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Night Calibre

Specifications

Technical specifications

What the PC needs, which files open, and what each edition exports.

System requirements

Night Calibre runs on Windows 10 and Windows 11, 64-bit. Everyday editing, captions and 1080p export, including vertical shorts, work on a modest PC. Longer files and 4K are more comfortable on a stronger machine.

Minimum

  • Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit
  • Intel Core i3, or a comparable AMD processor
  • 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics with 1 GB of video memory and DirectX 11
  • A hard drive is enough. An SSD is more comfortable for long files

Recommended

  • Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5, or better
  • 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics with 2 GB of video memory
  • An SSD for the project and the media

For 4K

  • A recent multi-core processor
  • 16 GB RAM
  • A dedicated graphics card with 4 GB of video memory

Timeline

  • Multi-track picture and sound on one timeline
  • Mixed frame sizes, frame rates and codecs without a forced conversion
  • Frame-accurate trim, markers and nested sequences
  • Background renders while you keep cutting
  • Proxies for playback. The full-quality source is used at export
  • Auto-save

Formats

Common camera and delivery files open on the timeline. You do not convert them to one house format first.

  • Import: MP4, MOV, MXF, AVI, MKV, MTS, M2TS, MPEG
  • Frame rates on one timeline: 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50 and 60
  • Cloud bins: Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and pCloud

Picture

  • Primary and secondary colour, on Free
  • HDR-capable colour tools, on Free
  • LUT workflows and a deeper grade, on Creator and Ultimate
  • 10-bit colour and scopes, on Ultimate
  • Real-time effects and transitions, on every edition
  • Advanced titles and motion graphics, on Creator and Ultimate
  • The full effects pack, on Ultimate

Sound

  • Multi-track editing and a mix on the same timeline as the picture
  • Dialogue, music and effects on separate tracks
  • Built-in audio effects, on every edition
  • Third-party plugins and native audio FX, on Ultimate

AI tools

  • Best moments from a long YouTube, Twitch or podcast recording, placed on the timeline as separate clips
  • Auto captions, transcript editing, and silence and filler marks. Nothing is removed until you confirm the cut
  • AI voiceover and background removal, on Free
  • Translate, dub and voice match, on Creator and Ultimate
  • Script to first assembly, dialogue enhance, upscale and gaze correction, on Ultimate

Vertical

  • Native 9:16, 1:1 and 4:5 timelines
  • Safe zones for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts
  • Auto reframe that follows a face, a product or the action
  • Starter templates on Free. The full library on Creator and Ultimate
  • One master adapted to vertical, square and 4:5, on Creator and Ultimate

Export

  • Free: up to 1080p, including 1080×1920, 1080×1080 and 1080×1350, H.264. Captions can be burned in, or written as SRT and VTT
  • Creator: 4K timeline and export, plus a batch of the other ratios
  • Ultimate: 5K to 8K, ProRes, DNxHR, H.265 and AV1, with custom presets

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