This is definitely on the geeky side of video editing but I’m very excited to see Adobe developing this. Currently we use CatDV but it seems like overkill for the type of work we do. Adobe’s Prelude could be a welcomed alternative.
“Essentially Prelude is an ingest, logging and rough cut tool. It’s designed to make it easy to add log notes (a.k.a. metadata) quickly and easily, then perform a rough first string out to send to a craft (skilled) editor for the real work. Now obviously, any tool that encourages the entry of metadata is good by me!
- Works directly off non-tape media
- Media can be previewed and selects trimmed before ingest to Prelude
- Icons can be “skimmed” (I think Adobe has a different term) FCP X style.
- Will copy media from the card to a specified location
- Will (optionally) do proxy (or really any specified format) generation in parallel with ingest
- Has great tools for subclipping and adding log notes easily
- Can build simple cuts-only timelines
- Exports direct to Premiere Pro or to Final Cut Pro 7 XML.”