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New in CatDV 7

New features in CatDV 7.0

CatDV 7.0 added many fixes and feature enhancements, including:

CatDV 7 New Features
  • Extensive workflow improvements with the networked edition (detailed separately below)
  • New colour scheme makes prolonged working more comfortable
  • Improved search path mechanism to locate media files that may have moved
  • Preview movies can be indexed either by file path or tape name and timecode
  • A new movie controller, with support for dragging In and Out points, visual indication of timecode event markers, and improved keyboard shortcuts
  • Improved sequence editing with a static playhead and new Match Frame and Toggle Subclip Limits commands (professional edition)
  • Enhancements to the tree navigator, including a node to list recently added clips, the ability to copy or move media files across file systems, and a new clip scratch pad to save clips of interest
  • Automatically associate metadata with a media file at the time of import by providing an XML file
  • Access to new QuickTime hi-res, multi-channel audio options when exporting movies
  • Pitch shift correction during high speed playback
  • Automatically computed file hashes and clip ids, and a new Find Duplicates command, allow you to track files as they're moved and identify duplicates
  • Support for image sequences (consecutively numbered still images are automatically converted to a reference movie) and meta clips (allowing you "stack" multiple clips together and treat them as one)
  • Clearer distinction between subclips and master clips, and on- and offline media
  • Purchase or upgrade to CatDV 7 today.

Server Enhancements
  • Preference settings such as view definitions or picklist values for logging fields can be stored on the server so all users on the network have the same settings
  • Automatically poll the server to refresh the catalog if another user has made changes
  • Enhanced tape library management screen with tabbed interface, ability to search across tapes or clips, and barcode reader improvements
  • Production blogs provide a way to communicate 'To Do' lists, contact details, and other information among the team, including links to clips of interest
  • The server control panel has a single button archive command to back up the entire database in one operation

Upgrading

Upgrade to CatDV 8 today and get all these improvements and more.