Zeiss Compact Prime CP.3 XD, Quick Manual

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Extract recorded ZEISS eXtended Data using Pomfort Silverstack
What is Pomfort Silverstack?
Silverstack is a Mac software, developed by Pomfort GmbH, for on-set data management in all kinds of professional
film productions. A broad set of features including copying, playback and reporting enables the user to backup,
preview and prepare movie data right on the film set.
Starting from software version 6.2 of Silverstack XT or Silverstack Lab it is possible to import lens correction data (e.g.
from MasterLockit
Plus ), export it (e.g. to ZEISS plug-in or DaVinci Resolve), and use it for image filtering (XT only).
Install Pomfort Silverstack
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Download Silverstack ( http://pomfort.com/silverstack/download/ )
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Copy Silverstack to your applications folder and start it.
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Activate Silverstack (license):
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Open the License Manager by choosing Licenses… from the Silverstack menu.
Silverstack…
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Licenses...
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Click on Add License... in the opening License Manager.
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Type or copy / paste a valid license key.
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Click on Activate License.
License can be ordered from Pomfort web site.
In order to activate the license, the computer must have access to internet.
Extract ZEISS eXtended Data from the MasterLockit Plus with Pomfort Silverstack
Load your camera clips in the Silverstack library and save your clips
Silverstack allows you to read out the corresponding ZEISS eXtended Data from the MasterLockit Plus for each clip
and to save it as a zlcf file. This zlcf file is required for the ZEISS OFX plug-in in DaVinci Resolve. We will tell you how
you get the zlcf files in the next steps.
First you have to register your clips in the Silverstack ‘library’. For doing that there are two possibilities:
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Offload all clips
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Offload
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choose your media (SD, SxS Card, Compact Flash Card, …)
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Choose a destination path where the camera clips should be saved.
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Offload