Yesterday we released Post Haste 2.1.2 for Mac and Windows with a much-requested new feature: variables.

You can now enclose a parameter name in square brackets (e.g. [client]) to have that variable replaced with the parameter value when a new project is created. This allows you much greater customization of the project template to meet the naming conventions of your facility.

The variable must match the name of the parameter fully, including spaces and punctuation, but capitalization doesn't matter. For more details on the variables feature and how Post Haste behaves in certain situations, please see the Post Haste user manual.

Post Haste is an essential tool for organizing your creative projects. Download it free for Mac and Windows today.

Earlier this week we released Pro Versioner 2.0.1, a minor update to our project backup tool.

Quick Look

Multiple simultaneous backups

Incremental caching

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

Pro Versioner is an invaluable app-agnostic backup tool for video professionals. To find out more, see the overview video, read the user manual or download the free 15-day trial.

We've just released Video Space Calculator 1.0.3 for iOS and 1.0.1 for Mac.

Video Space is an app for calculating the amount of disk space taken up by certain codecs, or alternatively calculating how much footage will fit in a certain space.

Both Mac and iOS versions now support RED Scarlet camera footage, IMX30, 40 and 50 and several additional frame rate options.

You can download the iPhone / iPad version here and the Mac version here.

Earlier this week we released Pro Maintenance Tools 2.0.8, a minor update to our suite of tools for maintaining, optimizing and troubleshooting your editing system.

Avid Symphony support

Improved Premiere Pro support

We've also added support in Housekeeper for clearing Premiere title editor settings (this can fix issues where the title editor crashes when you try to launch it) and the ability to clear the Adobe Media Encoder queue (this can fix issues where the queue gets stuck).

Preference Manager can now backup Adobe Premiere Pro keyboard layouts, allowing you to easily transfer them from one system to another.

Other changes in this version include improved CS Repair processing speeds and updated Crash Analyzer definitions. You can see the full list of changes here.

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

Last week we released Pro Media Tools 1.1.4, a minor update to our suite of tools for improving your media workflows.

The most important change is that Pro Media Tools now requires OS X 10.6 or higher, but we are offering an older version for OS X 10.5 users.

We've made several changes to timecode in QT Edit. When importing timecode from a THM file (as created by a DSLR camera), QT Edit will no longer prompt you for the file's location if it exists in the same directory as the movie clip.

Timecode can now be applied to DSLR media in batch mode too, with QT Edit using the location of the first file in the batch or prompting you for a directory if no matching THM files are found at that location.

Timeline Tricks has had many under-the-hood changes, providing greater processing speed and reliability. We've also added the ability to remove muted clips with -inf volume levels.

There have been many other bug fixes and improvements in this version and the full list of changes is available here.

Pro Media Tools is an essential time-saving tool for video editors and post production professionals. To find out more, see our features page, watch the overview video, check out the user manual or download the free 15-day trial.

We've just released a small update to Preference Manager that adds support for Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 and Adobe After Effects CS6.

We've also improved stability when closing applications and using Preference Manager to launch Final Cut Pro projects.

Please note that Preference Manager now requires OS X 10.6 or higher. An older version for OS X 10.5 is available here.

Preference Manager is a free and invaluable tool for video editors and post production professionals. To find out more, see the Preference Manager page, watch the overview video, read the user manual or download the software.

We're pleased to introduce our newest product, Pro Versioner for Mac, an extensive backup and versioning tool for your creative projects.

Pro Versioner is a 64-bit upgrade to FCP Versioner that offers a complete UI overhaul. The app automatically takes screenshots of your workspace and allows you to annotate backups to help differentiate between them.

It is now app-agnostic, meaning you can use it with Final Cut Pro 6 and 7, Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro - or indeed any host application.

Pro Versioner keeps every version of a project for the current day and then whittles them down over time. This is much better than conventional autosave, where only the most recent 20 or so backups are kept. Backup management is completely customizable and it's much more intelligent than in the previous version. For example, if you choose to keep 3 versions for every day older a week, it will now keep the first backup of the day, the last backup of the day and one right in the middle, instead of just keeping the three latest versions.

It can also now sync your backups to the cloud. This is great for giving you an extra layer of protection in case your backup hard drive fails or you fall victim to fire or theft. We're currently offering Dropbox support and we'd appreciate feedback on which additional services our users wish to sync to.

I've been field-testing it on a large project for the past four months and it's been a lifesaver. It's a Final Cut Pro 7 project and we've had lots of issues with multicam angles switching seemingly at random. Pro Versioner was invaluable because it meant we could easily go back in time and compare versions to see which angles were correct and then remove the multiclips. It's also comforting to know that our project backups are on Dropbox if anything should happen to the facility or our hard drives.

Pro Versioner is an invaluable tool to manage your project versions and prevent disasters. To find out more, see the Pro Versioner site, read the user manual or download the free trial.

Earlier this week we released Retina iPad-compatible versions of both Cut Notes and Editmote. Third-generation iPad users will see sharper graphics when using both of the apps. This means that all of our iOS apps are now Retina-compatible.

Other recent changes include the ability to disable the Play / Pause button in Cut Notes when in sync mode. This allows you to hand over the iPad to a client to take notes without giving them control over playback. This option can be set within the Cut Notes section of the iPad's Settings app.

By popular demand, Editmote now prevents your iOS device from going to sleep when in button mode. This prevents the app from having to reconnect but we recommend making sure you have enough battery life to make it through the screening before you begin.

The Editmote preference pane now requires OS X 10.6 or higher, but an older version is available for OS X 10.5 that is compatible with the latest version of the iOS app.

Cut Notes and Editmote are both available on the App Store.

Just before NAB we released Pro Media Tools 1.1.3 but forgot to mention it on the blog. Some of the biggest changes were:

QT Edit conform overhaul

The conform function allows you to convert a movie to a different frame rate and is now compatible with over-cranked movies from Canon DSLR cameras.

Batch Renamer performance improvements

Batch Renamer now generates previews significantly faster and uses significantly less memory. This means that it is much better at handling large numbers of files.

New QT Edit Quick Tasks

There are two new Quick Tasks in QT Edit. "Set Square Pixel Aspect Ratio" sets the pixel aspect ratio of the movie to 1:1 and "Strip Adobe XMP Metadata" removes extra metadata that Adobe applications sometimes add to movie files.

FCPX metadata presets

In the Metadata tab of QT Edit you can now add metadata fields such as Scene, Shot, Angle or Reel that will be recognized by the Inspector in Final Cut Pro X.

The full list of changes is available here.

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

We're pleased to announce the availability of Video Space Calculator for Mac. This useful tool allows you to work out how much space a particular codec will take up on disk, or alternatively how many hours of a particular codec will fit within a given space.

It supports a wide range of codecs including ARRIRAW, AVCHD, Cineform, DNxHD, Phantom, ProRes and REDCODE. A full list of supported codecs is available in the Mac App Store description.

The app has all of the features of the existing iOS version and is available on the App Store for Mac OS X 10.6 and higher.