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The final feature that I was excited for (weirdly) was the licensing. Again, I’m not entirely certain when I’d personally need this, but I’m sure there are a number of people that would find this feature really handy! On this version, you can program ShotPut Pro 6 to email or text you once the transfer has finished. Notifications also have some interesting new updates. This is a great way of securely moving files around numerous hard drives in the edit suite. Now, there’s the ability to just drag and drop different folders from one location to another. Individual file and folder transfers have also been greatly improved in version 6. I guess this could be useful if you wanted to quickly scan through the cards without booting up Sony Catalyst or your NLE. As a real world application, I’m not really sure when this will be of use to me, but it is pretty cool… As well as including all the numbers, locations and file details it features thumbnails of all the files.
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My next favourite feature is the PDF summary.
That’s obviously a great improvement after a long shoot day when you just want to pack the kit down and get home! Currently, a 121GB XQD file offload going to two locations (one G-Technology Studio RAID and one single LaCie Rugged ) using ShotPut Pro 5 took 1hr 38mins to transfer. Speed was one of the important factors for me. Namely improved licensing, faster speed, better ability for individual files and a rather cool PDF summary of each transfer. As the latest version of Imagine Product’s DIT suite, it brings a couple of new feature’s to the table.
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Offloading software will automate that process for you. This just means in the extremely rare event a mechanical failure or misplacement of the drive, I’ve still got a backup of the important stuff elsewhere. The other aspect is that I like to have a minimum of two copies of all my footage during a project. You might not always pick up on it so having a piece of software that tells you it didn’t transfer successfully and displaying a warning message, is important in my mind. A slight knock when it’s plugged directly into the USB and the transfer fails. So how often is that likely to happen? Well, not very often otherwise everyone would be using it by now! But I always ask myself why take the risk?įor me personally, it comes into it’s own when using Sony’s dreaded XQD reader.
I’ve personally been using ShotPut Pro 5 for the last year and whilst it does double the offload times at the end of a shoot, to have the knowledge that all the data is securely transferred to two separate locations and checksum verified, I can go home without worrying that I’m going to get a call in the morning from a client who’s data corrupted on transfer. Whilst it’s widely used by DITs and Data Wranglers, there is a slow but gradual uptake of use by camera operators, editors and videographers. When he isn’t on set or reviewing software, he likes to cook, cycle and canoe (but not at the same time!).įor some time now, secure offloading software has been available.
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