ShotPut Pro - Mac

ShotPut Pro: General

ShotPut Pro: Preferences Panel

ShotPut Pro: Verification

ShotPut Pro: Speed Issues

Account

Activation

License Options

Update Plan

Email & Text Notifications

Problems Updating from 2021 version

Monterey & BigSur (macOS 11 & 12) compatible
Intel & M1 silicon chip compatible
Also macOS 10.15 & 10.14*

*ShotPut Pro will run on 10.14 but support is not offered for this version of macOS

The last build to be fully compatible with macOS 10.14 and earlier can be found here

4 GB of RAM
16 GB of free hard-disk space recommended
Internet access required for automated product activation

This is a single CPU application (may only be used on one computer at a time).

Demo Limitations: 10 offloads within 30 days. Web access required.

9-15-2022 v2022.1.8

• Fixed bug displaying thumbnails in report history view
• Added naming of job based on drive name when the "Card contents only" is selected
• Fixed failure to resume after pausing

9-14-2022 v2022.1.7

• Eliminated duplicate reports when outputting to a common reports folder
• Fixed a scheduling problem that can result in queued replication jobs beginning replication before verification occurs for active jobs
• Fixed a memory leak which can occur during verification when using cryptographic algorithms and very fast destination drives
• Addressed crashes experienced by some Codex VFS users

9-13-2022 v2022.1.6

• Fixed issue where Time Remaining and Time Elapsed were showing as swapped

9-12-2022 v2022.1.5

• Spanish localization updates
• Fixed bug preventing aborting jobs when an error occurs
• Fixed UI bug causing default report location to not be editable if path was very long
• Fixed some minor GUI related crashes 

9-09-2022 v2022.1.4

• Fixed duplicate PDF thumbnails occurring with Canon XF and Sony XAVC formats
• Fixed PDF report notes spacing issue
• Added Job History information for raw volume folders (now displays metadata and thumbnails)
• Other UI bug fixes and improvements

9-08-2022 v2022.1.3

• Removed "Copy" prefix from auto generated job names
• Implemented automatic "Move to Applications folder" functionality

9-07-2022 v2022.1.1/v2022.1.2

• Faster offloads optimized for SSD workflows
• Streamlined interface and presets
• Implements ASCMHL seals
• Faster media analysis
• PDF reports now support up to 10 thumbnails
• Updated camera SDKs and includes support for Sony Venice
• Implements detailed live offload monitoring
• Added live drive speed monitoring
• Added XXHashH3-64, XXHashH3-128, and C4 checksum algorithms
• Added support for directory checksum generation
• Presets can now override app-level preferences
• Improved date formatting
• Added a pre-offload preset preview
• Notifications no longer rely on gmail 
• Improved pause/resume functionality 
• Added localization for Spanish and Simplified Chinese 
• Improved job history 
• Known Issues
  • The auto updater in the 2021 version is having difficulty pulling the 2022 build.  The build can be downloaded directly here

8-31-2021 v2021.2.6

• Streamlined media analysis routines to provide more responsive, faster report output.
• Updated RED SDK 8.0.4
• Updated RED video file details in PDF reports to display recorded frame rate rather than playback frame rate.
• Fixed bug that sometimes resulted in number of video files being reported as zero in PDF reports.
• Fixed bug that can cause 8K footage to be reported as 7K in PDF reports.

3-10-2021 v2021.2.1

• Fixed bug that can cause reports to stall on macOS 11
• Deprecated support for Imagine HQ mobile iOS status application
• Fixed failure under certain circumstances to generate preview thumbnails when uploading to Frame.io

2-16-2021 v2021.1.5

• Fixed a bug preventing emailing of reports to more than one recipient

2-9-2021 v2021.1.4

• Re-implemented credentialed-based login for macOS 10.11-10.14
• Fixed connections issues for Imagine HQ and demos on older operating systems

2-5-2021 v2021.1.1

• Updated to Arri SDK 6.2.3.1
• Updated login flow for activation

11-30-2020 v2020.2.3

• Added filtering of extraneous system volumes from the attached media list
• Updated RED SDK to version 8.0.0b1 (includes M1 updates)
• Updated Blackmagic SDK to version 2.1.b1 (includes M1 updates)
• Updated light mode coloring for macOS 11.01

10-27-2020 v2020.2.2

• Added macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) and silicone M1 compatibility
  
• Added preference to place MHL seal files as a sidecar or embedded sealed folder
  
• Updated task bar colors to be more visually appealing in both light and dark mode
• Fixed a reports bug that can cause media analysis to be done unnecessarily
  
• Fixed a report bug that was causing every dpx frame to be reported as a media volume
  
• Updated to Arri SDK 6.2.3.0
  
• Updated to RED SDK 7.3.4
  
• Updated to Blackmagic SDK 1.7
  
• Updated to Codex SDK 3.4.2

1-15-2020 v2020.1.1 

• Updates Gmail email/sms routines to match the latest SDKs provided by Google

1-2-2020 v2019.3.9 

• Updates RED SDK which fixes PDF report stall on macOS 10.14 and prior

12-2-2019 v2019.3.6 

• Adds speed improvements to PDF report generation, including ARRI RAW specifically

• Fixes PDF report bugs

• Fixes Imagine HQ connection bug

10-23-2019 v2019.3.2 

• Adds Frame.io integration

8-5-2019 v2019.2.17 

• Fixes a bug that prevents MHL verification entries from being inserted into the MHL file when 'Summary' report option is selected

• Fixes a bug that writes MHL files for non-directory bundle items

• Updates activation to better inform the user of encountered problems

• Notarized for use on Mac OS 10.15

6-25-2019 v2019.2.15 

• Adds recovery from Internet connection drops while transmitting status to the new Imagine HQ mobile iOS app

6-5-2019 v2019.2 

Features:

• Introduces live job progress and status monitoring via the new Imagine HQ mobile iOS app

• Supports offloading from the Codex HDE

• Updated interface to rely on native system coloring on 10.14 and beyond

• Blackmagic RAW and Canon RAW reporting support

• RED SDK updated to allow for most current camera metadata retrieval

5-8-19 v2019.1.6

• Fixes bug for occassional activation fail

• Fixes bug in report generation

1-24-2019 v2019.1 *Requires a current Update Plan*

Features:

• Redesigned 'Simple Mode' (replaces Destination Mode)

• Enhanced GUI layout and coloring for Mojave dark mode

• MHL output added

• Thumbs for new Codex .ARX RAW frames

• RED dropped frame flag added

• More robust camera metadata

• Ability to designate first frame for PDF thumbs (vs percentage sampling)

• Better error reporting with clearer messaging

Updates:

• Updated Gmail API support for email and SMS

• PDF has more efficient page usage and information layout

• Report naming with Job Identifier or custom text

v2018.1.13

• Fixes bug for occassional activation fail

• Fixes bug in report generation

11-2018 v2018.1.8

• Fixes auto eject failure that could occur when generating a post-offload PDF report

• Fixes thumbnail generation problem experienced on certain legacy builds of OS X

• Fixes intermittent crashing caused by the activation window

• About panel now shows activation-related information

v2018.1.6

• Fixes time-zone related issues preventing validation for lease and demo-based activation

v2018.1.5

• Fixes activation-related crash that can occur on OS 10.11.6 and prior

• Added better descriptions for server-related activation errors

• Fixes intermittent failure to show application's About menu

v2018.1.4

• Fixes crash that occurs when experiencing connectivity problems withe new activation server

• Replaced deprecated user prompts with prompts that match current Apple standards

• Fixes destination mode drag and drop failure

v2018.1.3

• Fixes GUI crash that can occur when warning the user that no destinations are selected for a preset

v2018.1.2

• Fixes Drag & Drop crash when dragging from the in-app file browser to the offload queue

10-29-2018 v2018.1.1

• Includes 12 months of updates

• New activation

4-2-2018 v6.3.7

• Fixed issue where some users could not activate demo mode.

3-6-2018 v6.3.6

• Additional support for various video formats and thumbnail generation

• Fixed crash that could happen during verification phase in certain circumstances

• Fixed issue with periods in Preset or folder names causing collisions

11-27-2017 v6.3.5

Fixes:

• Fixed issue where bytes verified could show a higher than intended value after a pause

• Fixed issue where verification errors could take a higher than expected time to cancel

• Fixed issue where in High Sierra a system volume called VM could appear in attached media

• Fixed issue where auto ejection would not work with certain Sony cards

• Fixed rare crash in reporting introduced in High Sierra General bug fixes and improvements

10-3-2017 v6.3.4

• Added High Sierra compatibility

• Fixed graphics bugs for Yosemite

• Add support for additional camera formats for PDF thumbnails generation  

4-13-2017 v6.3.2

• Fixed issue where using card name as the offload folder naming convention could cause duplicate sub-folder name collisions.  

4-6-2017 v6.3.0

Features:

• Improvements to verification efficiency

• Thumbnail generation now supports several formats it previously did not

• Users may now activate the product using their imagineproducts.com username and password

• Support for several of the new Apple File System features have been added

Fixes

• Fixed issue where slower checksum algorithms could cause a larger memory footprint on high throughput disks

• Fixed issue where some volume types would not display in the attached media list

• Fixed bug where some images would be distorted on retina displays

• Other bug fixes and improvements  

10-19-2016 v6.2.0

-- This is a significant update and it is recommended that you update immediately --

• Verification changes aimed at increasing speed and reliability

• Various motif changes for consistency

• Added support for more video formats for thumbnail generation

• Wording in various report types has been clarified

10-11-2016 v6.1.1

• Fixed bug where large drives would show the incorrect size remaining

• Various fixes to text boxes in the dark motif theme

• Added support for various camera formats including R3D for PDF thumbs  

9-20-2016 v6.1.0

• OSX 10.12 compatible

• NEW Dark Motif option (Use SHIFT+D for dark; SHIFT+L for light)

• NEW Verification preferences for FILE SIZE and FILE SIZE with source checksum

• NEW memory management for faster offloads throughout

• OSX 10.10 bug fix for thumbs (especially Canon C300 and Sony F7)

• Misc bug fixes

8-25-2016 v6.0.3

• New preset naming convention: can now use the offload identifier as a naming convention to customize the output file path

• Individual items in the offload history can now be deleted by a right click menu.

• Fixed an issue where preset duplication was not working correctly.

• Fixed issue in thumbnail generation that caused some formats to not be detected as video files.

• Fixed an issue where disabling verification did not stop the second read of the source.

• Other minor bug fixes

8-19-206 v6.0.2

• Minor bug fix for slow verification when outputting to multiple spinning disks

8-16-2016 v6.0.1

• New Activation System with web based deactivation

• New GUI with right column status/progress

• Pause/Resume offloads

• Advanced naming options in Presets with combination schemes and nested sub-folders

• Preset color coding, and sorting by color, name and in-use

• Destination Drag & Drop mode for direct offloading

• Information panels for each offload and drive

• Offload priorty options for optimized drive use or sequencing

• EMail and SMS texting using Gmail system

• Favorites for locations

• Offload Identification naming

• PDF reports with video metadata and thumbnails

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