FoolCat 25.1 for Windows (Apr 04, 2025) - Download
New
Support for Sony's BURANO Version 2.0 firmware.
Automatic conversion of RAW footage to Rec.709.
Automatically ignore in-camera generated proxies now works for Canon cameras too.
A fresh lick of paint.
Improved
ProRes and H.265 clips now display more metadata.
Fixed
Clip file sizes are now reported in MiB/GiB again (thanks, Steven).
Some clips would show the same still when applying a LUT (thanks, Courtenay and Kenny).
Fixed incorrect duration reporting for ProRes clips from ARRI Alexa 35 (thanks for reporting, Ron).
ProRes clips from ARRI Alexa 35 now show more than one still again.
FoolCat 24.5 for Windows (Oct 29, 2024) - Download
Support for Canon RAW
Support for RED V-Raptor [X] and extended highlights.
Support for Phantom CineRAW
FoolCat 24.4 for Windows (Sept 4, 2024) - Download
Support for Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K.
Support for ARRIRAW MXF files.
Support for CODEX High Density Encoding (HDE) MXF files.
Sony RAW clips now show more metadata.
Blackmagic BRAW clips now also show timecode metadata.
FoolCat for Mac 24.3 (July 2, 2024) - Download
New
Support for new Blackmagic Design cameras:
PYXIS 6K, URSA Cine 12K and URSA Cine 17K.
BRAW recorded by Panasonic GH7 and Fujifilm GFX100S II.
Reports now also show Scene and Take for BRAW clips.
Fixed
Fixed a rare issue where the frame count for BRAW clips was off by one.
When applying a LUT, some RED clips would show incorrect results.
Selecting individual .cine and .crm files is now possible via the file browser.
MP4 clips are no longer reported as MOV.
FoolCat for Mac 24.3.1 (July 15, 2024) - Download
Added support for Sony Burano XAVC HEVC Intra HQ clips.
The green tint issue in SONY FX6 XAVC-I thumbnails has been fixed.
FoolCat for Windows 24.3 (July 2, 2024) - Download
New
Support for all Blackmagic Design cameras, including:
PYXIS 6K, URSA Cine 12K and URSA Cine 17K
BRAW recorded by Panasonic GH7 and Fujifilm GFX100S II
Fixed
Reports created with the FoolCat integration in OffShoot would sometimes be missing the PDF, that's fixed.
FoolCat for Mac 24.2 (May 7, 2024) - Download
Support for the new RED V-Raptor [X] camera and extended highlights.
Support for the new SONY Burano camera
Improved processing of ARRI RAW clips
Updated Camera SDKs (ARRI v8.2 / RED v8.5.1 / SONY v5.0 / BRAW v3.6.1)
FoolCat for Windows 24.2 (May 7, 2024) - Download
Support for the new SONY Burano camera
Sony RAW clips no longer get reported as X-OCN
FoolCat for Mac 24.1 (March 12, 2024) - Download
FoolCat can now apply a custom look (LUT) to the stills in your reports. Alternatively, you can set FoolCat to convert RAW footage to Rec.709 color space automatically.
FoolCat for Windows 24.1 (March 12, 2024) - Download
Support for Sony X-OCN.
Apply a custom look (LUT) to the stills in your reports.
A new app icon.
May 09, 2023 - A brand-new FoolCat, with many more supported codecs and up to three times faster report generation. Learn more...
FoolCat for Mac 23.1 (May 09, 2023) - Download
New codecs
Sony X-OCN and Sony RAW
Phantom CineRAW
ProRes RAW
Canon Raw Light (CRM)
New supported cameras/formats
ARRI Alexa 35
Sony FX3
Red V-Raptor XL
GoPro Hero 10+ HEVC
Sony F65’s high frame rate RAW files
ProRes 4444 XQ
Canon XF-AVC
Fujifilm XH2s BRAW clips captured by BMD’s Video Assist
Leica SL2-S clips captured through BMD's Video Assist
FoolCat for Mac 23.1.1 (May 16, 2023) - Download
It’s now possible to create multiple reports at the same time via File > New (Command-N).
Reset the FoolCat window after creating a report via Window > Reset (Command-R).
Stills in the PDF report now look even better, thanks to Mike.
When a still for one clip could not get created, the whole batch would fail. That’s fixed.
FoolCat for Mac 23.1.2 (May 31, 2023) - Download
Panasonic S1H stills did not render correctly; that's fixed.
Added support for ARRIRAW SUP1.1.
Spanned RED and ARRI clips now report the total byte size and bitrate.
FoolCat for Mac 23.1.3 (August 10, 2023) - Download
Spanned GoPro clips are now properly reported as one clip, with correct file size, duration and bitrate.
ARRIRAW thumbnails are now scaled to reflect Lens Squeeze metadata.
Fixed a crash when generating multiple reports from the FoolCat integration in OffShoot.
Updated support for new camera firmware from Blackmagic, RED, and ARRI.
Other changes to improve stability and performance.
FoolCat for Mac 23.1.4 (November 30, 2023) - Download
Fixed a rare crash that could occur when creating a report.
Fixed an issue causing spanned RED clips to display incorrectly in the report.
Rosetta is no longer required for installing FoolCat.
FoolCat for Mac 23.1.5 (February 01, 2024) - Download
De-squeeze now works for ARRI ProRes and Sony RAW/X-OCN anamorphic clips.
Some RED clips showed the FPS value twice; that's now fixed. ARRI ProRes clips now also display the Sensor FPS.
September 01, 2021 - Foolcat for Mac 21.2.5 | Foolcat for Windows 21.2.2
Updated Blackmagic RAW SDK, adds gen 5 color science support (BRAW 2.1)
Updated RED RAW SDK, adds support for Komodo Anamorphic.
May 19, 2021 - Foolcat for Mac 21.1 | Foolcat for Windows 21.1
Set a Label, and it shows up as your Report Name.
Report now detect reels and show the reel's folder and file path for every clip (Thanks for suggesting, all).
The filenames of generated stills now use the original filename + timestamp (Thanks for suggesting, Jeff).
December 18, 2020 - Foolcat for Mac 20.4 | Foolcat for Windows 20.4.1
Change the Report name by adding a Label, just like in Hedge
Don't want Foolcat to group PDFs? Prefer the old style? Just uncheck the new 'Group PDFs' option in Preferences.
Need direct access to the generated stills?
The Report Data folder is now no longer hidden. The 'Go to Report' menu item has been moved to the Window menu and has a shortcut: Command-Shift-R
September 25, 2020 - Foolcat for Mac 20.3.2 | Foolcat for Windows 20.3.1
Added support for RED Komodo camera (R3D SDK V7.3.4)
July 23, 2020 - Foolcat for Mac 20.2 | Foolcat for Windows 20.2
Camera metadata for RED / ARRI / Blackmagic cameras.
RED sequences now show up as one clip.
Support for Codex HDE .arx files.
Support for ARRI RAW .mxf files.
New PDF dark mode and landscape orientation.
Thumbnail offset for the last frame.
May 26, 2020 - Foolcat for Mac 20.1.1 | Foolcat for Windows 20.1.1
A brand new version of Foolcat, for both Mac and Windows.
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