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Pro Maintenance Tools 2.0.12 released - improved FCPX support and more

Yesterday we released Pro Maintenance Tools 2.0.12, a minor update to our suite of tools for troubleshooting and repairing problems with your editing system.

Here are some of the more important changes.

Plugin installer registration


Plugin Manager's installer now supports CocoaFob, so you can force users to enter their registration information before they will be allowed to install your plugins.

This requires you to base your backend on CocoaFob too, but you get this for free if you're using FastSpring for purchases.

Motion templates for all users


FCPX Motion templates can now be installed for every user on the system and you can easily move templates between the current user and all users.

This is just a small subset of features and changes - to view the full list please see the changelog.

Pro Maintenance Tools is an essential toolkit for all video professionals. To find out more, see the feature list, watch the overview video, read the user manual or download the 15-day free trial.

Posted by Jon Chappell on Dec 7 2012 to DR News, Front Page News, Utilities
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Pro Media Tools 1.1.8 released - new QT Edit metadata presets and more

Earlier we released Pro Media Tools 1.1.8, a minor update to our suite of media management and problem-solving tools.

Export Edit Detector markers to an FCPX event


You can now create Final Cut Pro X events from Edit Detector. This will produce a .fcpxml file that you can import into FCPX to create a new event containing the source file with markers on every cut point.

New QT Edit Quick Task


You can now import reel information from an ARRI-originated file and add it to the Final Cut Pro X Reel field. This feature can also be performed in batch mode.

New QT Edit metdata presets


We've added lots of new metadata presets for ARRI, Final Cut Studio, QuickTime and RED. Metadata preset fields are now prefixed with their application name so that you can differentiate between ARRI and FCPX Reel fields, for example.


This update included many more changes and tweaks, which you can read in the changelog.

Pro Media Tools is an essential toolkit for editors, assistants and post production professionals. To find out more, see the feature list, watch the overview video, read the user manual or download the free 15-day trial.

Posted by Jon Chappell on Dec 3 2012 to Front Page News, Utilities, DR News
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Pro Versioner 2.0.6 released - better Dropbox management and more

Today we released Pro Versioner 2.0.6, a minor update to our project backup and versioning software for Mac.

New folder watcher presets


We've added new folder watching presets for Adobe Audition sessions and Adobe Prelude projects. The presets are set to the default locations for these files but you can create custom ones for any project type and location.

Better Dropbox management


Synced projects are now deleted from Dropbox when you delete them locally (previously this only applied to individual backups, not entire projects).

You can also manually clear space on Dropbox by ctrl-clicking a project and selecting Remove All Synced Backups.

We've also fixed several bugs and other issues. The full list of changes is available here.

Pro Versioner is an essential tool for ensuring project integrity and piece of mind. To find out more, watch the overview video, read the user manual or download the free trial.

Posted by Jon Chappell on Nov 15 2012 to DR News, Front Page News, Utilities
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Cut Notes 1.2 released - Premiere Pro sync and more

We're pleased to announce the availability of Cut Notes 1.2 for iPad. We've listened to your feedback and this version adds much-requested Adobe Premiere Pro sync support. This is achieved through a downloadable plugin for Premiere Pro CS 6.0.2 or higher for Mac.

To get it setup, follow these steps:

1. Download the Cut Notes Adobe Plugin located on the right-hand side of the page.

2. Make sure all Adobe apps are closed.

3. Run the installer to install the plugin.

4. In Finder, launch Audio MIDI Setup in the Utilities folder under Applications. Go to Window > Show MIDI Window and then double-click the icon marked Network.

5. Click the + button under My Sessions and name the new session Cut Notes. Tick the box next to it to enable it. Under "Who may connect to me" at the bottom, set it to Anyone. In the Bonjour Name field, enter the name of your computer if it is not already set.

6. Now launch Cut Notes on your iPad and tap the Sync button. The name of your iPad should appear in the Audio MIDI Setup window on your Mac in the Directory list. Select it and click Connect. It should then appear under Participants on the right-hand side. You will need to repeat this step whenever you launch Cut Notes.

7. Relaunch Premiere Pro.

8. Go to Premiere Pro > Preferences > Playback and tick the box next to Cut Notes.

9. Scrub the timeline and the timecode should appear in Cut Notes.

Note: the playback buttons in Cut Notes do not control playback in Adobe Premiere.

The plugin will also work with Adobe Encore for Mac and we are planning a Windows version in the future.

Cut Notes 1.2 also includes several crash and bug fixes. The full changelog is available here.

We're keen to hear your feedback on the new sync mode. You can use the feedback link within Cut Notes itself or file bug and feature requests through our support site.

Posted by Jon Chappell on Nov 6 2012 to DR News, Front Page News, Utilities
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Preference Manager for Windows Beta 1

We're pleased to launch the first public beta of Preference Manager for Windows 7. This is a Windows port of our popular Mac tool for trashing and managing user preferences for your editing application.

The beta can trash, backup and restore preferences and other settings for Avid Media Composer, Symphony, Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.

Backups are stored in a new file format which is different from the Mac version so Mac and Windows backups cannot yet be shared, but it's something we plan to address in future.

Please be aware that this is pre-release software so it may have bugs and issues and we do not recommend using it in a production environment yet. Please report any bugs or feature requests here.

Preference Manager for Windows is a free application that requires Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4.0.

Posted by Jon Chappell on Oct 24 2012 to DR News, Front Page News, Utilities
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Pro Maintenance Tools 2.0.11 released - improved Premiere Pro support and more

Last week we released Pro Maintenance Tools 2.0.11, a minor update to our suite of maintenance tools for Final Cut Studio, FCPX, Avid Media Composer / Symphony and Adobe Premiere Pro.

This version contains improved Premiere Pro support in CS Repair and Housekeeper. We've also added support for backing up Premiere audio channel layouts in Preference Manager for easy syncing between computers.

In addition to bug fixes, we've also added an option in Preference Manager to relink FCP 7 preferences to Motion 4 after trashing to prevent the error message saying it's incompatible with Motion 5.

A full list of changes is available here.

Pro Maintenance Tools is an essential toolkit for maintaining, optimizing and troubleshooting your editing system. To find out more see the feature list, read the user manual, watch the overview video or download the free trial.

Posted by Jon Chappell on Oct 16 2012 to DR News, Front Page News, Utilities
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Video Space Calculator 1.0.5 released - 3K ARRIRAW, DNxHD 80,100,444

Today we released Video Space Calculator 1.0.5 for iOS and 1.0.3 for Mac.

These updates add 3K ARRIRAW support, along with Avid DNxHD 80, 100 and 444 codecs.

Video Space Calculator can calculate the disk space taken up by over 75 codecs including ProRes, Animation, ARRIRAW, DNxHD, XDCAM and DPX.

The app is available on the iOS App Store and the Mac App Store.

Posted by Jon Chappell on Oct 4 2012 to DR News, Front Page News, Utilities
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Pro Media Tools 1.1.6 released with OS X 10.8 support

Last week we released Pro Media Tools 1.1.6, a minor update to our suite of media management workflow tools.

Mountain Lion support


We're now supporting the recently-released OS X 10.8 update.

Compressor and DVD Studio Pro-compatible chapters


In version 1.1.5, chapter markers set by QT Edit were only visible in QuickTime Player and on iOS devices. By popular demand, we've tweaked them to now show up in Compressor and DVD Studio Pro.

QT Edit can import markers from an FCPX XML file so this is a great solution for users wanting to easily get Final Cut Pro X markers into their compressed export or DVD. It can also import markers from Final Cut Pro 7 and Avid.

QT Edit frame export


QT Edit can now export the current frame of the movie as a PNG, JPG, TIFF or BMP. This is much better than the frame export in QuickTime Player 7 because it always exports as a PCT file no matter which option you select. This causes problems because PCT files aren't supported in 64-bit applications like Preview or Photoshop.

New QT Edit Quick Tasks


We've added extra Quick Tasks to QT Edit for disabling audio tracks. This is especially useful for batch disabling the audio tracks of multiple movies at once.

The full list of changes in this version is here.

Pro Media Tools is an essential toolkit for editors, assistants and other post production professionals. To find out more, watch the overview video, read the user manual or download the free trial.

Posted by Jon Chappell on Aug 8 2012 to DR News, Front Page News, Utilities
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Pro Versioner 2.0.3 released - OS X 10.8 support, mass removal options and more

We recently released Pro Versioner 2.0.3, a minor update to our project backup and versioning tool.

Mountain Lion support

Pro Versioner now officially supports the recently released OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.

Mass removal options

If you are running low on disk space and need to clear out some backups, the new Remove Backups options in the Edit menu can help.

You can choose to remove all backups, all except the x most recent, or all older than x days.

The full list of changes is here.

Pro Versioner is an essential tool for safety and peace of mind when editing your project. To find out more, watch the overview video, read the user manual or download the free 15-day trial.

Video Space Calculator 1.0.4 released - AVCHD FX, EPIC 3K and 5K and more

We recently released Video Space Calculator 1.0.4 for iOS and 1.0.2 for Mac.

In addition to the 75+ codecs already supported, we've added support for AVCHD FX, DVCPRO HD 50 and 60 fps, Canon XF 25, 35 and 50Mbps and 3K and 5K support for EPIC.

Video Space Calculator is a useful tool for calculating the disk space taken up by a wide range of codecs. It is available on the app stores for iOS and Mac.

Posted by Jon Chappell on Jul 26 2012 to DR News, Front Page News, Utilities
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