX export |
✓ |
✓ |
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DPX read |
|
✓ |
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OpenEXR export |
✓ |
✓ |
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OpenEXR read |
|
✓ |
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DNxHD |
|
✓ |
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ProRes |
✓ |
✓ |
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H.264 |
✓ |
✓ |
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WAV (export only) |
|
✓ |
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MP3 (export only) |
|
✓ |
|
Organize |
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View/edit clip lists |
✓ |
✓ |
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Storyboard creation |
|
✓ |
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Subclip creation |
|
✓ |
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Organize clips using libraries |
|
✓ |
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Media bins |
|
✓ |
|
Create clip catalogs |
✓ |
✓ |
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Copy clips with checksum verification |
|
✓ |
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Copy between mark in/out |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Batch renaming with prefix, numbering, and suffix |
|
✓ |
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Manage audio channels in multichannel audio files |
|
✓ |
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Drag and drop to copy between folders (and bins in Prepare) |
|
✓ |
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Export |
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Batch transcode |
✓ |
✓ |
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Transcode between in and out points |
✓ |
✓ |
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Export with color settings |
✓ |
✓ |
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Load, save, and delete transcoding presets |
|
✓ |
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Convert SD and HD sources to modern progressive HD and UHD assets |
|
✓ |
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Burn in clip names, timecode, and watermarks |
|
✓ |
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Export storyboard as EDL (Catalyst Edit, Vegas, Final Cut, Premiere) |
|
✓ |
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Map audio channels during export |
|
✓ |
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Transcode using proxy as source clip |
|
✓ |
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Override start timecode during copy/export |
|
✓ |
|
Crop aspect ratio during export |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Transcode DPX to other formats |
✓ |
✓ |
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Transcode OpenEXR to other formats |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Convert segmented body partitions for XDCAM |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Full-volume backup with checksum verification |
|
✓ |
|
Upload original clips to Ci |
✓ |
✓ |
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Upload clips to Ci in a transcoded format |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Upload clips to Ci with color settings |
✓ |
✓ |
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Upload clips to Ci with burned-in timecode and/or clip name |
|
✓ |
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Color Grading |
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Global color adjustments |
✓ |
|
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Per-clip color adjustments |
|
✓ |
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Batch apply color presets and looks to a selection of clips |
|
✓ |
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Sony device color space controls (S-Log & S-Gamut) |
✓ |
✓ |
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Support for reading and rendering HDR color spaces (S-Log3, HLG, and PQ) |
✓ |
✓ |
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Read SR Live settings from clip metadata and use clip settings or manual adjustments to convert between standard- and high-dynamic range content. |
|
✓ |
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SDR gain: convert between standard- and high-dynamic-range content |
✓ |
✓ |
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Automatically apply LUT and EI metadata for HDR to SDR conversion |
✓ |
✓ |
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SDR knee curve: preserve midrange colors and highlights when exporting HDR content to an SDR format or displaying on an SDR display |
|
✓ |
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SDR knee saturation: compensate for decreased saturation around the knee curve when exporting HDR content to an SDR format or displaying on an SDR display |
|
✓ |
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SDR black level: adjust black levels when the working color space is set to Rec.2020/S-Log3 (HDR) |
|
✓ |
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Apply ASC-CDL to a selection of clips |
|
✓ |
|
High-quality Sony RAW development |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Three-wheel color grading |
✓ |
✓ |
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Curves grading |
✓ |
✓ |
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Import ASC-CDL (.cdl) color correction settings |
✓ |
✓ |
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Export color correction settings as ASC-CDL (.cdl) or 3D LUT (.3dl or .cube) |
✓ |
✓ |
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Tangent device support (Tk/Mf/Kb/Wave) |
✓ |
✓ |
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Other |
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Stabilize clips using metadata |
✓ |
✓ |
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Batch encoding in the Stabilize Clip workspace |
|
✓ |
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Compensate for lens breathing using metadata |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Manually adjust lens breathing |
|
✓ |
|
Support clip rotation metadata |
✓ |
✓ |
|
External monitor via Blackmagic Design |
✓ |
✓ |
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Stitch multiple clips to create a single continuous clip |
|
✓ |
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Anamorphic desqueeze |
✓ |
✓ |
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Flash band correction |
✓ |
✓ |
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Export custom metadata as a sidecar file |
|
✓ |
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Add, delete, or edit essence marks in MXF clips |
✓ |
✓ |
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Read mark in/out points from MXF metadata |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Create non-realtime (NRT) metadata for discontinuous timecode and essence marks when creating new NRT metadata during MXF copy |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Synchronize mark points between source clip and library |
|
✓ |
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Read and export clips on FTP devices |
✓ |
✓ |
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Fast device-to-device copy between Sony devices via FTP |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Copy clips between Sony and non-Sony FTP devices. |
|
✓ |
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Copy growing MXF files via FTP/FTPS from Sony decks |
|
✓ |
|
Close growing MXF files generated by Sony decks |
|
✓ |
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Write, rename, and delete clips to SxS media and USB storage via FTP on the PZW-4000 |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Format USB drives for the Sony PZW-4000 deck |
|
✓ |
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Create the XDROOT folder on USB drives or SxS media |
|
✓ |
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Interoperability with Catalyst Edit |
|
✓ |
|
Drag and drop to Catalyst Edit timeline |
|
✓ |
|
GPS metadata |
✓ |
✓ |
|
GPS metadata map display |
|
✓ |
|
Display OK/NG/KEEP metadata flag; sort and filter by flag |
✓ |
✓ |
*Partial copy in Prepare requires transcode for some formats