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Pro Media Tools Changelog

What's new in Pro Media Tools 1.7.2

Aug 1, 2018
  • Auto Transfer - Added a transfer log showing information about each file that was copied. Transfer logs are per-project and can be accessed from the View menu.
  • Auto Transfer - Added a right-click menu to the Destinations pane allowing you to reveal a destination in Finder
  • Auto Transfer - Remaining disk space indicator now updates more frequently
  • Auto Transfer - Only alert to offline volumes if they are enabled in the Destinations pane
  • Auto Transfer - Fixed a crash that could occur if you tried to transfer to a non-existent volume
  • Timeline Tricks - Improved the naming of modified sequences in FCP7 XML
  • Timeline Tricks - Fixed an issue where FCP7 XML might not import into Premiere correctly
  • Video Check - Support for exporting the current frame as an image file
  • Video Check - Fixed a hang that could occur when flash frame checking is switched on and there was an error reading the file
  • Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in Pro Media Tools 1.7.1 (May 30, 2018)

  • Batch Renamer - Dragging a file from Finder onto a specific item in the list now inserts it before that item instead of at the end of the list (this makes the frame reordering function easier to use)
  • Batch Renamer - Filenames are now truncated in the middle so you can see the frame number if it exists
  • QT Edit - Many improvements to conforming
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue where the audio sample rate wouldn't change when conforming certain QuickTime movies
  • Video Check - Sensitivity adjustments to prevent false positives when checking luma
  • Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in Pro Media Tools 1.7 (Feb 5, 2018)

  • Timeline Tricks - Added the ability to remove audio and video transitions
  • Edit Detector - Support for exporting markers to Resolve
  • Video Check - Support for exporting markers to Resolve
  • QT Edit - Space bar now plays back video
  • QT Edit - Track Name is now the default selected tab when selecting a track
  • Batch Renamer - Added a Clear button to clear the entire file list at once
  • Batch Renamer - Added an option to automatically clear the file list after processing
  • Video Check - Fixed an issue where results may be color-coded incorrectly
  • Video Check - Fixed an issue where the Export dialog would default to a .txt extension irrespective of the initial output type

New in Pro Media Tools 1.6.1 (Sep 19, 2017)

  • Auto Transfer - Added a List metadata type that only allows you to choose specific values
  • Auto Transfer - Added an option to include the camera number in auto-detected reel names (e.g. A010)
  • Auto Transfer - Support for detecting volumes from DJI drones
  • Auto Transfer - Fixed an issue where metadata columns in the Transfer view wouldn't reorder when reordered from the Metadata pane
  • Auto Transfer - Fixed an issue where files on transferred volumes may not retain their original modification dates
  • QT Edit - Times in the Info tab are now shown in your local timezone (there is an option in preferences to force UTC)
  • QT Edit - Limited the maximum number of metadata fields to 400 to prevent the app hanging if a movie has corrupt metadata
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a "trial has expired" message to appear
  • Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.6 (Jul 26, 2017)

  • Auto Transfer - Support for automatically detecting reel numbers from RED media
  • Auto Transfer - Offline destinations are now indicated as offline in the Destinations pane
  • Auto Transfer - Leading zeroes of the default reel are now respected when auto-detecting a reel name
  • Auto Transfer - Added an option to prepend a metadata item's title to its value when creating a path, so for example it would create a "Day 1" folder instead of just "1"
  • Auto Transfer - Modified the default metadata settings so that timestamped folders are now no longer created automatically. The default folder structure is now "Day [day] > [reel]". This change only affects new users but existing users can recreate it manually if desired.
  • Auto Transfer - Drag metadata fields to change folder structure order
  • Auto Transfer - Metadata folder structure preview now shows values rather than field names
  • Auto Transfer - Fixed an issue where some cards may not appear in the list
  • Auto Transfer - Fixed an issue where a cancelled transfer couldn't be restarted
  • Auto Transfer - When automatically incrementing the day number, a new day is now considered to start at 5am instead of midnight
  • Auto Transfer - Prevented system sleep during transfers
  • Edit Detector - Improved FCPX compatibility
  • QT Edit - When modifying timecode in batch mode, the original file's reel name is preserved unless directly modified
  • Video Check - Improved FCPX compatibility
  • Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.5 (Mar 31, 2017)

  • Auto Transfer - Offloading performance improvements
  • Auto Transfer - Added an "Open QuickTimes movies as CinePlay playlist" option to Actions
  • Auto Transfer - Reel number is now auto-detected if it’s in the volume name (certain volumes only)
  • Auto Transfer - Better support for detecting ARRI volumes
  • Auto Transfer - Support for detecting Tascam volumes
  • Auto Transfer - Improved the responsiveness of ejecting a volume
  • Auto Transfer - Fixed an issue where the day could increment more than once if the app is launched with more than one card mounted
  • Auto Transfer - Fixed an issue where ignoring a volume may not work correctly
  • Edit Detector - Exporting an FCPXML event now automatically imports it into FCPX
  • Edit Detector - Added the ability to suppress the deletion prompt when removing edit points
  • Edit Detector - Improved compatibility with FCPX
  • QT Edit - Support for setting Ultra HD and HDR color flags
  • QT Edit - Better error reporting when a movie can’t be opened
  • Video Check - Results are now cached when reloading a file
  • Video Check - Export errors as markers in an FCPX event
  • Video Check - Metadata errors are now tagged with timecode
  • Video Check - Default bit-depth is now 10-bit
  • Video Check - Settings are now saved correctly when a text box is still editing when you click submit
  • Video Check - Arrow keys now work correctly in text boxes
  • Video Check - Fixed an issue where timecode tracks may be detected incorrectly
  • Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.4.6 (Nov 2, 2016)

  • QT Edit - Added an option to preserve the original file's timestamp in batch mode
  • QT Edit - Added additional ARRI metadata presets
  • QT Edit - Conforming is now aborted if the user does not have write permissions for the file
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue where exported timecode in marker lists could be incorrect
  • Post Haste - Updated the default templates to use the new [template] filename syntax (go to Tools > Restore Default Templates to get the new ones)
  • Post Haste - Added support for Premiere Pro 2015.3 project files
  • Post Haste - Removed Kollaborate support (for now)
  • Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.4.5 (Aug 5, 2016)

  • QT Edit - New Quick Task: import timecode from Broadcast Wave (BWF) audio file
  • QT Edit - Several conform improvements
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue where the Discard button does nothing when closing a batch that hasn't been submitted
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the Open dialog in several apps to show at startup even if a previous file was automatically reopened
  • Various other fixes and tweaks

New in Pro Media Tools 1.4.4 (May 23, 2016)

  • QT Edit - New Quick Task - Assign clip name as reel name
  • QT Edit - New Quick Task - Take reel name from parent folder
  • QT Edit - New Quick Task - Invert Pixel Aspect Ratio - e.g. converts 10:11 to 11:10
  • QT Edit - Improved compatibility when conforming movies with generic media tracks
  • QT Edit - An alert message is now only shown for the first Quick Task queued up in batch mode
  • Various other minor bug fixes and tweaks

New in Pro Media Tools 1.4.3 (Jan 19, 2016)

  • Pro Media Tools now requires a minimum of OS X 10.8
  • Edit Detector - Export edit points as still images
  • QT Edit - A descriptive track name can now be set
  • QT Edit - Improved support for importing FCPX markers
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue that could cause timecode to run at a faster rate than the movie's frame rate
  • Render Watcher - Support for executing an app / script upon successful render
  • Render Watcher - Improved support for Compressor droplets
  • Many other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.4.2 (Dec 1, 2015)

  • Auto Transfer - fixed an issue where it could be difficult to edit text fields while a transfer is ongoing
  • QT Edit - Improved calculation of drop-frame timecode
  • Timeline Tricks - Improved FCPX compatibility
  • Various other bug fixes and tweaks

New in Pro Media Tools 1.4.1 (Sep 28, 2015)

  • OS X 10.11 El Capitan support

New in Pro Media Tools 1.4 (Sep 9, 2015)

  • Major overhaul of Auto Transfer with copy and verification to multiple destinations in one step
  • Auto Transfer - Significantly faster transfer speeds
  • Auto Transfer - Link metadata fields to QuickTime metadata keys, allowing you to automatically embed metadata inside QuickTime movies that can be read by other applications.
  • Auto Transfer can now determine if a volume has already been copied when it is mounted. This can be switched off in preferences and requires the volume to be writeable.
  • Auto Transfer - Improved stability when copying to multiple destinations
  • Auto Transfer - Improved reliability when transferring multiple sources to multiple destinations at once
  • Auto Transfer - Copy progress is now shown in the window title and icon
  • Auto Transfer - Notification Center alerts are now shown on failure
  • Auto Transfer - Volumes chosen as destinations no longer appear as transfer sources
  • Auto Transfer - The Day field intelligently auto-increments
  • Auto Transfer - Select multiple volumes at once and batch eject or transfer
  • Auto Transfer - The number of copy failures is now linked to the drive serial number rather than volume name
  • Auto Transfer - The drive's UUID is now logged in the spreadsheet
  • Auto Transfer - Many UI improvements
  • App launcher - Various UI improvements and fixes
  • QT Edit - Added support for additional ARRI Alexa metadata fields
  • QT Edit - added an option to strip out QuickTime track edit information during conforming, which can fix problems when this metadata becomes corrupt
  • Render Watcher - Several improvements to email alerts
  • Many other bug fixes and tweaks

New in Pro Media Tools 1.3.8 (Jun 30, 2015)

  • Adobe Creative Cloud 2015 compatibility
  • QT Edit - Full screen playback
  • QT Edit - JKL playback support
  • QT Edit now identifies caption tracks correctly
  • QT Edit - Improved compatibility with FCPX XML
  • Video Check stability improvements
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.3.7 (May 19, 2015)

  • QT Edit - Videos can now be batch rotated, flipped and flopped
  • QT Edit - Conform improvements
  • QT Edit - Improved detection of non-HFS file systems
  • QT Edit - Added an option to disable non-HFS file system check
  • Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.3.6 (Mar 5, 2015)

  • QT Edit - Additional metadata presets
  • QT Edit - Added an option to display raw metadata keys instead of showing the friendly preset titles
  • QT Edit - Various tweaks to metadata handling
  • Video Check - Moved flash frame sensitivity to preferences
  • Video Check - Fixed an OS X 10.10 crash that could occur when scanning aspect ratio mattes
  • Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.3.5 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • QT Edit - Fixed a rare issue that could result in conformed movies being output at the wrong frame rate
  • Render Watcher - Simplified the email setup pane
  • Render Watcher - Improved email reliability
  • Render Watcher - Various minor tweaks to email profiles
  • Video Check - Fixed an issue where deselecting "Enforce aspect ratio" still shows aspect ratio errors
  • Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.3.4 (Dec 4, 2014)

  • Gamma Shift Detector - Improved support for extreme gamma shifts
  • Gamma Shift Detector - A warning is shown if the user tries to compare one or more black frames
  • Gamma Shift Detector - Added timecode displays
  • QT Edit - New Quick Task - Disable audio tracks 1-4, 1-6, 1-8
  • QT Edit - New Quick Task - Remove audio tracks 1-4, 1-6, 1-8
  • QT Edit - Added a field to show the current timecode position
  • Video Check - Fixed an issue that could cause false flash frame positives in certain files
  • Video Check - Added support for detecting missing or incorrectly sized mattes / blanking
  • Video Check - Problems are now referred to by timecode instead of frames
  • Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.3.3 (Nov 7, 2014)

  • Gamma Shift Detector - Improved detection of pixel-based gamma shifts
  • QT Edit - More responsive saving
  • Video Check - Significantly faster processing
  • Video Check - Improved detection of subtle flash frames
  • Video Check - Increased the default flash frame sensitivity
  • Video Check - Fixed an issue where the progress bar may hang
  • Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.3.2 (Sep 29, 2014)

  • OS X 10.10 Yosemite compatibility
  • Video Check - Improved flash frame detection
  • Video Check - Added a sensitivity slider to tweak flash frame detection
  • Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.3.1 (Aug 9, 2014)

  • QT Edit - Speed boost and reliability improvements for batch conforming
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Pro Media Tools 1.3 (Aug 2, 2014)

  • Support for Adobe Creative Cloud 2014 and FCPX 10.1.2
  • QT Edit - Batch mode overhaul with improved stability. There is now no limit to the number of files that can be processed at once for registered users.
  • QT Edit - Improved batch UI. The task list shows which actions are queued for processing and allows you to delete unwanted tasks.
  • QT Edit - Error alerts are now saved until the end of batch processing to prevent the queue from being interrupted
  • QT Edit - Improved framerate conform reliability in batch mode
  • Render Watcher - Fixed an issue where Adobe Media Encoder jobs may not be detected correctly
  • Render Watcher - Fixed a hang when Compressor jobs end
  • Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.2.1 (May 23, 2014)

  • Video Check - Overhauled flash frame detection and you can now specify the maximum flash frame length to detect (OS X 10.7+ only)
  • QT Edit - Added an option in batch mode to import timecode from a range of files with the same name as the files in the batch
  • Render Watcher - Minor improvements to Compressor render alerts
  • Auto Transfer - Stability improvements
  • Various bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.2 (Feb 20, 2014)

  • Edit Detector - XML markers for FCP 7 and Premiere Pro are now two separate export options for better compatibility with Premiere
  • QT Edit - Batch metadata editing
  • QT Edit - Chapters now use movie timecode
  • QT Edit - Selecting more than one file in the Open dialog now automatically opens them as a batch
  • QT Edit - Improved metadata compatibility with third-party applications
  • Render Watcher - Improved compatibility with Adobe Media Encoder
  • Render Watcher - Improved compatibility with Compressor 4.1
  • Various bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1.14 (Dec 27, 2013)

  • Batch Renamer - Separator characters are no longer automatically added for suffixes
  • Edit Detector - Fixed an issue that could cause markers to appear on the wrong frame
  • Edit Detector - The last export option is now remembered
  • QT Edit - Set timecode at current frame and propagate it backwards
  • Several installer improvements
  • Various bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1.13 (Nov 28, 2013)

  • Improved compatibility with OS X 10.9 App Nap
  • Edit Detector - Improved stability
  • Post Haste - Project number is now correctly incremented after creating a cloud project
  • Post Haste - Fixed a crash that could occur when canceling project creation
  • Post Haste - Various improvements to Kollaborate integration
  • QT Edit - New Panasonic and MXF metadata presets
  • QT Edit - Improved the reliability of the conform function
  • QT Edit - Improved compatibility with metadata generated by FCPX
  • QT Edit - Added an "Open in default player" convenience function
  • Various bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1.12 (Oct 25, 2013)

  • OS X 10.9 compatibility
  • Auto Transfer - Improved feedback when erasing a drive
  • Auto Transfer - Stability improvements during drive erasing
  • Batch Renamer - Stability improvements
  • QT Edit - Timecode information can now be specified in a batch
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue where QuickTime movies without file extensions couldn't be opened
  • QT Edit - When saving as, a .mov file extension is forced if an extension is not specified
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue where the player could override certain keyboard shortcuts
  • Render Watcher - UI improvements
  • Various other fixes and tweaks

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1.11 (Sep 4, 2013)

  • Project Overview - Fixed an issue where markers may import at 00:00:00:00
  • QT Edit - Go to Timecode feature added
  • QT Edit - Added a Quick Task for flagging an ARRI clip as Log-C
  • QT Edit - Added a Quick Task to remove all audio tracks
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue where it could not export chapters with accented characters to a text file
  • QT Edit - Improved stability and responsiveness when saving
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1.10 (Apr 25, 2013)

  • QT Edit - Added more RED metadata presets
  • Render Watcher - Fixed an issue that could prevent Adobe Media Encoder jobs from alerting
  • Project Overview - You can now right-click and choose Reveal in Finder for any item in the Media list
  • Project Overview - Fixed an issue where sequences may not appear in the marker table
  • Stability improvements
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1.9 (Feb 7, 2013)

  • Auto Transfer - Fixed a crash that could occur after copying had finished
  • Batch Renamer - Bold highlighting now indicates at a glance which files in the list will be renamed
  • Batch Renamer - Fixed an issue where it could say there were no files to rename if previews haven't finished generating
  • QT Edit - Changing the pixel aspect ratio now resets the aperture
  • QT Edit - Significant improvement in conform speed
  • QT Edit - Movies now automatically flatten upon saving where required. The old prompt can be restored by switching off Auto Flatten in preferences
  • QT Edit - Added an option to force a file to rewrite in its entirety in batch mode
  • QT Edit - Movies are now saved with the playhead at frame 0 instead of the current playhead position in QT Edit
  • QT Edit - Fixed a crash that could occur when removing metadata from a track
  • Video Check - Significant improvements to flash frame detection
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1.8 (Dec 4, 2012)

  • Edit Detector - Support for exporting markers to an FCPX event
  • Edit Detector - Fixed an issue that could cause the time estimate to be incorrect when exporting QT movies
  • QT Edit - New Quick Task to sync reel info from ARRI Reel field to FCPX Reel
  • QT Edit - Indicates whether an audio track is mono, stereo or multi-channel
  • QT Edit - Added metadata presets for ARRI, Final Cut Studio, QuickTime and RED
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue that could prevent multi-channel audio files being imported correctly into a movie
  • QT Edit - Stability improvements
  • Project Overview - Fixed a crash that could occur at startup if it took too long to get data from FCP
  • Render Watcher - Email password is now stored in Keychain
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1.7 (Oct 19, 2012)

  • Auto Transfer - Canon XF support
  • Post Haste - Added the ability to remove a parameter from the path but still leave it available as a variable
  • QT Edit - Added a Quick Task to strip aperture information
  • QT Edit - Added an NTSC D1 aspect ratio Quick Task
  • QT Edit - You can now select individual Primaries, Transfer and Matrix values for the Color attribute
  • QT Edit - Timecode tracks are now conformed correctly
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue where conforming could take a long time for certain files
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue that could prevent the playhead from appearing
  • QT Edit - Fixed a crash on 10.8 that could occur when entering blank metadata values
  • Video Check - Performance improvements on OS X 10.7 and higher
  • Improved Gamma Shift Detector reliability
  • Support for OS X 10.8 Notification Center
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1.6 (Aug 2, 2012)

  • OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion support
  • QT Edit - Chapters are now compatible with Compressor and DVD Studio Pro
  • QT Edit - Function to export the current frame to an image file
  • QT Edit - Quick Tasks for batch disabling audio tracks
  • QT Edit - Improved compatibility with FCPX
  • Timeline Tricks - Reloads sequence list after exporting
  • Project Overview - Now shows a notification when sending data to Final Cut Pro
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1.5 (Jun 22, 2012)

  • Fixed an issue that could cause an app to hang
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1.4 (May 18, 2012)

  • Pro Media Tools now requires OS X 10.6 or higher
  • Support for Adobe Creative Suite 6
  • Improved compatibility with OS X 10.8 Gatekeeper
  • Project Overview - Improved reliability
  • Project Overview - Ability to import markers from FCPX projects
  • QT Edit - When importing timecode from a THM file, QT Edit no longer prompts you for the file if the corresponding THM file exists in the same directory as the movie
  • QT Edit - Timecode can now be imported from THM files in batch mode
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue where batch exported movies could be displayed in QuickTime Player at the wrong size
  • QT Edit - Various tweaks to batch mode
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue where not all FCPX markers in the sequence may be recognized
  • Timeline Tricks - Improved speed and reliability
  • Timeline Tricks - Added an option to remove audio clips with -inf volume
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1.3 (Apr 12, 2012)

  • Batch Renamer - Significant improvements to performance and memory use
  • QT Edit - New Quick Tasks: Set Square Pixel Aspect Ratio and Strip Adobe XMP metadata
  • QT Edit - Overhaul of the conform function with support for creating slow-motion movies from overcranked Canon DSLR clips
  • QT Edit - Support for embedding Final Cut Pro X-specific metadata such as scene, shot, angle and reel
  • QT Edit - Fixed several issues with importing markers from a marker list
  • QT Edit - Fixed several issues with importing markers from a Final Cut Pro X project
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue where QT Edit would claim the movie had been modified when trying to save to an Xsan volume
  • Render Watcher - Improved the reliability of watch folders
  • Render Watcher - Reduced memory usage when your system is booted up for a long time
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1.2 (Feb 24, 2012)

  • Edit Detector - Fixed an issue where thumbnails may not be displayed with the correct aspect ratio
  • Edit Detector - Multiple edit points can now be selected and deleted
  • Edit Detector can now export a selected range of edit points instead of every single one
  • Post Haste - Fixed an issue where some files within a template could not be renamed
  • Post Haste - New default templates for Photography and Web Design
  • Render Watcher - Fixed an issue where it could sometimes take up a lot of RAM
  • Render Watcher - Growl categories added so that alerts can be customized by type (e.g. Compressor batch, FCP render, etc) within the Growl preference pane
  • QT Edit - Support for additional QuickTime metadata
  • QT Edit - New Quick Task - Remove all timecode tracks
  • QT Edit - New Quick Task for creating a timecode track from auxiliary timecode information within the movie's metadata
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue where it may be unable to save to a network volume when flattening
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue where metadata fields may not update after being edited
  • Video Check - Printing support
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1.1 (Jan 6, 2012)

  • Post Haste - New parameter type: List. Add comma-separated items to the list in the Default Value field in preferences
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue where new timecode tracks could play too fast
  • QT Edit - Added support for creating a timecode track using the file creation time on disk as the start time
  • Video Check - Fixed a crash on Lion
  • Video Check can now detect long frames (potentially dropped frames)
  • Video Check - Support for checking if the start timecode matches a particular value
  • Video Check - Now shows the percentage of pixels in the image that are outside the legal range
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1 (Dec 7, 2011)

  • 64-bit support
  • Auto Transfer - Each volume can be tagged with metadata that can make up the destination path or be added to a spreadsheet
  • Auto Transfer - Ability to set a destination individually for each volume
  • Auto Transfer - Folders can be copied
  • Auto Transfer - Option to only copy QT movies if they exist on a volume
  • Auto Transfer - Checksums can now be disabled without disabling file size verification
  • Auto Transfer - Improved user interface responsiveness while copying and verifying
  • Auto Transfer - Fixed an issue where the verification failure window could appear blank
  • Auto Transfer - Fixed an issue where "total remaining space" can calculate the same drive twice
  • Batch Renamer - Support for regular expressions
  • Batch Renamer - Insert Characters at Position task added
  • Batch Renamer - Replace Characters in Range task added
  • Batch Renamer - Suffixes can now be added after a frame number
  • Batch Renamer - Added an option to search the file extension when performing Find and Replace
  • Batch Renamer - Now flags up conflicting filenames
  • Batch Renamer - Folders can be renamed
  • Batch Renamer - Significant boost in processing speed
  • Batch Renamer - Fixed an issue where it would say the wrong number of files had been renamed
  • Batch Renamer - Fixed several issues when changing the case of a filename
  • Edit Detector - Significant speed boost
  • Edit Detector - Improved accuracy
  • Edit Detector - Frame data is now cached so that you don't need to rescan when loading a previously-opened file
  • Edit Detector - Now shows edit points in timecode values instead of frames
  • Edit Detector - Fixed an issue where the timecode could be invalid when an edit point was inserted on the last frame of the movie
  • Project Overview - Support for exporting marker and locator lists
  • Project Overview - Improved loading times
  • Project Overview - Significant performance improvements when editing markers
  • Project Overview - Fixed an issue where marker colors may not display correctly
  • Project Overview - Allowed importing of marker lists with Windows-compatible encoding
  • Project Overview - Fixed an issue where it would only update one marker if several have the same name and time position
  • Project Overview - Fixed an issue where markers could be inserted before the in point of a clip on the timeline
  • QT Edit - Batch processing support
  • QT Edit - Support for importing markers from an FCPX XML project
  • QT Edit - Video and track summary tabs show basic details about the movie file and its tracks
  • QT Edit - Added Quick Task presets for setting pixel aspect ratios for NTSC and PAL
  • QT Edit - Added thumbnails to chapter view
  • QT Edit - Improved the reliability of saving files to volumes with incorrect permissions
  • QT Edit - Various improvements to the Conform function
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue where QT Edit would sometimes not be able to overwrite a previously opened movie
  • QT Edit - Fixed an issue where per-track metadata could not be displayed
  • Quick Bins - Color-coded bin icons
  • Render Watcher - Support for Adobe Media Encoder
  • Render Watcher - Support for Compressor 4
  • Render Watcher - UI overhaul
  • Render Watcher - Fixed an issue where Avid, Premiere or FCP renders may not correctly notify
  • Render Watcher - Improved the reliability of notifying Compressor encodes
  • Timeline Tricks - FCPX support for stripping effects and markers
  • Timeline Tricks - Uncomposited clips stacked on top of each other can now be collapsed
  • Timeline Tricks - Transparent third-party filters can be added to a blacklist in preferences to prevent Timeline Tricks collapsing these clips
  • Timeline Tricks - Improved reliability when collapsing tracks
  • Video Check - Significant speed boost
  • Video Check - Support for 10-bit video files on Lion
  • Video Check - Greater accuracy
  • Video Check - Support for multi-channel audio
  • Video Check - Results can be filtered
  • Video Check - Results can be color coded
  • Video Check - Fixed an issue where the interface could lock up when processing very large video clips
  • Video Check - Fixed a bug that could cause it to erroneously flag up pixel values that were within legal range
  • Improved general stability and reliability
  • Option for all apps to show open dialog at startup
  • Fixed an issue where Pro Media Tools may ask you to re-enter your registration information unnecessarily
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1 Beta 3 (Nov 19, 2011)

  • Auto Transfer - Option to only copy QuickTime movies if they exist on a volume
  • Auto Transfer - Ability to set destination path from metadata
  • Auto Transfer - Improved user interface responsiveness while copying and verifying
  • Auto Transfer - Fixed an issue where you were unable to edit metadata after canceling verification
  • Auto Transfer - Added the ability to disable checksums without disabling file size verification
  • Batch Renamer - Insert Characters at Position task added
  • Batch Renamer - Replace Characters in Range task added
  • Batch Renamer - Suffixes can now be added after a frame number
  • Batch Renamer - Added an option to search the file extension when performing Find and Replace
  • Batch Renamer - The filename no longer appears blank when removing frame numbers from certain filenames
  • Batch Renamer - Auto-recalculates when dragging items if the currently selected task is Reorder Frames
  • Edit Detector - Fixed an issue where progress happens in big lumps on Lion
  • Project Overview - Fixed an issue where marker colors may not display correctly
  • QT Edit - Batch processing
  • Render Watcher - Fixed an issue where Avid, Premiere or FCP renders may not correctly notify
  • Timeline Tricks - Final Cut Pro X support
  • Timeline Tricks - Uncomposited clips can now be collapsed
  • Timeline Tricks - Transparent third-party filters can be added to a blacklist in preferences to prevent Timeline Tricks collapsing these clips
  • Video Check - Filtering
  • Video Check - Support for multi-channel audio
  • Video Check - Fixed an issue where progress happens in big lumps on Lion
  • Improved general stability and reliability
  • Fixed an issue where Pro Media Tools may ask you to re-enter your registration information unnecessarily

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1 Beta 2 (Oct 28, 2011)

  • Auto Transfer - 64-bit
  • Auto Transfer - Ability to set a destination individually for each volume
  • Auto Transfer - Folders can now be copied
  • Auto Transfer - Metadata columns such as day and reel can be added. Metadata entered into these columns can be output to a CSV file in the project directory
  • Auto Transfer - Fixed an issue where "total remaining space" can calculate the same drive twice
  • QT Edit - Added an Info tab that shows a summary of each track in the movie
  • QT Edit - Improved performance when scrolling through chapter thumbnails
  • QT Edit - Added Quick Task presets for setting pixel aspect ratios for NTSC and PAL anamorphic material
  • QT Edit - Improved the reliability of saving files to network volumes or volumes with incorrect permissions
  • Video Check - 64-bit
  • Video Check - Multithreading
  • Video Check - Support for 10-bit movie files (Lion only)

New in Pro Media Tools 1.1 Beta 1 (Oct 6, 2011)

  • 64-bit support
  • New application: Post Haste
  • Edit Detector - Significant speed boost
  • Edit Detector - Greater accuracy
  • Edit Detector - Now shows edit points in timecode values instead of frames
  • Edit Detector - Frame information is now cached so you don't need to rescan when opening a file for the second time
  • Batch Renamer - Support for regular expressions
  • Batch Renamer - Flags up conflicting filenames with a warning icon
  • Batch Renamer - Folders can now be renamed
  • Render Watcher - UI overhaul
  • Render Watcher - Support for Adobe Media Encoder
  • QT Edit - Thumbnails in chapter view
  • QT Edit - Support for importing markers from an FCPX XML project
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.0.5 (Aug 31, 2011)

  • Edit Detector - Option to export the first frame of each shot as a JPEG image
  • Edit Detector - Reduced memory usage
  • Gamma Shift Detector now remembers previously-opened files
  • Project Overview - Fixed an issue where a project could fail to import if invalid characters were in the XML data
  • Project Overview - Fixed an issue where the Position column may not sort correctly
  • Quick Bins - Speed boost when creating Smart Bins and Smart Bin Ranges
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.0.5 (Aug 31, 2011)

  • Edit Detector - Option to export the first frame of each shot as a JPEG image
  • Edit Detector - Reduced memory usage
  • Gamma Shift Detector now remembers previously-opened files
  • Project Overview - Fixed an issue where a project could fail to import if invalid characters were in the XML data
  • Project Overview - Fixed an issue where the Position column may not sort correctly
  • Quick Bins - Speed boost when creating Smart Bins and Smart Bin Ranges
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.0.4 (Aug 9, 2011)

  • Auto Transfer - Support for the ARRI Alexa
  • Auto Transfer - Added an option to bounce the Dock icon when complete
  • Auto Transfer - Option to choose archive folder added to Preferences
  • Auto Transfer - Added the ability to switch verification checksums between MD5 and SHA-1
  • Movies can now be opened with Gamma Shift Detector from the Finder
  • Gamma Shift Detector - Added a Swap button to swap over the source / destination movies
  • Gamma Shift Detector - Fixed an issue where it could incorrectly say that no color metadata was set
  • Project Overview - Fixed an issue where clip usage counts could be zero
  • Project Overview - Significant speed boost when changing a large batch of marker colors
  • Project Overview - Speed boost in batch marker processing
  • Project Overview - Fixed an issue where print preview would not update
  • Project Overview - Significantly improved marker loading times
  • Quick Bins - Significant speed boost when sending to Final Cut Pro
  • Quick Bins - Smart Bin Range preview now organizes clips alphabetically
  • Quick Bins - Fixed an issue where the app could hang when creating a Smart Bin in a large project
  • Quick Bins - Ability to delete Smart Bin criteria
  • QT Edit - Frame rate conforming
  • QT Edit - Basic transcoding options added
  • Fixed an issue where carriage returns in titles could be stripped out when exporting XML
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.0.3 (Jul 20, 2011)

  • Final Cut Pro X compatibility
  • OS X 10.7 Lion support
  • Auto Transfer - Destinations can now be selectively disabled
  • Auto Transfer - Shows an estimate of the time remaining when copying and verifying
  • Auto Transfer - Verification has been overhauled
  • Render Watcher - Added an option to only show alerts if the source application (e.g. Final Cut Pro) is not the foreground app
  • Render Watcher - Fixed an issue that could cause RenderWatcherHelper to use significant amounts of CPU time
  • Gamma Shift Detector - Fixed an issue where it could erroneously claim that source and destination colorspace metadata didn't match
  • QT Edit - Fixed a crash when removing an attribute
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.0.2 (Jun 9, 2011)

  • Auto Transfer - Archive to DMG / ZIP after transferring option
  • Auto Transfer - Added Info panel to show info and statistics about each volume including the number of failures
  • Auto Transfer - Pops up a verification window when file transfer fails that shows the failed files and offers to recopy them or recopy the entire volume
  • Auto Transfer - Adds a checksums.txt file to each transferred directory
  • Auto Transfer - Support for Canon EOSHD cameras
  • Auto Transfer - Compares file sizes before verifying to quickly spot obvious transfer errors
  • Auto Transfer - Added a Reveal Transferred Files in Finder option to the context menu
  • Auto Transfer - Confirms before cancelling and asks if you want to remove transferred files
  • Auto Transfer - Growl support
  • Auto Transfer - Can now play a sound when a transfer is complete
  • Auto Transfer - Customizable toolbar
  • Auto Transfer - Drop down with previously listed projects
  • Auto Transfer - Erase button is now situated away from the others to prevent accidental usage
  • Batch Renamer now ignores hidden files
  • Batch Renamer - Now indicates how many files will actually be renamed rather than the total number of files in the batch
  • Gamma Shift Detector - Fixed an issue that could cause it to erroneously report differences in color space metadata
  • Quick Bins - Fixed a crash that could occur if a smart range is created before the preview has finished generating
  • Quick Bins - Fixed a crash when adding a second smart bin
  • QT Edit - New Quick Task: Add timecode track from EXIF data in THM file
  • Render Watcher - Support for Premiere CS5.5
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Pro Media Tools 1.0.1 (Apr 26, 2011)

  • Support for Adobe Premiere CS5 for Mac
  • Auto Transfer - Fixed an issue where multiple copies of the application could be launched in Auto Mode
  • Auto Transfer - Fixed an issue where progress bars may not start at zero
  • Batch Renamer - Speed improvements and memory improvements when dragging in a folder with a large number of files inside
  • Batch Renamer - Fixed an issue where Add Suffix would place the text at the beginning instead of the end
  • Batch Renamer no longer adds an underscore separator character when adding a prefix or suffix. To regain this functionality, type the underscore in the prefix or suffix text itself.
  • Batch Renamer - Fixed a crash when removing frame numbers
  • Edit Detector - Left and right arrow keys now step through the movie
  • Edit Detector - Thumbnails can now be switched off for improved performance
  • Edit Detector - The sensitivity slider now behaves more predictably
  • Edit Detector - Added a button to manually insert an edit point (shortcut key N)
  • Quick Bins - Added a Send to FCP button on the toolbar
  • Quick Bins - Fixed an issue where it would try to send data to FCP when trying to save a standalone XML file
  • Render Watcher - Added a button in the preferences dialog to test email configuration
  • Render Watcher - Presets for common email providers
  • Render Watcher - Support for specifying custom email ports
  • Render Watcher - Fixed an issue where email passwords would not save correctly
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements