Catalyst Prepare™
January 2020
Contents
This document contains information on the following topics:
Thank you for purchasing Catalyst Prepare. This document
contains information about installing and using Catalyst
Prepare.
Notable fixes/changes in version 2019.2.1
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to hang
during playback on systems with an NVIDIA GPU.
- Fixed a bug that could result in a stream error in
rendered XDCAM files.
Notable fixes/changes in version 2019.2
- Added support for stabilizing FX9 clips using metadata.
NOTES:
- When stabilizing a clip using a Cropping
ratio setting larger than the default value,
clips with significant camera shake may exhibit a black
border around the frame. We recommend using a Cropping
ratio setting that is close to the default
value. You can double-click the slider handle to reset
the setting to its default.
- 4K video stabilization requires a GPU that supports
OpenGL 4.1 to be connected to a monitor. We recommend 4
GB of GPU memory for stabilizing 4K clips. Please see System
Requirements for more information.
- Improved workflow for exporting clips.
- Added support for stitching multiple clips to create a
single continuous clip.
- Added support for exporting custom metadata as a sidecar
file.
- The scale of the SDR gain control in
Options > Color Management has been updated to use a
range of -15.0 dB to 0 dB (in 0.1 dB increments). This
change ensures consistent HDR-to-SDR conversion with the
HDRC-4000 HDR Production Converter Unit.
- When formatting a disk for the PZW-4000, the XDROOT folder
is no longer created by default.
- Added support for creating the XDROOT folder on a USB
drive or SxS media. Select the drive in Organize mode, click
the Tools button, and choose Create
XDROOT folder from the menu.
- Added support for VENICE X-OCN 4K 2.39:1 files.
- Added support for choosing a verification mode and hash
type for copy verification.
- Improved application start-up times.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to become
unresponsive when moving a clip to SxS memory while the
memory was in use by the PZW-4000.
- Fixed a bug that could cause file transfers to fail when
transferring a file to a Sony deck via FTP using a
lower-case file extension.
- Fixed a bug that could result in incorrect color space
when transcoding with the Add watermark check
box selected.
- Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect output for X-OCN
and XAVC clips that contain a Tint
metadata value other than 0.
- Fixed a bug that could cause highlights to be clamped in
HDR clips when the Black adjustment switch
was enabled.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent clip list edits from being
saved in some cases when closing the application.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent the discontinuous timecode
indicator from being displayed correctly at the start of a
clip.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the Upload
button to be unavailable in the Share pane when uploading to
Ci Workspace with Upload original clips
selected.
- Fixed a bug that could cause user interface text to appear
with a reduced line weight when running macOS 10.14 (Mojave)
in Japanese.
Notable fixes/changes in version 2019.1
- Added support for copying growing MXF files via FTP/FTPS
from Sony decks. Growing files are closed automatically
after copying.
- Added a Close growing files check box in
the Copy pane to close growing files generated by Sony
decks.
- The MXF file style item in the Inspector
File tab now indicates whether the selected MXF clip is a
growing or closed clip.
- Added support for formatting USB drives for the Sony
PZW-4000 deck. In Organize mode, select a USB drive in the
Devices tab, click the Tools button, and
choose Format for PZW-4000 from the menu.
Note: If the drive you want to format is
not displayed in the Devices tab, you may need to format it
using your computer's operating system first.
- Added support for VENICE RAW/X-OCN files.
- Added new Anamorphic desqueeze and Masking
ratio settings in the Clip Settings menu.
- Added support for s709 LUT look profiles when the Source
Color Space Convert to drop-down list is
set to S-Gamut3/S-Log3 or S-Gamut3.Cine/S-Log3
and the Working color space drop-down list
is set to Rec.709 or Log.
- White balance adjustment (Adjust Color > Source
Settings > Temperature and Tint) has been revised for
compatibility with Sony cameras.
- Added full- and half-resolution render presets when
transcoding to DPX and OpenEXR formats.
- Added new Black adjustment controls in
Application Settings to adjust black levels when the Working
color space is set to Rec.2020/S-Log3 (HDR). Select the Black
adjustment switch and drag the Master
black slider to set the master black level and
drag and the HDR black offset slider to
apply an offset to the Master black value
for HDR content.
Note: The Master black
and HDR black offset values should match
the settings on the HDRC-4000 HDR Production Converter Unit.
On the HDRC-4000, the SETTING MODE
should be set to SONY SYSTEM CAMERA,
and the ABS mode should be set to enabled.
- SDR knee parameters have been revised for the
compatibility with HDRC-4000, ABS mode.
- Added a Preserve source UMID check box
in the copy pane. Select this check box if you need to
preserve a clip's UMID (Unique Material Identifier)
when copying it to a Sony deck via FTP.
- Added support for reading Rec.2020/HLG and Rec.2020/PQ
metadata in ProRes clips.
- The File tab in the Inspector now displays Color
primaries and Coding equations
metadata for the selected clip.
- The File tab in the Inspector now indicates whether NRT
metadata (non-real-time metadata) exists for the selected
clip.
- Improved encoding speed when rendering to Sony XAVC Long
format when at least 2 GB of system memory and 6 CPU cores
are available.
- Improved audio processing to preserve audio levels when
transcoding from stereo to mono or multichannel formats.
- Improved transcoding performance when Optimize
encoding speed was selected in the Encode
mode drop-down list when using some NVIDIA GPUs.
- When the Working color space drop-down
is set to Rec.709, the Convert to
drop-down list in the Adjust Color workspace now defaults to
709(800) Hypergamma for HDR source clips so
the default preview is not washed out or dark.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when
dragging a clip from the Windows Explorer or Finder to a
storyboard.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent clips from copying
successfully via CIFS (Windows only).
- Fixed a bug that could prevent clips from being deleted
correctly when attempting to delete multiple clips from an
FTP/FTPS device.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent metadata from being
displayed correctly in the Inspector after renaming a clip
on an FTP/FTPS device.
- Fixed a bug that prevented clips that were copied with the
Copy only between mark points check box
selected from playing correctly on a camera.
- Fixed a bug that could result in incorrect color space
when transcoding with the Add watermark
check box selected.
- Fixed a bug that could cause summary metadata to be
discarded in some cases when transcoding with Use
mark in/out points selected.
- Fixed a bug that could cause files from SD cards to
display black thumbnail images and video after changing
media.
- Fixed a bug that could cause corrupted thumbnail images
after exporting MXF clips to AVC/AAC format.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent audio output when
previewing ProRes clips in some cases.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent the Export clips
to path from being preserved in some cases when
exporting a storyboard.
Notable fixes/changes in version 2018.2
- Added XAVC Long 422 3840x2160 200 Mbps (Sony) transcoding
presets. Please note that these new presets require 16 GB or
more RAM. If you're using a dedicated GPU, the presets also
require 4 GB or more GPU memory.
- Added an SDR knee switch in
Application Settings. When the switch is selected, you can
use the Point, Slope,
and Level controls to apply a knee curve
that can help preserve midrange colors and highlights when
exporting HDR content to an SDR format or displaying on
an SDR display.
- Added support for multiple external monitors: if you have
a Blackmagic Design device that supports multiple displays
(or have multiple Blackmagic Design devices), you can enable
two external monitors, allowing you to monitor SDR and HDR
output simultaneously.
- You can set the display resolution for each display
independently.
- The first external monitor will use the External
monitor color space setting, and the second
external monitor will use the Preview color space
setting.
- The waveform and histogram monitors now display full-range
(-7.3% to 109.1%) rather than clipping at 0% and 100%. Areas
outside 0-100% are shaded in the histogram monitor.
Full-range color is also supported for external-monitor
preview and rendering with HDR to Rec.709/Rec.2020.
- Added a Create Sony Professional Disc partitions
check box in the Copy pane to enable copying
XDCAM files with segmented body partitions.
- Added a Create segmented body partitions check
box in the Copy pane to enable copying XAVC Intra and
XAVC Long files with segmented body partitions.
NOTE: Files created with segmented body
partitions may not be recognized properly by some Sony
camcorders, decks, or servers.
- Added support for displaying the MXF Partition
Style (Single Body Partition or
Segmented Body Partition) in the Inspector
pane (Inspector > Metadata > File > Media).
- Added support for deleting all mark points in a clip
(Metadata > Mark Points > Delete > Delete
All).
- Added a Protocol drop-down list in the
Add Remote Server dialog to allow you to choose FTPS
(Explicit) or FTP.
- Added support for DXVA2 decoding of AVC/H.264 clips on
NVIDIA GPUs that utilize DXVA2 decoding. Supported computers
will see improved processing performance for decoding
AVC/H.264 video files.
- Improved playback performance for XAVC Long 422 clips with
resolution of QFHD or higher and frame rates of 50p or
higher when you set the playback settings to Speed/Real
Time. In this mode, frames will be skipped if
needed to preserve the frame rate.
- XAVC clips rendered using the MainConcept encoder now
correctly preserve HLG and PQ metadata in the video stream.
- Added support for displaying Cinematone 1
or Cinematone 2 in the Capture
gamma equation metadata field.
- Settings for Audio channels controls in the Export
pane are now saved in transcode presets.
- Removed the Save settings switch in
Transcode Tools.
- Improved performance for FTP devices by turning off
thumbnail image loading.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when
using an Intel video processing device.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when
reading some AVC clips with malformed metadata.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when
opening XAVC Intra clips with 24- or 32-channel audio.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash in
some instances when selecting the Automatically Added bin,
switching libraries, or starting a render.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when
another user connected to a mounted NAS device (macOS only).
- Fixed a bug that could cause black frames when transcoding
some HD-resolution clips to QFHD XAVC Intra or XAVC Long
formats. Please note that high-quality deinterlacing is no
longer available on systems with 1 GB or less GPU memory or
macOS systems with Intel GPUs and 1536 MB or less GPU
memory.
- Fixed a bug that caused the Catalyst Render Process to
remain running in the background, preventing further render
operations, after canceling an XDCAM IMX render.
- Fixed a bug that prevented you from mapping audio channels
1 and 2 independently when using the Map audio channels
feature in the Export pane.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent clips from loading properly
after copying them.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent metadata changes from being
saved in the Metadata pane after selecting another file and
clicking OK to save your changes.
- Fixed a bug that could cause settings in the Format
and Render preset drop-down lists to be
unavailable in the Export pane after changing Color
adjustments to All and Output
color space to Same as preview.
- Fixed a bug that could cause some file types to display
the incorrect source color space.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the internal preview to be
blurred when previewing QFHD sources on an HD external
monitor.
- Fixed a bug that could cause QFHD clips to be displayed
using the incorrect aspect ratio on an HD external monitor.
- Fixed a bug that could allow you to open clip lists or
spanned clips in the Adjust Color workspace using the '
keyboard shortcut. The Adjust Color workspace is not
available for clip lists or spanned clips.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the Output color
space setting in the Export pane to be
incorrectly set to Same as preview in some
cases.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the Color
adjustments drop-down list in the Export pane to
display incorrect settings after resetting a clip's color
adjustments.
- Fixed a bug that would cause incorrect color management
for non-RAW video files that indicate linear gamma.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the Best match render
preset to use the incorrect resolution after importing an
EDL.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the Use flip and
stretch settings check box to be unavailable
when transcoding an EDL.
- Fixed a bug that could cause artifacts when transcoding
HDR clips to YUV SDR formats.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent saving edits to Mark In/Out
points or Summary and Mark Points metadata for some MXF
files.
- Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect output for clips
where camera ISO and EI are not the same.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the New Empty Clip
List command from being displayed in the Tools
menu (macOS only).
- Improved the accuracy of the remaining time estimate when
transcoding clips.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the library from opening when
opening a .cpreplib file (macOS only).
- Fixed a bug that prevented bins from sorting correctly
after renaming.
- Fixed a bug that prevented clips from being opened from
the Finder (macOS only).
- Fixed a bug that could cause the incorrect file extension
to be displayed in the File name box when
exporting a storyboard as a single file.
- Fixed a bug that could cause rendering or transcoding to
DPX format to fail.
- Fixed a bug that could cause only the first image in a DPX
or OpenEXR image sequence to be deleted when deleting a clip
and choosing to delete the associated source files from
disk.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent search results from being
limited to the bin or folder being searched.
- Fixed a bug that could cause clip lists to become
deselected after removing a clip.
- Fixed a bug that could cause unintended scrolling in
Options when changing some settings.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent you from scrolling in the
Export pane when the mouse pointer was over the Audio
Channels controls (macOS only).
- Fixed a bug that could cause audio distortion in clips
with 24-bit, big-endian format audio.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the audio meters in the
activity pane to display incorrect data.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent the Project menu from
displaying correctly when the secondary preview window was
enabled.
- Fixed a bug that could cause delays when browsing folders.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent the Options menu from
displaying correctly when the secondary preview window was
enabled (macOS only).
- Fixed a bug that could prevent mark points from being
created at the beginning and end of the timeline.
- Fixed a bug that could cause some characters to be ignored
when typing file names in the Export Project, Render
Project, and Share dialogs.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the I and O shortcut keys from
moving the cursor to the Mark In and Mark Out points.
- Fixed a bug that prevented dragging folders from Finder to
the Catalyst Prepare window (macOS only).
Notable fixes/changes in version 2018.1
- Added a Create Sony Professional Disc partitions
check box in the Export pane to enable rendering
XAVC Intra, XAVC Long, and XDCAM files with
segmented body partitions.
NOTE: Files created with segmented body
partitions may not be recognized properly by some Sony
camcorders, decks, or servers.
- Improved color-management workflow for choosing color
spaces, applying color adjustments, and transcoding clips
with color adjustments:
- In Options, Color management settings have been
grouped together. Grade in has been
changed to Working color space, and Display
color space settings have been changed to Preview
color space and External monitor
color space.
- In Adjust Color mode, the Inspector pane now displays
the Preview and External
monitor color space (if an external monitor
is enabled). If the selected color space is not
compatible with the source color space and cannot be
exported, a warning is displayed to notify
you.
- When exporting a clip with color adjustments, the Output
color space is now based on the Preview color
space or External monitor color space to ensure the
transcoded clip matches your preview.
- When exporting a clip with color adjustments, the
output format and transcoding presets are limited those
supported by the selected Output color space.
- The Transcode Tools menu in the Export pane now allows you
to load, save, and delete transcoding presets.
- Added support for mapping audio channels during
transcoding.
- Added support for adding a watermark image during
transcoding.
- Changed the Allow timecode in letterbox/pillarbox
area check box to Allow burn in within
letterbox/pillarbox area to allow the timecode
and clip name to be burned into the letterbox/pillarbox area
of transcoded files. When the check box is cleared,
burned-in timecode and clip names will be limited to the
source frame area.
- Saved transcoding settings are now applied when
transcoding clips, EDLs, and storyboards or repairing
flashbands.
- Added support for expanding and collapsing the Favorite
Folders, Devices, Recent, Bins, and Storyboards headings in
Organize mode and in file-browse dialogs.
- Improved the accuracy of the remaining time estimate when
copying clips.
- Improved clip numbering when using the Rename
files check box in the Copy and Export panes: the
clip number is now reset when you choose a different output
destination or choose a different setting from the Numbering
drop-down list.
- Improved performance when playing back some AVC clips
(macOS only).
- Combined the Username/Email and Domain
login methods when uploading to Sony Ci.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when
pressing ] to navigate clips immediately after opening a
storyboard.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash
after editing a clip's metadata, opening another clip, and
clicking OK in the “Metadata is being
reloaded. Would you like to save your changes?” dialog.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when
previewing clips with the secondary window enabled if Intel
HD Graphics 4000 was selected in the Video
processing device drop-down list.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to hang when
transcoding a storyboard multiple times.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to export
using the incorrect format after exporting a storyboard.
- Fixed a bug that caused the Copy only between
mark points setting to be ignored when copying
XAVC Intra HD clips.
- Fixed a bug that could cause files to be overwritten after
clicking Keep Existing when prompted to
replace existing files while exporting to DPX or OpenEXR
format.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the video preview to display
black frames when switching the Preview setting between Before
and After in the Adjust Color workspace.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent the Convert to
setting in the Adjust Color workspace from being applied
correctly when changing the Source color
space setting.
- Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect video levels when
displaying and rendering AVC 8-bit 4:2:0 clips on some macOS
computers.
- Fixed a bug that could cause playback to zoom unexpectedly
after adjusting color correction controls if CPU
was selected in the Video processing device
drop-down list.
- Fixed a bug that could cause poor video performance when
scrubbing clips, especially with interlaced media.
- Fixed a bug that could cause poor playback performance and
excessive memory usage when playing some MOV clips on macOS.
- Fixed a bug that caused relinking library clips to fail
when selecting a folder (Windows only).
- Fixed a bug that could cause the incorrect Exposure
index value to be displayed for RAW clips in the
Adjust Color workspace.
- Fixed a bug that could case the Loop Playback
and Playback Settings (Speed/Quality
and Real Time/All
Frames) controls to be ignored when the secondary
window was visible.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent the last-used render
settings from being saved when exporting storyboards and
selecting one of the Render clips as separate files,
Render storyboard as single file, and Export
storyboard as project radio buttons.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the incorrect Output
color space settings to be displayed in the
Export pane if the clip selection changed.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent the last-used render
settings from being applied when transcoding and uploading
to Sony Ci.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the last-used render settings
to be incorrectly applied when uploading to YouTube.
- Fixed a bug that caused the Export
button to be available when unsupported clips were selected.
- Fixed a bug that caused the Share pane to incorrectly
display the user's login status when uploading to Sony Ci.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent clips from uploading to
YouTube if < or > characters were used in the Title,
Description, or Tags.
- Fixed a bug that could cause some H.264 .mov clips to play
at double speed on macOS.
- Fixed a bug that could cause some H.264 .mov clips to play
at an accelerated rate.
- Fixed a bug that caused the Export
button to be unavailable when exporting an EDL or repairing
flash bands and clicking a blank area in the center of the
Transcode To dialog.
- Fixed a bug that could cause clips to be numbered
incorrectly when Rename files was selected
in the Export pane and 2 digits or 3
digits was selected in the Numbering
drop-down list.
- Fixed a bug that could cause clips to be rendered using
the last-used format (rather than the selected format) when
Rename files was selected in the Export
pane.
- Fixed a bug that could cause clips to be displayed in the
Import EDL dialog.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the split location from
resetting when double-clicking the split line in
split-screen preview mode in the Adjust Color workspace.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the Override start
timecode setting to be ignored when exporting a
clip to the same directory multiple times.
- Fixed a bug that could result in incorrect burned-in
timecode if Allow within letterbox/pillarbox area
was selected during transcoding.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the incorrect aspect ratio to
be applied when previewing SD MXF clips with the Video
processing device set to CPU.
- Fixed a bug that could cause color variations in MPEG2
clips when the Video processing device was
set to CPU or a GPU.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the source color space of
ProRes 422 clips from being identified correctly.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Verify mode
drop-down list from functioning correctly when using the
Back Up Source dialog.
- The application may not display if you run the application
on a secondary monitor and then restart the application with
the secondary monitor disconnected. Hold Ctrl+Shift when
starting the application to reset the application settings.
- When playing 4K clips, the video preview can display
irregularities on some systems that do not meet the system
requirements for 4K media.
- ASC-CDL (.cdl) files are not displayed in the Load ASC-CDL
dialog when the file is saved in a known folder structure
(such as an XAVC or XDCAM volume). Saving the ASC-CDL files
in a generic location such as the General folder will allow
you to load them.
- The application may fail to start on some notebook
computers with the Intel HD Graphics graphics adapter.
Please visit https://downloadcenter.intel.com
to manually download and install the latest driver for your
graphics adapter.
- If the application displays “A compatible graphics card
that supports OpenCL 1.1 is required for GPU acceleration.
Please install updated graphics drivers or install a
compatible graphics card.” please try to install a newer
graphics driver. If that is not possible, install the Intel
OpenCL runtime for CPU: https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/opencl-drivers.
- If playback is not smooth when previewing high-resolution
clips, click the magnifying glass in the video preview
window and decrease the preview resolution.
- Metadata cannot be saved in non-MXF files — and some MXF
files — that are not in a folder structure.
- On some systems, transcoding can fail when using Intel HD
Graphics Driver for Windows 8.1 version 10.18.15.4279.
Please use the latest driver from Intel.
- Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 10.1.1 or later is
required when using an external monitor via a Blackmagic
Design SDI or UltraStudio device.
- Spanned AVCHD clips may exhibit audio and video noise when
previewing the transition between clips. Transcoding is not
available for spanned AVCHD clips. We recommend that you
copy the clips to your local drive before working with them.
- If you need to format an SxS card, please use the Memory
Media Utility.
- If you need to format or finalize an XDCAM Professional
Disc volume, please use the XDCAM
Drive Software.
- Transcoding performance can be slow when transcoding to an
exFAT-formatted SxS card on Windows.
- When exporting a storyboard, the Destination folder
exports to your Home folder by default, resulting in a
failed export. Choosing a different folder will allow the
export to complete successfully (macOS only).
- In some cases, metadata and mark in/out points that were
edited in Catalyst Browse are not preserved after importing
a clip into Catalyst Prepare. Closing and reopening Catalyst
Prepare will update cached metadata.
- In some cases, the application can crash if you edit a
storyboard before the storyboard has finished loading.
- On some computers, the application can hang during
startup/registration. Updating your graphics driver will
allow the application to start normally.
- When using libraries created in Catalyst Prepare 2.0 or
earlier, external folders in the library are displayed as
bins.
- When using DaVinci Resolve to open a Catalyst Prepare
project that was exported to Final Cut Pro X format,
color-correction information (Lift, Gamma, and Gain) can be
imported if the DaVinci Resolve timeline frame rate matches
the Final Cut Pro project frame rate.
- When using Catalyst Prepare 2015.1 to create color presets
that contain a Temperature adjustment, the
Temperature value will be incorrect when
loading the preset in Catalyst Browse or any other version
of Catalyst Prepare. You can adjust the Temperature
value in the destination application and resave the preset
to use it.
Color presets created in Catalyst Browse or any other
version of Catalyst Prepare will display incorrect Temperature
values when loaded in Catalyst Prepare 2015.1. You can
adjust the Temperature value in the
Catalyst Prepare 2015.1 and resave the preset to use it.
- Catalyst applications can crash on some Windows 10 systems
that include multiple GPUs (one AMD GPU and one Intel or
NVIDIA GPU). Please check for updated AMD GPU drivers: http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMD-Radeon-Software-Crimson-Edition-16.1-Hotfix-Release-Notes.aspx.
- Hardware decoding of 10-bit HEVC clips is supported on
Intel Skylake U, H, and S processors.
- When working with clips from multiple discs in an Optical
Disc Archive volume, playback can pause when switching
discs. If you experience interrupted playback, copy the
clips to a local drive.
- On some Windows 7 computers using
an AMD Radeon GPU, the application can crash during playback
when Display secondary window is selected.
- Spanned clips are not intended for use with Catalyst
Prepare libraries. However, a bug permits AVCHD spanned
clips to be added to libraries. Inconsistent behavior can
occur when applying color correcction, adjusting mark in/out
points, or adding spanned clips to storyboards.
- Start and end timecode values are not preserved when
exporting a storyboard with Render clips as separate
files and Use mark/in points selected.
- If you want to reset the applications's preferences to
their default values, hold Ctrl+Shift while double-clicking
the application icon. When the application starts, you'll be
prompted to reset all preferences.
- When working with DPX image sequences, the following
features are unavailable: renaming, deleting, creating a
storyboard from a selection, copying to a library or folder,
uploading to Ci, and flash band repair.
- When copying a clip list and its clips to an XDCAM device
via FAM, the clips' UMID data is changed, which breaks media
links and will cause the copy operation to fail.
- Copying growing MXF clips to the PDW-HD1500 via FTP can
fail.
- Attempting to preview a clip with a backslash (\) in the
file name will result in a "The media is offline, missing,
or unsupported" error message (macOS only).
- When viewing MXF clips from an XDCAM Station or
Professional Disc volume, Catalyst Prepare now reads
metadata from the sidecar XML. This improves performance but
can result in a reduced set of metadata being displayed in
the Inspector.
- If Catalyst Prepare fails to start due to an invalid
license file, you can reset the application preferences to
choose the correct license file the next time you start the
application:
- Windows: Hold Shift+Windows while starting the
application.
- MacOS: Hold Shift+Command while starting the
application.
- Some computers running macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) may
experience visual inconsistencies, hangs, or crashes when
previewing clips with the secondary window enabled.
- Some computers running macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) may
experience reduced performance when applying color
correction to a storyboard.
- When running macOS 10.13 (High Sierra), access to
Professional Disc and Optical Disc Archive volumes is not
available. Support will be enabled when updated device
drivers are released. Please check https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/software_for_sony_equipment
for updated XDCAM Drive Software and Optical Disc Archive
Software.
- If you notice corrupted video preview or decreased
playback performance on macOS High Sierra (10.13),
please install the latest High Sierra update to ensure your
system is using the latest graphics drivers.
- When transcoding to XAVC Intra, XAVC Long, and XAVC S
formats, some Windows PCs may produce an error. Running
Windows Update or installing the Microsoft Visual C++ 2017
Redistributable manually will resolve the issue.
- When previewing spanned AVCHD clips, you may see blocking
noise at the transitions between clips. If you use the Combine
relay clips command, the new clip will not
exhibit the noise during playback.
- Deleting clips from a Professional Disc volume can fail if
the clips are still loading when you attempt to delete them.
Verify the load icon is not displayed in the main video
preview window or in the Preview window in the Inspector and
then try deleting clips again.
- Attempting to log in to Ci Workspace using an Enterprise
Email (SSO) account fails to log in successfully. We are
actively investigating the issue.
- In some cases, playback performance can be reduced on
macOS computers when an NVIDIA GPU is selected from the Video
processing device drop-down list in Options. In
this case, please choose the Intel GPU from the Video
processing device drop-down list.
The following lists the minimum system requirements for
using Catalyst Prepare:
- A 64-bit operating system: Microsoft® Windows 10 or macOS 10.12 (Sierra), 10.13 (High Sierra), or
10.14 (Mojave)
- 2 GHz multicore processor (8 cores recommended for 4K
media)
- 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
media)
The XAVC Long 422 3840x2160 200 Mbps (Sony)
transcoding presets require 16 GB or more RAM. If you're
using a dedicated GPU, the presets also require 4 GB or more
GPU memory.
- NVIDIA, AMD/ATI, or Intel GPU with support for OpenCL 1.1
or later with at least 1024 MB of memory (2 GB recommended
for 4K preview, HD rendering, or HD video stabilization; 4
GB recommended for 4K rendering or 4K video stabilization)
or a CPU with SSE 4.2 or higher. OpenGL 2.1 is recommended
for optimum performance. OpenGL 4.1 is required for video
stabilization.
You must provide your registration information to Sony
Creative Software Inc., a US company, in order to activate
the software. Product requires online registration.
The install utility creates any necessary folders and
copies all files required by Catalyst Prepare to your
computer.
Installing on Windows
- Download the install utility from our Web
site.
- Create an empty folder and move the downloaded install
utility to that folder.
- Double-click the file, and then follow the on-screen
prompts to install the appropriate version of Catalyst
Prepare for your computer.
Installing on macOS
- Download the Catalyst Prepare DMG file from our Web
site.
- Double-click the downloaded .dmg file.
- Drag the Catalyst Browse icon into to your Applications
folder to install it on your computer.
If you would like information or trial/demo versions of
other products from Sony Creative Software Inc., please visit
our Web
site. You will always find the latest technical
information, trials, demos, and product announcements from
Sony Creative Software Inc. there.
Commercial distribution of the trials and demos requires
written permission from Sony Creative Software Inc.
7.0 Contacting Sony Creative Software Inc.
Sony Creative Software Inc. can be contacted in the
following ways:
Mailing Address:
Sony Creative Software Inc.
8215 Greenway Boulevard
Suite 400
Middleton, Wisconsin 53562
USA
Customer Service/Sales:
Technical Support
For a detailed list of Technical Support options, we encourage
you to visit https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/support/default.asp.
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