Features
The Detailed Overview.
Quick Navigation
Available only in Silverstack XT * for selected camera formats ** with audio support
Clip Library
| Library | Storage of all assets in one comprehensive library |
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| Thumbnails for all assets | |
| Access to all assets at all times, even when offline | |
| File sequences | Automatic detection of file sequences |
| Treatment of entire file sequences as single clips for easier management | |
| File sequence input for JPEG, TIFF and DPX files (e.g. for playback and transcoding of timelapse sequences) | |
| Management | Support for camera specific metadata* |
| Extraction of metadata from clips and sidecar files (XML, ALE, etc.)* | |
| Management of source and transcoded clips in one library | |
| Transcoding statistics | |
| Verification States | Inspect the verification status on file resource, clip and bin level |
| Color & Look | Typical grade controls |
| Node based CDL and LUT grading mode | |
| Advanced grading modes (including ACES modes) | |
| Basic grading nodes include ASC-CDL and 3D LUT | |
| Advanced grading nodes include 1D LUT, HHS and curve nodes | |
| Load and save ASC-CDL (.cdl) directly to/from grading node | |
| Player grid view for side-by-side reference view of two clips | |
| Look library | |
| Copy and paste of looks with shortcuts | |
| Grading panel support | |
| Combine clip and look information in one library | |
| Manage and download latest ACES versions (up to ACES v1.0.3) | |
| RED IPP2 color processing for custom looks | |
| Audio | Automatic detection of Broadcast Wave (BWF, .wav) audio files |
| Automatic assembly of audio tracks to audio clips | |
| Linear Timecode (LTC) extraction from internal audio tracks | |
| Manual audio sync with video clips | |
| Audible frame stepping | |
| Dynamic Metadata | Extraction of dynamic lens and camera metadata to reference settings per frame and in playback |
| Search | Clip search by name, metadata, user info, etc. |
| Smart-folders for complex and recurring searches | |
| Import | Metadata import, merge different libraries with bins, folders, and projects. |
| Relink | Relinking of files which were moved/copied outside of Silverstack |
Offload & Backup
| Backup | Multi-destination file copy |
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| Checksum verified copy for maximum security (MD5, SHA1, xxhash, xxhash64 [compatible to Google’s xxhash]) | |
| Support for backing up to LTO tapes via LTFS | |
| Support for backing up to SONY ODA (Optical Disk Archive) | |
| Offload | Offload of camera storage cards |
| Cascading copy, first to fast drives, from there to slower drives | |
| Preservation of folder structures | |
| Creation of custom folder structures with wildcards | |
| Provide custom bin name on offload | |
| Offload wizard templates | |
| Verification | Immediate verification file per file as part of copy job |
| Separate copy and verification jobs to complete copy first and verify afterwards | |
| Ingest | Detection of duplicate clips for less confusion in post |
| Format-specific ingest preferences for look management, audio and format options | |
| Easily register files in the library without copying | |
| Volumes | Overview of all used volumes |
| Inspection of capacity, fill levels and stored files | |
| Unmounting of volumes without going through Finder | |
| Sealing of volumes to ensure completeness and consistency of media data | |
| Seal management (seal info, delete, re-seal) | |
| Wildcards | File name creation based on clip metadata |
Jobs
| Job Queue | Queuing of jobs for consecutive and parallel execution of multiple jobs |
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| Visualized job queues for copy and transcoding | |
| Reordering of scheduled jobs via drag and drop | |
| Schedule jobs on offload to be executed at earliest possibility | |
| Job Suspension | Suspension of jobs after completion of subtasks |
| Optimized job order by combining suspension/resumption and reordering | |
| Job History | Overview of all finished copy jobs |
| Job Status | Constant access to the status of all jobs through a pervasive status display |
| Instant and notable indication of success or errors for faster turnaround times | |
| Job Monitoring | Monitor in the library which bins have running offload/backup jobs |
| Select a job to mark its dependant jobs in the jobs panel |
Quality check
| Native Playback* | Real-time playback of camera-native media |
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| Comprehensive clip timeline for quick navigation | |
| Audio clip playback with metering and channel mixer | |
| Playback of single audio tracks | |
| "Absolute time" and "every frame" playback mode | |
| Processing* | Live processing with per-clip settings for playback and transcoding |
| Anamorphic de-squeeze for correcting images from anamorphic lenses | |
| Flip horizontally (mirror), vertically (upside down) or both (180° rotation) | |
| Look processing (e.g. log-to-video from file, preset or custom 3D LUT) | |
| Frame lines | Framing assistance with custom aspect ratios |
| HD-SDI output | Full quality (10-bit) clip review on HD-SDI monitors |
| External video supported devices | AJA KONA series, AJA Io series, AJA T-TAP |
| Blackmagic Design Ultrastudio series, Mini Recorder and Decklink cards | |
| Native Video Scopes | Waveform, histogram, vectorscope with settings |
| External Video Scopes | Integration with "ScopeBox" (via ScopeLink) |
| Playback via Quick Look | Media Files: QuickTime, AVI, MPEG4, MP3, AAC, AIFF, WAV, JPEG, JPEG 2000, Adobe PhotoShop, TIFF, BMP |
| Additional Formats: XDCAM HD, DPX and others with 3rd party Quick Look plugins | |
| Production Documents: PDF, HTML, RTF, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, TXT, CSV | |
| Display options* | Separate color channels |
| Black and white clipping indicator | |
| Focus assist for inspecting focus on small screens | |
| User Information* | Support for comments, labels, ratings and flags |
| Cue points for commenting on specific frames | |
| In- and Out-Points for marking relevant clip segments | |
| Cue points are fully integrated into the library search |
Transcoding
| Transcoding | Comprehensive transcoding tab to manage transcoding settings |
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| Path wildcards for custom folder structures of transcoding destinations | |
| Transcoding preview player mode to preview the transcoding configuration | |
| Automatic ingest of transcoded clips to the library | |
| Destination Formats | QuickTime ProRes |
| Quicktime H.264 | |
| Quicktime H.265/HEVC (macOS 10.13 or higher) | |
| Transcoding Options | One custom transcoding configuration and multiple preinstalled transcoding presets |
| Multiple custom transcoding configurations | |
| Multi format and multi destination transcoding to different resolutions | |
| Custom bitrate options for transcoding to H.264 and H.265 | |
| Output resolutions larger than Full HD (1920 x 1080) | |
| Basic burn-in options (video TC, clip name) and watermarking | |
| Embedded audio (stereo mixdown with Linear PCM and AAC codecs) | |
| Automatic pause of transcoding during copy and playback | |
| Compositing | De-squeeze and flip conversion |
| Crop clips to a custom aspect ratio | |
| Transcoding with look from file or as in library | |
| Configurable resolution and cropping |
Reports
| Export | Distribute well structured information to others on and beyond set |
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| Formats | Export reports including thumbnails all metadata from the library |
| Choose from multiple formats (CSV, HTML, PDF) | |
| Choose from multiple report types | |
| Customize metadata content of reports | |
| Provide three thumbnails per clip (thumbnails and clips reports) |
Import & Export
| Import | Matching of QTake XMLs for metadata import |
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| Matching of MovieSlate XMLs for metadata import | |
| Conforming EDLs for consolidating referenced clips in a new bin | |
| Importing of sealed library archives | |
| Export | Export of FCP XML and FCP X FCPXML file with extended metadata |
| Export of ALE file | |
| Export to DaVinci Resolve including clip (.csv) and color (.ccc, ColorTrace) metadata | |
| Export to Assimilate Scratch including color metadata (via .ale) | |
| Export to AVID Media Composer including color metadata (via .ale) | |
| Export of clip metadata to Adobe Premiere Pro (via .xml) | |
| Export of audio synced clips to synced sequences for Adobe Premiere Pro (via .xml) | |
| Export of still images (JPG, TIFF) from player | |
| Looks | Import of Looks from Pomfort's LiveGrade |
| Import of custom 3D-LUT files | |
| Export of Looks to multiple formats | |
| Project Settings | Export and import of project settings |
| Default project settings template for new projects | |
| Enables easy exchange of offload templates, library folder structure, smart folders, etc. | |
| ZEISS Lens Correction | Import of ZEISS lens data from CP.3 XD lenses via Ambient MasterLockit Plus |
| Review of dynamic shading and distortion correction in the player | |
| Export of lens correction data to ZEISS lens correction files (.zlcf) |
User Interface
| UI Layouts | Quick configuration buttons for the user interface: Manage, QC and Color |
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| Second Display | Two screen working environment |
Advanced Camera Support
| ARRIRAW | ARRI Alexa (.ari) ** |
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| ARRI Alexa Mini (.mxf) ** | |
| ARRI Amira (.mxf) ** | |
| ARRI Alexa 65 (.ari) ** | |
| ARRI Alexa LF (.ari) ** | |
| AVC-Intra | Panasonic Varicam |
| Canon XF Movies | Canon C300 Mk. I & II ** |
| Canon C500 ** | |
| Canon C700 and C700 FF ** | |
| Canon C200 ** | |
| Canon XF-HEVC | Canon XF705 ** |
| Canon MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 (.mts) | Canon C100 ** |
| Canon Cinema Raw Light (.crm) | Canon C200 and C200B |
| Canon Uncompressed RAW (.rmf) | Canon C700 and C700 FF |
| Canon C300 Mk II | |
| CinemaDNG | BMCC |
| Bolex D16 ** | |
| Ikonoskop | |
| IndieCam | |
| Generic Image Sequences | JPEG |
| TIFF | |
| DPX | |
| H.264 Quicktime Movies | Canon DSLR ** |
| GoPro Hero ** | |
| Nikon DSLR ** | |
| Kinefinity KineRAW (.krw) | TERRA 4K/5K/6K |
| KineMINI 4K | |
| KineMAX 6K | |
| Panasonic DNG RAW | Panasonic Varicam LT (with Convergent Design Odyssey7Q+) |
| Phantom Cine | Vision Research Phantom Flex/Flex4K/Miro |
| ProRes Quicktime Movies | AJA KiPro |
| ARRI Alexa / Alexa LF ** | |
| ARRI Alexa Mini ** | |
| ARRI Amira ** | |
| RED cameras ** | |
| Panasonic Varicam ** | |
| Sony Venice ** | |
| Atomos Ninja and Samurai | |
| Codex Action Cam | |
| Convergent Design Odyssey | |
| REDCODE | RED Weapon Dragon 6K, Weapon Helium 8K S35, Weapon Monstro 8K VV ** |
| RED Raven 4.5K ** | |
| RED Scarlet-X, Scarlet Dragon, Scarlet-W 5K ** | |
| RED Epic-X, Epic Dragon, Epic-W 8K ** | |
| RED One, RED One MX ** | |
| Sony RAW | Sony F5/F55/F65, Venice |
| V-RAW | Panasonic Varicam |
| X-OCN | Sony F5/F55, Venice (with AXS-R7 recorder) |
| XAVC | Sony F5/F55, Venice ** |
| XAVC S | Sony a7S ** |
Language
| User Interface | English |
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System Requirements
| Computer | Intel Mac |
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| Operating System | Mac OS X 10.12.0 or newer Note: Silverstack can still be used on macOS versions 10.10 and 10.11, but it is not recommended and future releases of Silverstack might stop working on outdated macOS versions. |
