Dutch post-production software company Hedge has rolled out a wave of version 26.1 updates across its entire product suite, bringing CinemaDNG and ALE support to its transcoding tools, a new API for Canister, and a Reports feature nearing launch for its flagship offloading app OffShoot. The company also confirmed it will not attend NAB 2026, citing safety concerns for its EU-based team.
Hedge, based in Utrecht, The Netherlands, has steadily built one of the most comprehensive post-production tool ecosystems on the market, spanning media offloading, transcoding, LTO archiving, Avid Media Composer integration, and editorial collaboration. The latest batch of updates touches nearly every product in the lineup, with a clear focus on closing workflow gaps and adding automation capabilities that larger facilities have been requesting.
CinemaDNG, RED R3D NE, and ALE support
FoolCat, Hedge’s camera reporting app, has gained CinemaDNG support for users working with legacy Blackmagic archives or older cameras. While the majority of Blackmagic users have moved to BRAW, CinemaDNG remains relevant for archival work and certain specialty workflows. Both FoolCat and EditReady now also support RED’s R3D NE codec for Nikon cameras, along with compatibility for several new Blackmagic Design cameras, including the Blackmagic URSA Immersive camera designed for Apple Vision Pro content.
Building on last year’s DNxHR and Op-atom support, EditReady has added ALE (Avid Log Exchange) file generation. Avid Media Composer editors can now automatically have EditReady create an ALE for each batch of transcodes, carrying camera metadata directly into the NLE. For facilities running Media Composer, this closes what had been a notable gap in the Hedge transcoding pipeline and makes the DNxHR workflow considerably more robust.
Mimiq workspace management goes deeper
For Avid editors using Mimiq, Hedge’s tool for running third-party storage with Media Composer, the company has continued building out its Workspace management features. Following the introduction of Managed Workspaces and a Search, Filter, and Discover update in December, Hedge plans to release Workspace Groups before summer. This will allow teams to create entire sets of Workspaces and distribute them to all users, a meaningful improvement for larger post-production facilities where Workspace sprawl can become a real management challenge.
PostLab, Hedge’s collaboration platform for editorial teams, has also received updates, though the company did not share specifics in its latest announcement.
Search, Sort and Filter lets you quickly find the right lockable network share or Workspace in Mimiq. Screen recording by HedgeCanister gains a Migrate feature and a new API
Canister, Hedge’s LTO archiving software, is seeing growing demand for automation. The company describes Canister as the preferred software among all four major LTO tape brands, and that user base has been vocal about wanting programmable workflows. The first result is a new Migrate feature for Canister for Windows, which simplifies moving archives between tape generations or storage systems.
More significantly, Hedge has released a new API for Canister for Windows, with the macOS counterpart arriving soon. According to the company, this API will serve as the foundation for a range of automation tools and integrations, both within Hedge’s own ecosystem and with third-party solutions. For facilities that depend on LTO for long-term archiving, programmable access to Canister could streamline everything from scheduled backups to multi-site archive management.
OffShoot Reports approaching launch
Hedge’s flagship media offloading app, OffShoot, now has over 50,000 regular users, and the most requested feature has been Reports. Hedge has been developing this in public through a beta program, with Beta 3 released two weeks ago and the official launch expected within weeks.
On top of Reports, Hedge is planning in-app firmware updates for OWC media devices within OffShoot before summer, adding hardware management to what has traditionally been a purely software-focused offloading tool.
OffShoot Reports is approaching launch. Screenshot by HedgeNo NAB this year
Alongside the product news, Hedge confirmed it will skip the 2026 NAB Show in Las Vegas. In a newsletter to customers, the company explained that it had planned something special for its 10th anniversary at NAB, but recent events in the US, combined with two team members based in Minneapolis, led to the decision that the risk to its EU team was not worth taking. Hedge says it will instead be present at IBC in Amsterdam this September.
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