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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Mountain Lion support

Compressor and DVD Studio Pro-compatible chapters

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

New QT Edit Quick Tasks

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.

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.

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.

Last week we released Pro Maintenance Tools 2.0.10, a minor update to our suite of tools for keeping your editing system running smoothly.

Mountain Lion support

Pro Maintenance Tools now officially supports the upcoming OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion release later this month.

Faster QuickFix performance

We've made lots of improvements to QuickFix so that it will repair your problems even faster, letting you get back to work sooner.

Media Salvage interlacing support

You can now specify interlacing settings to be applied to the salvaged media file.

Plugin Manager installer improvements

We've had lots of interest in our plugin installer from developers so we've made several improvements to the customizability of the installer. You can now add a license agreement (EULA) that the user must accept before installing, and you can modify the look with a background image and custom icon.

This is a subset of the changes in this version; see the changelog for more.

Pro Maintenance Tools is an essential tool for video professionals that is used by studios, broadcasters and freelancers worldwide. To find out more watch the overview video, read the feature list, check out the user manual or download the 15-day trial.

We've just launched our newest application, Film Terms, for iOS and Mac.

Film Terms is a searchable glossary of over 400 filmmaking terms (and counting) and is a great way of keeping your knowledge up to date.

We're keen to hear what people think (and please request any terms you'd like to be included), so feedback is much appreciated.

We initially started out as a company developing solutions for Final Cut Studio users on the Mac. Final Cut Pro was a growing application that had made many inroads into professional film and TV production and was bringing lots of new users to the Mac for the first time.

Then Apple released Final Cut Pro X which threw a wrench into the engine of many post houses and developers like ourselves. The fallout of Apple's decision, one year on, is that the market has become heavily fragmented. There is no clear market leader - some have embraced FCPX, others Adobe, Avid, Autodesk or Lightworks, with many still keeping FCP 7 for now.

We were quick to add cross-NLE support to our applications but we were aware of an underlying thread within the post production industry that some were not keen to trust Apple with their livelihoods anymore.

We monitored this underlying unease for a while, unsure what was going to happen. We noticed it steadily growing until it reached fever-pitch two weeks ago when Apple released a non-update to their two-year-old Mac Pro and the web came alive with articles on switching to Windows or building a Hackintosh.

Not everyone will be switching to Windows - this is a logical continuation of the market fragmentation that already exists - but we want to support the NLEs and platforms that our customers use.

We've been dabbling with Windows development this year and already have a Windows 7 version of our popular organization app, Post Haste. We're now ready to announce that by the end of this year, most of the applications we create will have Windows equivalents.

We'll still support the Mac just as much as before, but now future products will be developed with cross-platform compatibility in mind, much as we develop for cross-NLE compatibility today.

On that note, we're going to start beta testing some of our Windows ports soon and are looking for Windows-based editors to help test them. We're looking for editors or production houses using Avid or Adobe Creative Suite on Windows 7 or 8. If you're interested in being a part of this, please contact us.