Catalyst Production Suite is a set of tools for creating and editing video files. The solution consists of two products: Catalyst Prepare and Catalyst Edit. They can be used to transfer content from the camera to post-production and prepare it for editing using organization tools, color adjustment and control functions, as well as tools for working with metadata. You can also make full use of the modern touch surface. Sony Catalyst Prepare is a fast, simple and reliable workflow from capture to post-production, allowing professional users to efficiently transfer it from their cameras, prepare for editing and provide reliable data backup.
Catalyst Production Suite combines powerful media preparation and fast, focused video editing and forms the basis for your video production. Catalyst Prepare paves the way from camera to publication with powerful organizational tools, accurate color correction and first-pass monitoring, extensive metadata support, and more. Catalyst Edit offers a streamlined and focused video editing environment that will make your editing process fast and seamless.
With support for 4K, Sony RAW and HD media, Catalyst Production Suite allows you to maximize high dynamic range and color space, as well as stunning 4K resolution from start to finish.
Some features:
Quickly view files on a user’s device – in thumbnail or list mode.
View and import clips from professional cameras, including Sony, Canon, GoPro, and more.
Use the storyboard editor to organize and edit previous edits, and then visualize the storyboards and export them to various nonlinear video editing systems.
View detailed information about each clip, check focus, mark entry and exit points, change non-destructive color settings, create storyboardsand edit metadata.
Organization of media content in different collections.
Copy all clips to media clips, groups, or individuals.
View the different colors recorded with the Sony S-Log or RAW camera.
Create, export, and import professional clipboard lists.
Export files, filegroups, storyboards.
Visualization in MP4, DPX, OpenEXR, ACES, ProRes (Mac only) or XAVC formats at different resolutions and frame rates.
Transcode clips to the most popular video production formats.
Upload clips directly to the Sony Ci cloud to share with colleagues.
Backup media content.
Supports work with the same color scale as on the camera.
Sony Catalyst Edit is an efficient and user-friendly editing environment that makes everything fast, clear and easy. With 4K and Sony RAW support, users can take full advantage of a wide dynamic range, a variety of color spaces and the highest resolution of their camera. Flexible timeline makes editing 4K, XAVC and Sony RAW files as easy as editing HD files. Catalyst Edit’s structured workflow for multi-channel audio simplifies audio editing. Integration with Catalyst Preparation allows you to quickly and efficiently edit with fast video downloads.
Catalyst Production Suite workflow
With strong family support, you can achieve extraordinary things. The Catalyst family provides robust media preparation and focused, fast editing that you can rely on to turn the vision in your head into an experience that drives your audience.
Catalyst Prepare takes care of all your media training needs:
– View media files directly from the camera, deck or card reader
– Create a full backup
– Organize clips in the cart
– Batch copies of clips
– Batch recoding clip
– Make color adjustments and apply the look
– Define entry / exit points
– Assign multi-channel audio tasks
-Batch upload clips to the cloud using Sony Media Cloud Services Ci
– Cut rough cuts using the storyboard function
Post-production
Turn your beautiful shots into a polished end product in Catalyst Edit. To save time, contact the Catalyst Prepare library directly and combine your projects quickly and creatively. A focused set of tools gives you quick access to all the important cutting tools, as well as effects, titles and other tools to transfer your productions from the imagination to the canvas.
System requirements:
– Microsoft Windows 7, Windows or Windows 10 (64-bit version) or Mac OS X (Yosemite) or (El Captain)
– Mac OS X (Yosemite) or (El Captain)
– 2 GHz processor (multi-core or multi-processor processor recommended for HD; 8 cores for 4K)
– 500 MB of hard disk space to install the program
– High-speed solid state drive (SSD) or RAID for 4K media
– 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended; 16 GB recommended for 4K)
– NVIDIA, AMD / ATI or Intel GPU with the following support:
– OpenGL
– OpenCL or higher with at least 512 MB of RAM (2 GB recommended for 4K) or a processor with SSE or higher
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