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FCP Versioner 1.2.5 released - significant speed and accuracy improvements

We've just released a new version of FCP Versioner, bringing it up to version 1.2.5.

FCP Versioner is a backup and versioning utility for Final Cut Pro. It automatically backs up Final Cut Pro projects in XML format and generates changelogs to show exactly what has changed between revisions.

This version is aimed at improving the speed and accuracy of changelog generation and simplifying the results to improve readability.

It features the following notable changes:

Significant improvements to changelog generation speed

While we cannot improve the time it takes to generate an XML file (only Apple can change that), we can improve the time it takes for Versioner to process changes from one revision to the next.

FCP Versioner 1.2.5 performs these tasks significantly faster than version 1.2. As an example, one of my test projects took 3 minutes to generate changelogs for all 20 revisions on version 1.2. This time was reduced to 4 seconds in version 1.2.5, a 45-fold increase. We're not promising a 45-fold increase for all projects, but you should definitely see significant improvements in this area compared with the previous version.

Improved readability

FCP Versioner 1.2.5 now removes extraneous information to simplify the results.

For instance, if you change the start point of a clip on the timeline, version 1.2 notifies you that the start point and the in point of the clip changed. While this is perfectly accurate, it is unnecessary information because changing the start point implies that the in point was changed. Version 1.2.5 now simply notifies you that the start point changed.

Another example occurs when you modify two stereo-paired tracks. Version 1.2 notifies you of the change twice (once for each track) while 1.2.5 only notifies you once, as you would expect.

These are just a few of the many tweaks and under-the-hood modifications in FCP Versioner 1.2.5. It is available for Final Cut Pro 6.0.2 and above (the optional autosave feature requires version 7) for $59 and a 15-day trial is available here.