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ShotPut Pro 6
Industry Standard for Offloading Media Gets a Makeover
Review by Erik Vlietinck
The industry standard for offloading video clips and now also photographs is ShotPut Pro. This venerable application has received a complete overhaul so that ShotPut Pro 6 has a bet- ter workflow and offers more flexibility.
The app has a brand-new interface that’s much more user- friendly than previous versions. Volumes to which you offload can be monitored; with color-coded progress bars and real- time offload data.
The ability to offload any type of specialized media with strong integrity checks remains one of ShotPut Pro’s most powerful features. But where you were once forced to offload whole media into newly created folders, ShotPut Pro 6 makes it possible to copy media files directly into already existing folders. This is called Destination Mode and it entails dragging files directly from media to already existing folders on your offload volumes to put them in a queue.
With presets, you can automate the whole offload process from multiple media to multiple destinations, but the auto- mation doesn’t extend beyond setting offload destinations
and auto-naming folders. ShotPut Pro 6 does, however, allow you to create presets for each type of camera/job-type com- bination. Furthermore, the app has a Preference setting that allows you to automatically offload any volume not already mounted on your Mac. Offloading will start immediately after inserting the card or disk using the activated presets. A job identifier allows you to name the destination top-level folder.
Reporting capabilities include the ability to personalize reports and send an email message or SMS. The reports include thumbnail images of the clip and a summary (or all of the info) of the clip’s file and video information.
Everything happens simultaneously in the background while offloading, which translates into performance. Although the app has become faster, it’s still no speed demon. ■
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