Sony Catalyst Production Suite 2023.2

Introduction to Sony Catalyst Production Suite 2023.2

Overview

Sony Catalyst Production Suite 2023.2 offers powerful media preparation and fast, focused video editing to serve as the backbone for your video productions. With Catalyst Prepare paving the way from camera to post with robust organizational tools and precise color correction, and Catalyst Edit providing a lean and focused video editing environment, your cutting process can be made fast and fluent.

Features

• View media directly from a camera, deck, or card reader
• Make a full-volume backup with checksum verification
• Organize clips into bins
• Batch copy and transcode clips
• Adjust colors and apply looks
• Set in/out points
• Establish multichannel audio assignments
• Batch upload clips to Ci, the Sony video cloud service
• Assemble a rough cut with the Storyboard feature

Use Cases

The Sony Catalyst Production Suite 2023.2 is ideal for professionals in the video production industry who require efficient media preparation and editing tools to bring their vision to life. By supporting 4K, Sony RAW, and HD media, this suite allows users to leverage high dynamic range, wide color gamut, and stunning 4K resolution throughout the editing process.

Technical Details and System Requirements

• A 64-bit operating system: Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10
• 2 GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor CPU recommended for HD; 8 cores recommended for 4K)
• 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)
• NVIDIA, AMD/ATI, or Intel GPU with support for OpenCL 1.1 or later with at least 512 MB of memory (2 GB recommended for 4K) or a CPU with SSE 4.2 or higher. OpenGL 2.1 is recommended for optimum performance.