Post Haste is a free app for keeping project folders organized. It's targeted at video editors, musicians, photographers, designers and anyone who needs to organize project assets consistently and reliably.

Simply create a template for the project directory structure using the built-in template editor (or import the structure from an existing project) and Post Haste will copy that folder structure when you create a new project, ensuring that subsequent projects are named and organized consistently.

You can enter parameters such as project name, client and date that will be added to the directory name and template project. These parameters are customizable and can be used to enforce common naming conventions in a corporate environment.

We've had a lot of requests for a Windows version of Post Haste and we're proud to introduce the first public beta of Post Haste for Windows.

This version is a beta and is not recommended for production use. It requires Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4.0. You can download it from the link in the yellow box here.

It's worth noting that the template format is identical to that of the Mac version, meaning that you can easily import your Mac templates into the Windows version.

We're expecting bugs and other problems to crop up so please use the Bug Report link within the Help menu to report all issues to us. This version doesn't yet have an built-in updater so please keep an eye on this blog to be alerted to future updates.

Last week we released Pro Media Tools 1.1.2, a minor update to our suite of tools for managing and optimizing media workflows.

New QT Edit Quick Task to create timecode tracks from timecode metadata

This Quick Task will add a new timecode track from timecode metadata stored in the user data section of a movie file. This can help solve issues where timecode from Adobe Media Encoder is incorrect.

Improved metadata support in QT Edit

QT Edit now supports additional metadata types and several issues with updating modified metadata have been fixed.

Edit Detector range selection

By popular demand you can now select a range of edit points and delete them or export them to a marker list.

Video Check printing

You can now print the results from Video Check, which is useful for creating QC reports.

The full changelog is available here.

Pro Media Tools is an indispensable suite of applications for editors, assistant editors and post production professionals. To find out more, see the features page, watch the overview video or download the free trial.

Last week we released Pro Maintenance Tools 2.0.6, a minor update to our suite of tools for maintaining, optimizing and troubleshooting your editing system.

Significant QT Repair improvements

We made significant improvements to QT Repair, particularly when removing edits from trimmed QuickTime movies. It's now considerably faster at repairing edits, performs better on large files and we fixed an issue that could cause out of sync audio on larger files.

We also added an option in preferences to not backup the file before starting a repair. We don't recommend this as a general rule but it's useful to avoid lengthy copying times if you already have the file backed up.

Improved FCPX support in Plugin Manager

Plugin Manager has had significantly improved FCPX support. It now displays the proper plugin names for FxFactory plugins and installs Motion templates and plugins you drag in to the correct directories based on their file type.

Motion projects can now be repaired

Project Repair now has the ability to repair corrupt Motion projects.

We also added an option to strip keyframes from Adobe Premiere projects when repairing them. This is useful when a project fails to load at startup and mentions keyframes as the cause.

The full changelog is available here.

Pro Maintenance Tools is an indispensable suite of applications for video editors. To find out more, see the features page, watch the overview video or download the free trial.

Yesterday we released Editmote 1.1 - a major update to our iOS app for remotely controlling your editing system on a Mac.

We've listened to your feedback and are now offering the ability to customize the buttons. Editing the buttons is simple - just go to the Actions menu and tap Edit Button Layout. Tapping a button presents a list of potential actions to assign to that button. To hide a button, set its action to (none). When finished, tap the Done button to finish customization.

We've added several more button types including marker navigation, but we've also added 10 custom user-defined buttons that you can set to whatever keyboard shortcut you like in the Editmote preference pane.

Another major new feature is native iPad support. This has been a long time coming because we felt that simply having the same fixed layout with bigger buttons wasn't particularly useful, so we wanted to wait for button customization before implementing native iPad support. The iPad has significantly more buttons slots than the iPhone version so you can have a lot of controls at your fingertips.

Editmote is available on the App Store and 1.1 is a free update for existing users. Please note that you will be unable to connect to the new version until you have upgraded your Editmote Preference Pane to version 1.1.

Post Haste is our popular application for organizing projects. It creates project folder structures from customizable templates and has been very useful at keeping freelancers and small production houses organized while enforcing naming and organization conventions for larger companies.

However, we are video guys and so is Paul Conigliaro, the original creator, so Post Haste has been video-centric. The app itself is very versatile and can be used by anyone in any industry, but we realized that it was very daunting for people who are not in the video industry to launch the app and see default presets that didn't apply to them. This gave the false impression that Post Haste would not be able to serve their needs.

Earlier today we released Post Haste 2.0.6 and with it we added new presets for Photography and Web Design, as well as changing the wording on our site to be more general-purpose. We will be adding more default presets over time and you can of course create as many custom presets as you like.

We are not changing the Post Haste application at all, we are just changing the marketing and will still be serving the needs of video professionals as always. We're excited about the future of Post Haste so stay tuned for more announcements.

This month marked the first time that OS X 10.7 Lion users of our products have been the majority. In total, 91% of our users are running OS X 10.6 or 10.7. OS X 10.5 users make up less than 7% and this number is falling steadily.

With the changes Apple is making to its developer tools, it's getting harder and harder to provide features to users on the latest operating systems while maintaining backwards-compatibility with Leopard and PowerPC users.

We are therefore announcing that we will be withdrawing support for OS X 10.5 Leopard within the coming months. This also means that we are withdrawing support for PowerPC computers, as 10.5 is the latest OS they are capable of running.

All new products will require OS X 10.6 or higher and existing products will be gradually transitioned. Leopard users will always be able to download the latest 10.5-compatible version of a product but they will need to upgrade to OS X 10.6 or higher to access newer versions.

We'd been planning this announcement for a while but with the unveiling of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion today it seemed to be the right time. Overall we think the new OS is a positive thing that provides many useful tools under the hood and we're keen to take advantage of its features.

Due to excessive spam levels, we have shut down our mail@digitalrebellion.com email address and now encourage customers to contact us using the contact form on our site.

This won't impact the majority of our customers, but anyone who has registration difficulties with an old license should ignore what it says on the registration email and use the contact form instead (after first looking at our support page on common registration problems).

We apologize if these changes inconvenience anyone.

Update: There was a little bit of confusion so just to clarify - the only account that has been taken down is mail@digitalrebellion.com. All others remain active.

We've just released our latest iPhone / iPad app, Video Space. Video Space allows you to calculate the disk space taken up by various codecs at different resolutions and frame rates.

It supports a wide range of codecs including ARRIRAW, AVCHD, Cineform, DNxHD, DPX, ProRes, REDCODE and XDCAM.

The interface is very simple - enter the total duration of the video, then select a codec, frame size and frame rate at the bottom and the total space will be reported at the top.

Video Space works natively on iPhones, iPods and iPads running iOS 4.2 or higher and can be downloaded directly from the App Store. We also have several other iOS post production tools available here.

We're always keen to hear feedback on our products so feel free to use the feedback link within the app or contact us directly.

Last week we released Pro Maintenance Tools 2.0.5 and Pro Admin 1.5.3, which are minor updates to our troubleshooting tools for video professionals.

These updates fix several issues with Plugin Manager, update Crash Analyzer definitions and improve Pro Admin stability.

You can read the full list of changes in the Pro Maintenance Tools changelog and Pro Admin changelog.

The full list of error messages now supported by Crash Analyzer's lookup function is here.

Pro Maintenance Tools is an essential toolkit for video editors that allows them to maintain, optimize and troubleshoot their editing systems. Pro Admin extends Pro Maintenance Tools to allow you to remotely manage and troubleshoot over a network.

To find out more, see the Pro Maintenance Tools and Pro Admin pages, where you can view screenshots, user manuals, videos and much more.

Last week we released Pro Media Tools 1.1.1, a minor update to our suite of tools for improving media management.

The most significant changes in this version were made to Video Check, our tool for checking a video file is broadcast-safe.

In response to user feedback, instead of just showing the maximum value that's out of range, the latest version now also shows the percentage of pixels within the entire image that are outside broadcast range. This allows you to see how large an error is.

We've also added support for detecting long frames. These are frames that play for an extended amount of time, which is usually an indication that frames were dropped when capturing from tape.

If your company has a policy that requires content to begin at a certain timecode, Video Check can now be used to flag up movies that don't match.

We've greatly extended the Video Check section of the user manual so it's worth looking at if you need more details on how to interpret the results of a scan.

In Pro Media Tools 1.1.1 we've also fixed a couple of issues with QT Edit and added the option to create timecode tracks from the date embedded in the metadata or the creation date of the file on disk. I've found that the two dates don't match on several of my test files, with some having the correct date in the metadata and some having the correct date in the Finder, so it seemed best to provide both options to choose from.

The full list of changes in Pro Media Tools 1.1.1 is available here.

Pro Media Tools is an essential toolset for video professionals that can save a significant amount of time in post production. To find out more, visit the Pro Media Tools site, browse the features list, watch the video overview or download the 15-day trial.