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Yesterday we released Pro Maintenance Tools 2.0.17, a minor update to our suite of tools to maintain, optimize and troubleshoot your editing system.
The changes in this version are as follows:
We've also updated the error message database in Crash Analyzer and you can view a list of all supported NLE error messages here.
Pro Maintenance Tools is an essential maintenance and troubleshooting toolkit for every editor. To find out more, view the feature list, read the user manual, watch the overview video or download the free trial.
We've just launched Preference Manager 4.1, a major update to our free preference management tool for Mac.
Preference Manager now supports Logic Pro X, allowing you to trash, lock, backup and restore Logic Pro X preferences, channel strip settings, key commands, patches and plugin settings.
It's also been modified to be compatible with OS X 10.9 Mavericks, which will be released later this month.
Mavericks makes some significant changes to the preference system in OS X, meaning that simply trashing .plist files in your Preferences directory may not be enough. Preference Manager works around this, so what some already consider to be an indispensable tool just became even more indispensable because the manual methods may no longer work reliably.
We've made a variety of other tweaks and you can read the list of changes here.
Preference Manager is an essential part of video and audio post production workflows around the world. To find out more, view the feature list, watch the video overview, read the user manual or download the app free.
Earlier we launched CinePlay 1.2, a major update to our professional iOS video player.
You can now take part in Synced Sessions directly in CinePlay. This allows your CinePlay playhead to be controlled by someone else so you can take part in collaborative viewing sessions with multiple people on your project.
Note: CinePlay can only act as a guest and cannot currently host a session.
You can now upload a Color Decision List to Kollaborate and have CinePlay color correct a video file according to the values in the CDL.
Here's how to do it:
1. Grade the video and export a Color Decision List from your grading software.
2. Upload the ungraded video to Kollaborate.
3. Upload the CDL to Kollaborate.
4. On the Files page, click the arrow to the right of the CDL and select Relationship Editor.
5. Click New Relationship.
6. Select the video, then set the relationship type to CDL.
7. Play the video in CinePlay and you will see the new grade. If you already had the video open, go back to the menu and select it again.
CinePlay will not apply the CDL if the movie's timecode does not fall within the bounds of the CDL clip start and end points. What this means is that you can use one CDL to apply different grades to different videos, or set the in and out points high to make it apply to multiple videos.
Like Cut Notes, CinePlay will now show an on-screen notification when someone else makes a note on the video you are watching.
We've significantly overhauled the playback architecture which provides a base for many additional new features in future. We've also optimized the app to improve memory usage and performance and made it iOS 7-compatible.
You can read the full list of changes here.
CinePlay is an essential tool for video professionals, especially when used in conjunction with our Kollaborate cloud workflow platform. To find out more, view the feature list, read the user manual, watch the video overview or buy on the App Store.
We've just released Kollaborate Server 1.0.3, an important update to our in-house version of the Kollaborate workflow platform.
As well as the great new features of the cloud version, we've made some big additional changes.
We've revamped the installation process to be more straightforward and require fewer steps. Kollaborate Server can now be configured directly from the installer, or at a later date, from the admin console.
Licensing is much simpler too - simply sign in with your kollaborate.tv login then copy the file it downloads to the location it tells you to.
Email has traditionally been the hardest feature to setup properly because you need to do a lot of things to make sure that the emails don't end up in recipients' spam inboxes.
We're now simplifying that by offering an Email Routing service. For a monthly fee of $10-20 (priced according to the Kollaborate Server package you chose) it will route emails through our servers to make sure they appear valid to email clients.
Not only does this simplify installation, it also makes Kollaborate Server cheaper to run because you can now run it through a dynamic DNS service without penalty instead of paying for a fixed IP address.
You can now modify the site logo and color scheme from the Tools > Customize Style section of the admin console.
Also, per user feedback, we've also made departments and positions modifiable from the admin console.
Kollaborate Server is now supported on Windows, and we have provided Windows installation instructions and installation scripts.
The full list of changes is available on the Kollaborate Server page after logging in.
Kollaborate is a cloud workflow platform that keeps getting better. To find out more, view the feature list, read the Kollaborate Server documentation or sign up for the free 15-day trial.
Today we made some changes to our private storage policy on Kollaborate. Now anyone involved in a project created by a trial user or active subscriber can make use of app storage, a feature previously only open to subscribers.
This opens up lots of great features to invited users including:
Non-subscribers get 100 MB of app storage, which should be more than enough because the files are typically a few kilobytes each. This is free additional storage and does not come out of subscriber storage space.
We've also made some improvements to Synced Sessions too. The sync indicator now changes colors to indicate the buffering status of all clients. Orange means one or more clients are still loading the video and green means everyone's ready to start.
Kollaborate is a cloud workflow platform centered around the Digital Rebellion app ecosystem. To find out more view the feature list or sign up for the free no obligation 15-day trial.
We've just launched a big update to Kollaborate with many new features and tweaks based on user feedback.
You can now watch movies in a group with one person in charge of the playhead on everyone else's computer. The remote systems will update as the host plays and navigates the timeline.
To use Synced Sessions, click Sessions in the navigation bar and then click New Session. Give the session a name and pick people to invite to it. The green bar means you are currently in a session and you will be alerted when others join. Select a file and it will be loaded on everyone's computer. To view another file, go back to the Files page and select it, at which point everyone else's screens will update with the new file. The session remains open until the owner ends it.
Synced Sessions is currently in beta so please report any issues or feature requests to us.
You now have control over whether or not to require a password to access a link and can customize the random password to make it easier to remember. Emails can now include a custom message.
View counts can be reset, which is important because you will now be notified the first time your link is viewed. So if you check the link to make sure it works, remember to reset the view count so you'll be notified when the recipient views it.
Comment exporting has been overhauled. You can now choose from a range of applications or export a plain-text list of markers. We've added Edius CSV support too.
You can also choose to ignore replies or combine notes at the same timecode position into a single entry, which is useful for applications that ignore multiple markers at the same position.
Avid users also have a choice of the video track to place the markers onto.
You now have more control over revision management. You can turn revisions back into independent files or combine independent files into revisions.
You can now specify the exact time that a task is due. This is automatically converted to the correct timezone which simplifies working with people around the world. Just remember to set your timezone on the Profile page.
We also updated Kollaborate Transfer to 1.0.4. It can now upload larger files and add pre- and post-roll to encoded movies, which is useful if you need to add slates or copyright information at the beginning of a clip.
Kollaborate is a cloud workflow platform that is fully integrated with Digital Rebellion products. To find our more visit the features page or sign up for the free 15-day trial.
Earlier today we released Pro Media Tools 1.1.11, a minor update to our suite of media management tools.
We've added some additional Quick Tasks to QT Edit based on user feedback. You can flag an ARRI ProRes file as Log-C or remove all audio tracks from a movie with a single button press. These tasks can also be performed in a batch.
We've added a new function to jump to a specific timecode position in QT Edit. This can make it easier to insert additional media at specific timecode positions.
This is a small subset of the changes and bug fixes in the version. The entire changelog is available here.
Pro Media Tools is an essential timesaving tool for working with media. To find out more view the feature list, read the user manual, watch the overview video or download the free trial.
Cut Notes 2.1 for iPad is now out, offering new collaboration features and a significant architecture overhaul.
Comment streams are a new feature of Kollaborate, allowing you to make comments without needing to upload a file. This allows you to have collaborative note-taking sessions with others where uploading a file might be impractical, such as when viewing a live broadcast.
If someone else makes a comment on a file or comment stream that you are currently viewing, you will now see a banner alert at the top of the screen.
(Note: alerts are only shown when you are viewing a file and are not shown when Cut Notes is closed.)
This is really useful in conjunction with comment streams because it allows for a scenario we've wanted directly from the start - the ability to sit in a screening room and have a live note-taking session synced to a source such as FCP or Pro Tools with minimal advance preparation. Being able to see the notes of others as they make them is helpful to make sure you don't end up with lots of duplicate notes.
If you're signed in and are a Kollaborate subscriber or Kollaborate Server user, your local projects will be automatically backed up to Kollaborate on a daily basis. You can restore old backups from the Settings menu within the app.
We've made significant architectural improvements to the app, resulting in significantly improved performance and stability, particularly on older devices.
We have a new project file format and your existing projects will be converted the first time you launch the new app, so if you have a large number of projects it might take several seconds before your projects appear on the first launch.
Cut Notes is an essential tool for taking notes during a screening and collaborating with others. To find out more, visit the features page or watch the overview video.
We've just released a major new 1.0.2 update to Kollaborate and Kollaborate Server. This incorporates some great new features and takes into account many of the requests we've received from users.
You can now share an entire folder with people outside of the project instead of needing a link for each individual file. Passwords are no longer needed and you can also choose whether or not to allow comments.
Sign up to be alerted when a particular user views a particular file. You'll receive an email and Dashboard alert the first time they view it but not for subsequent views.
Comment Streams are a powerful new feature that allow you to take notes on a file without needing to upload it. This is useful for situations where you want to have a collaborative note-taking session with other people but it is impractical to upload a file to Kollaborate (e.g. if it's a live broadcast).
This feature is primarily designed for Cut Notes users. Cut Notes 2.1 can create comment streams directly within the app and will show a banner alert when another user creates a note on the same file.
Kollaborate will now highlight unviewed files with a blue dot next to them, allowing you to easily keep track of files in your project.
The full list of changes is as follows:
Kollaborate is a cloud workflow system for video professionals, allowing you to share files and work with colleagues in-house or in the cloud. To find out more, view the features page or sign up for the free 15-day trial.
We've just released Pro Versioner 2.0.11, a minor update to our backup and versioning tool for your project files.
In this version we've made significant architecture changes to the background helper app. We've significantly improved performance, reduced resource usage and fixed several bugs.
The biggest user-facing change is that we now treat Final Cut Pro X projects and events differently to other files. FCPX backups now occur on a timer, the duration of which can be adjusted in preferences. Because FCPX frequently writes to projects other than the one you're currently working on, in addition to storing caches in the same folder as the project file, this helps to prevent over-triggering if you have a significant number of projects on your system. Pro Versioner backs up instantly for all other types of projects, as in previous versions.
You can find a full list of changes here.
Pro Versioner gives you peace of mind with extensive backup management and redundancy. To find out more, visit our overview page, read the user manual or download the free trial.
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