Tin Man
Tin Man
play, inspect, report, and export — all in one app.
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Calibrated QuickLook & Spotlight do not require a license and install with the macOS Tin Man Installer.
Free Trial Limitations
- Playback may be watermarked when using advanced features. (Tin Man and Tin Man Pro)
- Exports will be limited to one minute in length
- Reports are limited to 5 clips at a time
- Other features may be limited as well. Free trial details for Tin Man and Tin Man Pro can be found here, and Tin Man Server free trial details can be found here
- Calibrated QuickLook and Calibrated Spotlight do not require a license and install with the macOS Tin Man Installer.
The free trial version is not supported when working with Colourlab Ai products. That workflow is only supported in the licensed versions (Standard, Pro or Server). If you’d like to evaluate Tin Man with Colourlab Ai products, please contact us.
DNxHD/HR/Unc decoding and DNxHD/HR encoding using the Avid SDK is not in the free trial or standard version. That is only supported in Tin Man Pro and Tin Man Server. If you’d like to try these features for a limited time, please contact us. Note: DNxHD/HR 422 can be decoded with using the FFmpeg SDK in the free trial and the standard version.
Versions
The Tin Man installer includes all versions (licensed separately). A detailed comparison can be found here – below is a quick summary
- Tin Man: Play video and camera RAW files, inspect metadata, batch export, and generate CSV/XLS/PDF camera and marker reports.
- Tin Man Pro: Everything in Tin Man plus 2nd-monitor output, monitor colorspace and 3DLUT, DNx decode/encode with Avid SDK, MXF OP-Atom export with AAF sidecar, and DaVinci Resolve integration
- Tin Man Server: Command-line automation for batch exporting, camera report generation, thumbnail extraction, and verified media copying. Includes Tin Man Pro.
Technical Specifications
System requirements, supported playback and export formats can be found here
User Guide
The User Guide can be found here
Release Notes for v26.1.1
Calibrated QuickLook (Free Plugin for macOS):
View video playback previews and thumbnails of MXF files and professional camera RAW formats directly in Finder without launching Tin Man. Calibrated QuickLook is powered by a streamlined version of the Tin Man Decoding Engine for native-quality playback and accurate color reproduction.
- Playback Preview & Thumbnail support:
- Blackmagic RAW (BRAW)
- RED RAW (R3D)
- ARRIRAW (MXF/ARI/ARX)
- Sony RAW (MXF)
- Nikon RAW (NEV)
- Canon RAW (CRM/RMF)
- DPX sequences
- MXF files supported by Tin Man
- Playback Preview features:
- Real-time color space conversions for RAW and Log media
- Metadata and timecode overlay
- Thumbnail scrub bar
- Frame-by-frame stepping (with hold-to-repeat)
- Resolution selection for RAW decode quality
- Audio scrubbing
- Audio playback with volume control
- Automatically installed and registered with macOS during Tin Man installation.
- Can be enabled/disabled in System Settings → General → Login & Extensions → QuickLook.
- macOS loads Apple’s native MXF QuickLook provider at startup. To allow Calibrated QuickLook to handle video previews for supported MXF files, Finder must be restarted after each system startup.
Fixed:
- General performance optimizations and stability improvements across the app.
More additions, updates, bug fixes can be found here
Release Notes for v25.12.1
Tin Man Server (New Application):
Command-line interface (CLI) for automating professional video workflows on macOS and Windows. (Requires a Tin Man Server license.)
- Automated exports and transcodes using 50+ built-in system presets, including ProRes, DNxHR, H.264, H.265, DPX, and MXF formats—plus support for user-defined custom export presets.
- Automated metadata report generation in PDF, CSV, XLSX, and JSON formats, with fully customizable field configurations.
- Automated JPEG thumbnail generation, with position-based or time-based extraction, resolutions up to 1024px, and optional Rec.709 color conversion. (Currently a free feature.)
- Automated media copying with SHA-256 checksum validation for secure and reliable transfers. (Currently a free feature.)
- Multi-threading support for running up to 5 concurrent operations for faster batch processing.
- Structured JSON progress output for scripting, automation, and integration into pipeline tools.
- Command chaining to execute multiple operations in a single invocation.
- Support for all media file types that can be imported into the Tin Man desktop application.
- A Tin Man Server license includes a Tin Man Pro license at no additional cost.
More additions, updates, bug fixes can be found here