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# Feature Comparison

Designed to work hand-in-hand in different scenarios, Hiero and HieroPlayer share a number of features, but as the hub, Hiero has a richer feature set than HieroPlayer.

Feature | Hiero | HieroPlayer
Review and Playback - Robust playback & review engine for post production
Multi-track timeline viewing and editorial workspace, including industry standard tools |  |
Nuke equivalent format support including OpenColorIO management |  |
Multi-channel audio import and playback |  |
Extensive review toolset including A/B compare, masks, and color picker |  |
Realtime image scopes including histogram, waveform, and vector |  |
Media localization and caching |  |
Standard jog and shuttle controls |  |
Track Blending for merging of tracks on the timeline |  |
Annotations in the Viewer and exports for reviewing work in collaborative projects |  |
Broadcast Monitor support |  |
Editing - Standard tools and layouts for editorial.
Modal editorial tools including equivalent keyboard hotkey interface |  |
Source/record 2-up Viewer workspace and 3-point editing |  |
Conform - Simple and flexible ingest of cuts from editorial.
Conform multi-track timelines from CMX 3600 Edit Decision Lists (EDLs), OTIO, Final Cut Pro XML, and AAFs including cuts, transitions and retimes |  |
Session-wide spreadsheet containing all sequence events |  |
Shot Management and Export - Manage, distribute and ingest media with ease
Export sequences, timeline shot structures, clip hierarchies, and EDL/OTIO/XMLs |  |
Soft Effects directly on the timeline, such as Crop, LUT, and Transform. |  |
Transcode, copy, and soft link media |  |
Create template Nuke scripts for easy distribution of work |  |
Automatically update VFX shots in context |  |
Version shots and snapshot timelines for review and editing |  |
Hierarchical project and element library management |  |
Tag shots, frames, and sequences for easy filtering of content including custom metadata |  |
Open and Scriptable Playback Framework - Flexible enough to fit any pipeline
Extensive Python API to accomplish most tasks through Python scripting that you can with the Hiero and HieroPlayer user interfaces |  |
Integrated Pyside enabling fine-grained customization of interface tasks |  |