Hedge has announced OffShoot 24.4. OffShoot 24.4 includes many new features for both standard and Pro users that help ingest footage.
OffShoot 24.4 adds the following:
- Filter on filename, not just extension
- Use the oldest timestamp in a batch of files
- Drill down a drive to cherrypick what you need to transfer with the Ingest Browser
- A new TransferAdded script event
- Direct access to Cloud Providers, and five new S3 integrations
- Renaming support for the ParaShoot integration
OffShoot’s file extension filters help ensure you only offloaded the required files. As both Z-CAM and SONY have cameras that can record both full-quality and low resolution versions of the same clip, even more control is needed for proxy workflows. In OffShoot 24.4, you can extend the “Copy only” and “Do not copy” filters to files with a specific character or sequence in their filenames.
You can transfer a source with a preset to copy only the hi-resolution files and then do the same for just the proxy files. To make this work even more intuitive, OffShoot won’t create a folder when all its contents are filtered out.
The new ContentDate element available in Presets eliminates much manual work; instead of today’s date, it automatically compares all the timestamps of the files in a source and uses the oldest. That way, it’s very easy to reorganize a heap of folders into neat folder structures.
With the Ingest Browser, you can browse a source’s folder structure and select whichever folder you need to transfer – however deep it’s buried. Every folder chosen will become an independent source; thus, you can apply a preset to each. However, you can also add a label to it at that time, making it super easy to correct spelling mistakes or renaming those Untitled folders to something more useful.
To find out a lot more about the features I have listed, plus others, head over to the Hedge blog.
All of these new features and improvements are available immediately. Download the update in-app or install a fresh copy. If your license is not eligible for 24.4, extend it in the License Manager.
