Features
The Detailed Overview.
Quick Navigation
Available in Silverstack XT only
* for selected camera formats
** with audio support
Library
- Storage of all assets in one comprehensive library
- Thumbnails for all assets
- Access to all assets at all times, even when offline
- Syncing the clip library with other Silverstack applications (via ShotHub)
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
Pomfort ShotHub
- Upload your local project to a new ShotHub project or merge it with an existing cloud project
- Keep local projects of multiple Silverstack applications in sync through the same ShotHub project
- Share metadata and file information of a specific clip via ShotID (in reports, ALE, CSV) or as ShotID link
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)
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
- ASC-CDL compatible interaction types: CDL/SOP, and simplified (contrast, stretch, warmer, greener controls)
- Advanced grading modes (including ACES modes)
- Basic grading nodes include ASC-CDL and 3D LUT
- Advanced grading nodes include 1D LUT, RGB curves, HSL curves and HHS nodes
- Selection of decoding color space and gamma for Alexa Mini LF and Canon CRM footage
- Selection of decoding color space and gamma for Sony X-OCN, DJI Cinema DNG, and ProRes RAW footage
- Load and save ASC-CDL (.cdl) directly to/from grading node
- LMT node with official LMTs and support for CLF (Common LUT Format)
- Amount slider for adjusting the intensity of individual grading nodes
- Player grid view for side-by-side reference view of two clips
- Look library
- Copy and paste of looks with shortcuts
- Combine clip and look information in one library
- Manage and download latest ACES versions
- Export ACES Metadata (AMF) files for looks from ACES version 1.2
- Import ACES Metadata Files (AMF)
- 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
- Export dynamic metadata per clip to a CSV file
Search
- Search for keywords in specific metadata fields to filter clips list
- Build search expressions for more complex searches to filter clips list
- Smart-folders for complex and recurring searches
Library Sorting
- Keep library assets automatically sorted by name or date
Import
- Metadata import, merge different libraries with bins, folders, and projects.
Relink
- Relinking of files which were moved/copied outside of Silverstack
Keyboard Shortcuts
- Assigning custom keyboard shortcuts to all actions in the main menu
Backup
- Multi-destination file copy
- Checksum verified copy for maximum security (XXH64, MD5, SHA1, C4ID, XXH3, XXH128)
- Create standardized Media Hash List (.mhl) files with checksums
- Create and continue ASC MHL manifest histories
- Support for cloud backup to AWS S3
- 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
- Rename mov and mp4 files on offload* (* for selected cameras)
- Offload wizard templates
- Automatic template selection based on input device
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
- Information about last usage (user/time via ShotHub sync)
- 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 and path creation based on clip metadata
Job Queue
- Queuing of jobs for consecutive and parallel execution of multiple jobs
- 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 status notifications on macOS and possibility to send to Slack
- Job status per volume in offload menu
Job Status
- Monitor in the library which bins have running offload/backup jobs
- Select a job to mark its dependant jobs in the jobs panel
Jobs Summary
- Purified jobs summary to get overview about finished jobs from the main window
- Warnings and reminders for failed unread jobs
Native Playback*
- Real-time playback of camera-native media
- 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
- Playback, jog, and shuttle with JKL controls
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)
- Rotate clips left or right to work with video in portrait mode
- 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 family, Io family, Corvid family and T-Tap family
- Blackmagic Design UltraStudio family 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
- Support for different slating systems
- 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
- Comprehensive transcoding tab to manage transcoding settings
- 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
- MP4 H.264
- MP4 H.265/HEVC
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)
- Automatic decoding resolution quality mode
- 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 or custom resolutions
- Transcoding with look from file or as in library
- Configurable resolution and cropping
Export
- Distribute well structured information to others on and beyond set
- Export multiple report types simultaneously
Formats
- Export reports including thumbnails and all metadata from the library
- Choose from formats PDF and HTML
- Choose from multiple report types
- Customize metadata content of reports and include general report note
Clips Thumbnails
- Provide three thumbnails per clip (thumbnails and clips reports)
- Adjustable thumbnail quality to keep report file size small
Import
- Matching of QTAKE XMLs for metadata import
- Matching of MovieSlate XMLs for metadata import
- Matching of Drylab CSVs for metadata import
- Matching of ZoeLog CSVs for metadata import
- Conforming EDLs for consolidating referenced clips in a new bin
- Importing of sealed library archives
- Importing of LockitScript app metadata via LockitNetwork cloud service
Export
- Export of FCP XML file
- Export of ALE file
- Export of CSV 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)
Still Image Export
- Export of still images (JPG, TIFF) from player
- Still image export presets: Select still image export size, burn in overlays and multiple still exports in parallel
Looks
- Import and automatic matching of Looks from Livegrade Pro including transfer of clip metadata
- Import looks from ShotHub (Livegrade cloud project) for Look Matching
- 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.
- Custom metadata fields
- Custom label names
ZEISS Lens Correction
- Import of lens data from ZEISS 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)
UI Layouts
- Quick configuration buttons for the user interface: Manage, QC and Color
Second Display
- Two screen working environment
Grading Panel Devices
- Tangent Element (all modules), Ripple, Wave, Wave2 with custom mappings via "Tangent Mapper"
ARRIRAW
- ARRI Alexa (.ari) **
- ARRI Alexa LF (.ari) **
- ARRI Alexa Mini (.mxf) **
- ARRI Alexa Mini LF (.mxf) **
- ARRI Alexa 35 (.mxf) **
- ARRI Amira (.mxf) **
- ARRI Alexa 65 (.ari) **
CODEX HDE ARRIRAW
- ARRI Alexa (.arx) **
- ARRI Alexa LF (.arx) **
- ARRI Alexa Mini LF (.arx) **
- ARRI Alexa 35 (.mxf) **
- ARRI Alexa 65 (.arx)**
Blackmagic RAW
- Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 4.6K
- Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K
- Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K/6K
- Various Fujifilm and Panasonic cameras
AVC-Intra
- Panasonic Varicam **
Canon XF-AVC / XF-HEVC (.MXF)
- Diverse Canon Cameras **
Canon XF-AVC S / XF-HEVC S (.MP4)
- Diverse Canon Cameras **
Canon MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 (.mts)
- Canon C100 **
Canon Cinema Raw Light (.crm)
- Diverse Canon Cameras **
Canon Uncompressed RAW (.rmf)
- Canon C700 and C700 FF
- Canon C300 Mk II
CinemaDNG
- BMCC
- Bolex D16 **
- Ikonoskop
- IndieCam
- DJI
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/v2640 Onyx
ProRes QuickTime Movies
- AJA KiPro
- ARRI Alexa / Alexa LF **
- ARRI Alexa Mini **
- ARRI Amira **
- RED cameras **
- Panasonic Varicam **
- Atomos Ninja and Samurai
- Codex Action Cam
- Convergent Design Odyssey
ProRes (.mxf)
- ARRI Alexa Mini LF **
- ARRI Alexa 35 **
- Sony Venice **
- Sony Venice 2 **
ProRes RAW (.mov)
- Diverse Manufactures
REDCODE
- RED V-Raptor 8K
- RED Weapon Dragon 6K, Weapon Helium 8K S35, Weapon Monstro 8K VV **
- RED Raven 4.5K **
- RED Komodo
- 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 LT, ST and XT
- Sony F5/F55
- Sony Venice (with AXS-R7 recorder)
- Sony Venice 2
- Sony Burano
XAVC
- Sony F5/F55, Venice **
XAVC S
- Sony a7S **
- Sony FX-3 **
User Interface
- English
- Japanese
- Chinese
Computer /
Operating System
- Please make sure your computer meets the minimum requirements.
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