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FCP Versioner 1.1 released

We've just released FCP Versioner 1.1 with the following changes:

• Added the ability to only backup a specific sequence, boosting performance
• Added the ability to initiate a manual backup snapshot
• Improved marker support
• Improved changelog generation performance
• Fixed extraneous "New filter added" notifications
• Improved memory usage when generating logs
• Frame values are now converted to timecode
• Markers can now be filtered
• Fixed an issue where it was not possible to remove the base copy of a project

FCP Versioner is a backup and versioning utility for Final Cut Pro. This is how it works - you add the FCP projects you wish to backup to the list of watched files. Then, every time you save, Versioner creates an XML copy of the project and compiles a list of changes so that you can see exactly what changed between revisions. If you need to restore a specific version of a project it is dead simple to find the one you are looking for by looking at the changelog. You can also set it to autosave your project file at specific intervals.

So it offers three main advantages over more general backup solutions:
1. You get a list of changes so you're not just looking at a filename or date
2. It saves the project as XML so you get a plain-text version for safety and compatibility
3. It offers flexible backup management options to ease disk usage

FCP Versioner costs $59 ($49 until Christmas) but a 15 day trial is available here. It requires OS X 10.5+ and Final Cut Pro 6.0.2+ (autosave requires FCP 7.0).

As always, we appreciate any and all feedback - just use the Report Bug or Suggest Feature links within the application.

We have lots of other software for Final Cut Pro; see our Resources page for more details.