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Cargo Cult's Founder & CEO Justin Webster decided on a fresh start. "Conformalizer was a really old codebase, was Mac-only, and used old 32-bit tech that Apple was killing off (in particular, QuickTime). So it really couldn't be upgraded without massive amounts of work; it made more sense to start from scratch using modern, cross-platform tools. I also had a long wish- list of innovations and new approaches to solving the change management problem," he said. Matchbox is a change management solution that tracks changes in sound, picture, VFX, and even closed captioning. For instance, it can intelligently match VFX shots as they evolve. Matchbox can iden- tify which shots have been updated, and even which elements within the shot have changed, using a visual delta and an option- al overlay to highlight the changed areas. "We support reconforming the (Netflix) TTAL files and a few other closed-caption formats," said Webster. "There is a massive amount of progress that can be made in the foreign dubbing and localization industry, so we are hoping that supporting these closed-caption formats will finally wake that industry up to the possibilities of auto- mated change management." Matchbox runs as a standalone appli- cation (on Mac or PC) that integrates with Pro Tools, Hiero, and any platform that can export/import timecode-based lists such as ADR Master and VoiceQ. Matchbox also outputs marker lists in the Media Composer format so picture editors can load change information directly into their timeline. We b s te r re v e a l e d , " T h i s y e a r, w e a re looking to add integrations with several other platforms." Matchbox works by comparing two 51 S P R I N G Q 2 I S S U E T E C H Justin Webster.