PlumePack

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Changelog

2.4.2 (Current version) - 28 November 2024

  • macOS : PlumePack Installer is now packaged as a .DMG file with a nice interface, simply double click on the download .DMG file and run the .pkg installer that shows up in the mounted DMG. The installer also creates an Autokroma folder inside /Applications/ with a PlumePack Uninstaller and a link to PlumePack Settings and License popup so you can more easily access them like any other macOS Application
  • Fixed in PlumePack Process:
    • Explicit Error : when transcript is used on files and the file is relocated to another path after that

2.4.1 - 29 October 2024

  • Main PlumePack Features and Improvements:
    • When selecting sequences to consolidate, you can now display them in lines OR in grid (default is "in lines")
  • Fixed in PlumePack Process:
    • Because of some special offline clips in the project, the analysis could fail

2.4.0 - 24 October 2024

  • Main PlumePack Features and Improvements:
    • Support for Premiere Pro 2025 / v25 and macOS 15 Sequoia
    • New Option: "Trim if file has an Alpha Channel" to be able to avoid trim of such files
    • New Option: "Only Process Used Angle in Multicam Sequence" to be able now to disable this option, so for the same trimmed time inside a Multicam Sequence, you will still be able to select between other takes
    • Trimming is now MUCH faster when original files are on Slow Drives (like network drives) and have not variable framerate. With this change, time spent for a whole process on a a big project has been recorded from 27h to 10min !
    • Improved keyframe detection in H264 / H265 codecs, resulting in smaller files trimmed
    • Add copy support for Panasonic P2 Media Folder Structure, used with DV Codec Media for example. So it well copies Audio but also XML, XMP, and BMP file dependencies
    • As First B-Frames can not be trimmed, when those frames are not used setting Handles will not add those frames (before it was creating a Trim error and the file was copied)
    • New Option : "Omit First B-Frames if Necessary (Black Frame Risk)" to be able to force trimming when First B-Frames are used and making those frames black in the project
  • Blackmagic RAW from 3.6.1 to 4.3 - Adds Trimming support for .braw clips recorded with:
    • Blackmagic PYXIS 6K
    • Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K LF
    • Panasonic GH7
    • Panasonic S5D
    • Fujifilm GFX100S II
    • Fujifilm X-T50
    • Fujifilm X-M5
  • Fixed in PlumePack Process:
    • Hidden Error: Some Timecodes metadata ("Media Start" metadata in Premiere Pro) could be wrong after trimming. It could result in shifted clips while relinking original footage by trimmed footage by hand.
    • Hidden Error: Trimmed Footages from original with premultiplied alpha channel are considered with straight alpha channel, which can result in a different aspect. In such case, PlumePack now forces the trimmed footage to be considered as premultiplied by changing the value in "Interpret footage", so the trimmed project looks the same. However when importing the trimmed file another time or in another software, it will still be considered with Straight Alpha. A warning should be now present in the final report for this case.
    • Explicit Error: Fixed issue while trimming files with .mkv or .webm extensions (which can be trimmed with the special PlumePack Beta Codecs option)
    • Explicit Error: Having .mp3 files in the project could result with warning about process being longer than usual
    • Explicit Error: Some errors could happen when using Audio Remixed Clips from latest Premiere Pro v24
    • Explicit Error: Some Markers in the Project could involve error
    • Explicit Error: Trimming R3D files, .RMD sidecar file could prevent the file to be trimmed when located on some external drive
    • Explicit Error: "Recursion in PP_fillFinalRelativePathAndFilename" Red error when a file path was too long for the OS filesystem
  • The PlumePack .txt report can not be imported in the final project anymore, due to Premiere Pro 2025 issues while importing it. The option for that has been removed.

2.3.3 - 29 April 2024

  • Main PlumePack Features and Improvements:
    • New Premium Option for Only Copy and No Process: "ByPass Trimming Estimation": if enabled PlumePack will skip Trimming Estimation Analysis steps and speed up the process
  • Improvements in PlumePack:
    • Some rare errors need a manual fix of the project by the user, otherwise Premiere Pro prevents PlumePack to do some actions. Now PlumePack clearly indicates if this is needed and redirect to an online article explaining how to proceed
  • Fixed in PlumePack Process:
    • Hidden Error: an offline media with transcript was not recognized as offline, and so copied by PlumePack
    • Hidden Error: If a media was used partially in Premiere Pro and as an AE Comp dependency, and if the "Remove Unused" option was not used, the media was trimmed instead of being excluded from trimming because used in the AE Comp
    • Explicit Error: Some Shift Issue could be wrongly reported, resulting in error message in final report
    • Excplicit Error: For audio only file, some issues could occur during trimming

2.3.2 - 27 February 2024

  • BRAW SDK updated to 3.6.1 - Adding Trim Support for .braw clips recorded with:
    • Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K
    • Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K G2
    • Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K OLPF
    • Panasonic GH5S, BGH1, Lumix G9II, Lumix GH6, LUMIX S5II and S5IIX
    • Fujifilm X-S20, GFX100 II
  • R3D SDK updated to 8.5.0:
    • Fixing trim issues with R3D files recorded on RED ONE
    • Adding trim support for V-RAPTOR [X] .R3D files
  • Fixed in PlumePack Process:
    • Explicit Error: during Project Control when a nested sequence was used partially, some items were unused inside and others needed to be cut in multiple parts because of the parent use
    • Explicit Error: when using the "Each Timeline Clip into a unique file" Trim Mode and trimming GOP codecs into multiple files
    • Explicit Error: when an unknown Premiere Pro error was happening when replacing a clip by PlumePack, the full PlumePack process was aborted. Now it goes to the end and well report the error with description

2.3.1 - 29 December 2023

  • Fixed in PlumePack Process:
    • Hidden Error: Audio Remix Clip could be broken after a successful PlumePack Process, showing vertical bars on the clip
    • Explicit Error: rare error with Audio Remix Clip which lost link with old original clip

2.3.0 - 19 December 2023

  • Main PlumePack Features and Improvements:
    • The user can now select multiple "Main Sequences" to process with checkboxes. Nested sequences will be automatically processed recursively
    • When an error happens during Copy, Media Replacement, or Project Control: instead of aborting the process PlumePack now continues to the end and write the errors in the UI and report, so in case of a small errors the user can identify the error source and fix it manually
    • New Option for Trimming "Trim if Color Space Issues": MXF H264 files with profile "HIGH" could be affected by Color Space issues after trimming. They were already excluded from trimming, but now with this option you can force trimming on those files
    • New Transform Option "Move Project Item Multiple Parts To Sub-Bin": when a Project Item need to be duplicated into multiple ones (like when trimming into multiple parts), the user can now choose to place all those parts into a Sub-Bin or not
    • Project Item naming improved, especially when one Project Item needs to be duplicated in multiple parts by trimming
    • New Extension in Beta for trimming (Container) for .mkv and .webm files. Send us feedback if you trim those kind of files!
    • New Codec in Beta for trimming : Google VP9, FLAC and EAC3. Send us feedback if you trim those kind of codecs!
  • Toolbox Improvements:
    • UnMerge: UnMerged Timeline Clips are now reset to their original name
  • Fixed in PlumePack Process:
    • Explicit Error: when a trimmed media had a timeline clip with speed changed and reversed
    • Explicit Error: in a rare scenario when a Media has itself as attached proxy
    • Explicit Error: in a rare scenario with Merged Clip
    • Explicit Error: with media located in hidden folder (filepath with Slashdot)
    • Explicit Error: while trimming Variable Framerate Footage the Trimming Control was detecting a change in framerate which was actually normal
    • Hidden Error: Some HEVC/H265 files could be shifted after trimming, because of discarded frames at the beginning of the original files. It was happening with OBS recorded files for example
    • Hidden Error: For some files with AAC audio stream, the output file with re-encoded audio had poor audio quality. Now AAC output should be at least re-encoded with 128 kbps whatever the input bitrate
    • Hidden Error: For some specific files (like some DJI H265 MP4), the trimmed file thumbnail could be not displayed anymore in Explorer/Finder or other applications like Photomechanic

2.2.2 - 16 October 2023

  • Main PlumePack Improvements:
    • PlumePack now officially supported on Premiere Pro 24
    • New video codecs in Beta for Trimming: "NDI HX" and "vMix"
  • Fixed in PlumePack Process:
    • Explicit Trimming Error: when the video file had attached picture (generally used for thumbnail). The file can now be trimmed successfully, but the attached picture is now dropped in the trimmed file
    • Explicit Trimming Error: for some MXF files with the H265/HEVC codec. Fixed by remuxing to MOV those particular files (detected with specific "Profile")
    • Explicit Error: when an audio file had cover image
    • Explicit Error: when a file had issue with trimming and the issue was detected (especially files with multiple video streams)
    • Explicit Error: In some rare scenarios, some Project Item could be not set as Offline but original media still not found on disk, and that was involving error in the PlumePack process
    • Explicit Errors: some internal issues happening in really rare cases

2.2.1 - 4 September 2023

  • Main PlumePack Improvements:
    • R3D SDK Version updated to 8.4.0 - Fixing Trimming Issues on some R3D Footages
    • In Trim mode and not with the "One File Per Timeline Clip" mode, if a media is trimmed into multiple parts and if one part fails to be trimmed, the whole media will be copied and successful trimmed parts will be removed to minimize disk space as much as possible
  • Fixed in PlumePack Process:
    • Explicit Error: in MacOS when .aif were present in the project - but could also fix issues with other non trimmable extensions
    • Explicit Error: while trimming some CINEFORM footages (maybe other codecs were concerned) - Files were copied instead
    • Explicit Error: with Trimming enabled, when some nested or multicam sequence had some tracks locked

2.2.0 - 21 August 2023

  • Main PlumePack New Features and improvements:
    • H264/H265 now Out of Beta for Trimming ! Thanks to our users which sent us sample files, we updated our Trim Engine to fix numerous issues happening while trimming those files !
    • New Filter Option "Only Process Media Outside of Project Parent Folder": so you can save copy time and be sure all files used in your project are on the same folder
    • New Option for Trimming "Do Not Remux To Mov If Needed": In order to solve some of the trimming issues, some files could need to be remux from MXF to MOV. The extension will change, but it is not a re-encoding and so the frames keep their exact same qualities !
    • New option for Trimming "Do Not Trim Audio-Only Files": Make sure media with only audio streams are not trimmed during the PlumePack process
    • New Option for "No Media Process" mode: "Remove Productions References" to make your project fully independent from other projects
    • Checkbox Option "Copy Only Proxies" becomes now a choice between "Copying Only Proxies", "Copying Only Proxies OR Main Media if no Proxy attached", or "Copy Main Media AND Proxies if attached"
    • When using the "Filename: use Project Panel Item Name" option, AE Comp dependencies which are not imported in the PrPro project are renamed from the AEComp Project Item followed by original filename
    • When using the "Filename: use Project Panel Item Name" option, copied Proxies are also renamed from the Project Item name
    • Improved Details in UI Panel Feedback (Analysis and PlumePack Process) and final report
    • Improved Progress Bar by mentioning which file is processed/copied/trimmed so it can reveals faulty network issues like corrupted files really long to copy/trim through network
  • Fixed in PlumePack Process:
    • Explicit Error: ProRes/DNxHD/HAP/Cineform/RLE/H264/H265/MPEG-2(XDCam) Trimming various Issues
    • Explicit Error: when trimming Image Sequence with associated Audio shorter than Video
    • Explicit Error: In some rare case with "Cut Timeline Clips" option enabled
    • Explicit Error: When having Remix Clip Rendered and Replaced, in case option "Keep Only Chosen Sequence and Deps" is not used and audio clip is trimmed
    • Explicit Error: When using "One File Per Timeline Clip" mode with AEgraphic file used multiple times - Error will not happen anymore and AEgraphics will only be copied once in this mode (limitation)
    • Explicit Error: When output Filepath was too long for the OS - now it finishes the whole process and indicates which files are concerned and have not been processed
    • Explicit Error: When a R3D file failed to be trimmed (because of various reason like corrupted media), the next ones were also declared on error by mistake
    • Freezed Process (never finishing): If a media could not be copied for various reason, PlumePack was freezed
    • Fixed Timecode Issues while trimming ProRes, DNxHD, HAP, Cineform, H264, H265
    • Fixed Slight Audio Shifts which could happen with ProRes, DNxHD, HAP, Cineform, H264, H265
  • Special Notes:
    • Thanks to all our users which sent us Video samples ! Thanks to your files, we updated our Trimming Engine to a better and more robust version
    • There is still an issue with MXF H264 file with profile "HIGH": Color Space was changed during trimming resulting in a different output color. We disabled trimming for those clips for now. If you have such files, please send us some samples !

2.1.3 - 25 May 2023

  • Fixed panel loading issue introduced in 2.1.2

2.1.2 - 27 April 2023

  • Main PlumePack New Features and improvements:
    • An estimated size is given for each trimmed part of a media after the Analysis and the final size is given at the end of the process in "Detailed Analysis Info" section
    • BRAW SDK Version updated to 2.8 - Adding Trimming Support for Fujifilm XH2s, Fujifilm X-H2, ZCam E2, E2-M4, E2-S6, and E2-F6 BRAW clips captured by Blackmagic Video Assist
    • Improved final report by mentioning that an AE Comp dependency has not been copied because not found on disk
  • Fixed in PlumePack Process:
    • Explicit Error: In some rare case with After Effect Composition.
    • Explicit Error: Raise limitation for Image Sequence to 100 000 images instead of 1 000
    • Explicit Error: Fix error in Analysis for some projects
    • Explicit Error: Support Captions Preset File
    • Explicit Error: Error with cut Timeline Clips options with Linked Project Items
    • Explicit Error: In rare case when using Remix Clip with Audio Original Project Item removed

2.1.1 - 1 February 2023

  • Fixed issue when pasting license in macOS. An error message was displayed: "Clipboard does not contain text information"

2.1.0 - 20 January 2023

  • Main PlumePack New Features and improvements:
    • New Media Process Mode: "No Process" to filter/clean your project without copying/trimming your media. You can also use it to filter/clean your project with PlumePack and then transcode with the native Project Manager
    • New Copy Process Option: "Only Copy Proxies" so only Proxies and not main media should be copied (Advanced Copy Settings)
    • Changed workflow with Offline clips: if Main media is offline but Proxy is present + Media Process is Copy + "Include Proxies" is used, then the proxies are copied instead of ignored. Especially useful when an editor works only with proxies and PlumePack its project before transferring it.
  • New Toolbox Feature:
    • New Tool: "Reorder your Sequence Track" if you want to easily reorder your tracks in the current selected sequence !
  • Fixed in PlumePack Process:
    • Hidden Error: When trimming the same audio in multiple parts, some of the Timeline Clips could have their "Audio Gain" reset to 0
  • Updated macOS minimum version from 10.14 (Mojave) to 11.0 (Big Sur)

2.0.7 - 2 December 2022

  • Windows:
    • You can run our Install and Uninstaller .exe in command line like this: 'start "Autokroma" /wait /b "InstallerOrUninstaller.exe" /S', for our uninstaller you can pass an argument to specify which product to uninstall like this: '-Uninstall_PlumePack'. Do not forget to run your Terminal as Administrator, otherwise you will need user interaction to confirm the Administrator rights prompt. This also works using Microsoft SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager) to automate deployment
  • Toolbox Improvements:
    • UnMerge: New UnMerged Project Items are now reset to their original name
  • Fixed in PlumePack Process:
    • Hidden Error: When Trimming was on error for a media (so media copied instead) HoldFrame, Keyframes and Clip Markers could be shifted

2.0.6 - 2 November 2022

  • Main PlumePack Improvements:
    • PlumePack Analysis and Replace performance improved
    • Media History is now cleared in the new PlumePack project. It avoids relinking issues when opening the project on another OS. If you want to keep it, please contact us !
  • Fixed in PlumePack Process:
    • Hidden Error: When using "One File Per Timeline Clip" option with Merged Clips, there were various errors. Now when using this option, Merged Clip files will be not duplicated per timeline clip
    • Explicit Error: When a Timeline Clip was linked to more than one Project Item from the same media
    • Explicit Error: When a plugin effect parameter was called "Opacity"
    • Explicit Error: When the project or media original path contained invisible special chars

2.0.5 - 21 September 2022

  • Main PlumePack Improvements:
    • Added Copy and Trim Support for .ari image sequence (ARRIRAW) (ARRIRAW MXF or mov extension can not be trimmed though)
    • Added Support for copying Audition Original Audio media if not used anymore and if "Remove Unused" is not set
    • Added Support for Caption Track "Master Style": kept when using "Remove Unused Items" option
    • R3D SDK Version updated to 8.3.1 - Adding Trimming Support for V-RAPTOR XL camera footages
    • BRAW SDK Version updated to 2.6 - Adding Trimming Support for Fujifilm XH2s BRAW clips captured by Blackmagic Video Assist
  • Fixed in PlumePack Process:
    • Hidden Error: When a Timeline Media clip was used as an "Adjustment Layer" multiple times with "Each Timeline Clip into a unique file" option (Copy or Trim), then some Timeline clips could loose their "Adjustment Layer" property
    • Explicit Error: because of a PrPro bug with "Master Style" Project Item referenced in the project without being part of any Bin
    • Explicit Error: when an Audition Original Audio Project Item was removed and PlumePack was launched
    • Explicit Error: when a media was used more than 100 times in a project
    • Explicit Warning: When using image Media multiple times with "Each Timeline Clip into a unique file" option (Copy or Trim), some new Project Items created could stay in a "Subclip" mode
    • Original Size of the project reported was not good at the end of consolidation when some trimming actions were on error (and files were copied instead)
  • Other Fix:
    • MacOS: Red Error in Premiere Pro when launching the "Settings and License" popup

2.0.4 - 29 August 2022

  • Main PlumePack Fixed:
    • Hidden Error: MacOS - Some chars could be removed in the final folder structure, when based on the Premiere Pro bin structure
    • Explicit Error: Image Sequence trimming when there was no prefix in filename (like: 001.png, 002.png, ..)
    • Explicit Error: Using "Remove Unused Items" and "Removing Unused Elements in Nested Sequences" when Graphics were used outside of used nested sequence
    • Explicit Error: Special data elements like CSV were not supported - Those elements are now well copied and replaced if "Removed Unused" is not set
    • Explicit Error: When some special chars like "&", "<",">",.. were used in any Bin or Project Item name
    • Explicit Error: When Image was imported as image alone and Image Sequence
    • Explicit Error: On rare projects when a media was imported multiple times
    • Explicit Error: When a Trim Selected process was launched after a Consolidation Process
    • trimming progress bar being stuck for BRAW trimming
  • Toolbox Fixed:
    • UnMerge process being stuck and never finishing

2.0.3 - 10 July 2022

  • BRAW 2.5 Support, supporting BRAW files trimming from new Camera / Recorders
  • Fixed:
    • Explicit Error: BRAW trimmed into multiple parts
    • Explicit Error: Clips processed by the new Premiere Pro Remix Tool were not supported
    • Explicit Error: Keyframes on Audio Tracks or Mix were not supported
    • R3D file Trim Error: When trimmed into multiple parts with a big part and unique filename option enabled
    • file size reported in UI was wrong after consolidation when computing multiple R3D/BRAW files footage, resulting of bigger project size reported

2.0.2 - 24 June 2022

  • Fixed Explicit Error during Analysis with Auto Generated Transcription clips
  • Fixed Explicit Error when an Image Sequence was used in a Timeline with a different Frame Rate

2.0.1 - 20 June 2022

  • Fixed:
    • Explicit Error for new users - Some initialization steps could be wrong and a red error was displayed on the panel
    • Explicit Error when using the option 'Cut Timeline Clip if needed for Disk Optimization' for some timeline configurations
    • Explicit Error when some Data Media like .srt files were imported into the project

2.0.0 - 12 June 2022

  • Lots of new features for PlumePack V2: Data Structure modes, Multicam trimming, Toolbox with new independent features and fast Project Analysis ! Send us your feedback here: www.autokroma.com/contact
  • Improvements:
    • Project Analysis has been greatly optimized and can be up to 20 times faster, especially on big projects
    • The Analysis in the PlumePack Panel UI is now updated at the end of the process, so it is the same to look at the report txt file or directly look at the PlumePack Panel UI
    • AE Comp Dependencies are not copied multiple times if referenced in different AE Comps linked to the same project
    • New Sequence Tree Structure in Analysis - Showing explicitly which sequences are taken into account under a 'Tree' display. You can also click on the timeline icon next to your timeline name to open it from there !
    • New Folder Structure in Analysis - Showing explicitly how the final structure will be after the PlumePack process depending on the option used
    • For the 'One File Per Timeline Clip' mode, one timeline clip which can not be trimmed does not exclude other clips from the same media to be trimmed anymore
    • New option to disable the disk space available security, which can be useful if the script does not manage to get the real size (on some network spaces). This option is available from the "Settings and License" popup
  • New ToolBox Tab with Independent Features:
    • New Feature: Trim selected items - A quick tool to trim some selected timeline clips, import the trimmed files and replace the selected timeline clips automatically
    • New Feature: UnMerge - Reverse the 'Merge Clip' process on your Project Items ! The clips in timeline from the original Merged Clips are linked to new Media Project Items automatically created. Can be applied on the whole project or just on selected Project Items
    • New Feature: Rename Tape Name metadata using Filename - Modify all or a selection of Project Items 'Tape Name' metadata to match the filename. Useful for relinking Media when the filename changed, especially after a PlumePack process !
    • New Feature: Add empty space (defined by a frame number option) before all selected clips or all clips in timeline
  • New 'PlumePack It !' (Consolidation) Features:
    • New option: 'Give each Media a Unique Filename': Make sure every copied or trimmed Media has a Unique Filename in the consolidated project (without extension), even if not in the same final folder.
    • New option: 'Remove Unused parts of Nested Sequence': Clean unused part of nested sequences. If trimming is enabled and clips are used only partially, they are trimmed accordingly
    • New option: 'Remove Unused parts of Multicam': Clean unused part of Multicam sequences. If trimming is enabled and clips are used only partially, they are trimmed accordingly
    • New option: 'Data Structure Mode: Original Folder Structure on Disk': Organize your final media disk structure based on the original folder structure of your media
    • New option: 'Data Structure Mode: Flat Data Structure': Put all the copied and trimmed media in the same folder
    • New option: 'Cut Timeline Clip if needed for Disk Optimization': Export and cut a Media timeline clip used at different parts from a parent sequence into different parts. Especially useful when working with Multicam sequences !
    • New option: 'Media Root SubFolder Name': Choose a custom Folder Name for the Media Root Folder located next to the new PlumePacked prproj file.
    • New option: 'Place All Media into Root SubFolder': Create a Media Folder next to the new PlumePacked project and put every media inside
    • New option: 'Filename - Use Project Panel Item Name': Use the Premiere Pro Project Panel Item name as filename for the new PlumePacked Media
    • New option: 'Include Proxies': Copy and Replace Proxies of Media kept during the PlumePack process in a separate folder
  • New workflow with Offline Clips:
    • If a media has offline and online Project Items, the offline clips are ignored and not replaced during the PlumePack process. The online clips are trimmed and not excluded anymore from trimming
    • The offline clips are not copied anymore by PlumePack, even if found on disk
    • Offline Clips are removed from the new project like any other clips (depending on the Filter options and the Used state of the clips)
  • Fixed:
    • Explicit error on some projects
    • Explicit error happening when trim/copy mode is 'One File Per Timeline Clip' and when option 'Remove Unused Items' is disabled
    • Explicit error when an Image Sequence was used with the first image as Still Image and with the 'One File Per Timeline Clip' mode enabled

1.4.4 - 1 February 2022

  • Fixed:
    • Explicit Error in rare situations when several relative path ("../..") were given by Premiere Pro

1.4.3 - 31 January 2022

  • Improvements:
    • Productions: PlumePack removes now any "References" to other projects and any used Project Items belongs to the PlumePacked project. So no need to "Generate Source Clips" anymore before launching the process
    • The "More Info" which gives details per media in the analysis has been renamed and is now unfolded by default
  • Changes:
    • PlumePack does not use the Fraunhofer FDK AAC anymore and use its internal engine for encoding aac now (only when needed + corresponding option enabled) - Both encoders have a great quality and the difference is generally not audible
  • Fixed:
    • The "Generate Source Clips" PrPro feature does not work with Merged Clips, and so PlumePack could not work when Merged Clips were used as Reference in the Project in a Productions Context
    • Hidden Error: Media used in Graphic (through the Essential Graphic Panel) were not taken into account - They are now copied and excluded from trimming
    • Explicit error when a Merged Clip had a modified speed
    • Some final folder names could have a bad suffix "[object Object]" if multiple bins had the same name in the project

1.4.2 - 12 January 2022

  • Improvements:
    • Hold Frame clips are now supported for trimming
    • Added Original and Estimated Size for each media in Analysis per media details
  • Fixed:
    • Hidden error: shift could occur when using the "One File Per Timeline Clip" option for subclip with hard boundaries
    • Hidden error: Black clip with stripes when hold frame was used and trimmed in rare cases
    • Premiere Pro Crash when replacing media with a one frame trimmed media (when using Frame Hold and no handle for example), so now the minimum trim is 2 frames long
    • Explicit error if path was a proxy path for a Project Item and a Media Path for another Project Item
    • Explicit error if keyframes set on trimmed footage on rare cases
    • Explicit error if Hold Frame used
    • Some frames could be missing on some special H264/H265 footages, the error is now detected and the footage is copied instead

1.4.1 - 14 December 2021

  • Fixed:
    • Explicit error could happen when no license was registered
    • Explicit error when a "File Shortcut" was in the project, like for txt files
    • When copying only the project, some empty useless folders were created

1.4.0 - 8 December 2021

  • PlumePack Policy changed ! There is now a FREE version and a Premium version. As before, Premium unlocks the Trimming feature. More info about this policy change here: https://www.autokroma.com/blog/PlumePack-Policy-Change
  • Improvements:
    • When running PlumePack in "Copy" mode, the analysis has now a "Switch" button, showing you what trimming can do to your project and how much disk space you could save
    • The PlumePack final report is now automatically imported in the project at the end of the process, so it will be copied on the next PlumePack process
  • Fixed:
    • Explicit error when AEgraphics, AE comp or Merged Clips had some special characters in their filename
    • Final filename could be changed for media which had a ";" character in their filename

1.3.2 - 25 November 2021

  • Fixed:
    • Hidden error for "Each Timeline Clip into a unique file" mode: file dependencies could be not copied next to the file
    • Explicit error for "Each Timeline Clip into a unique file" mode: clips from a new project item could be reset
    • Explicit error for "Each Timeline Clip into a unique file" mode used with Merged Clips
    • Explicit error when a "Master Style" for text was present in the project
    • Explicit error when a project item has the same filepath than his proxy
    • When computing disk space in Analysis, the media dependencies were not taken into account, which could involve wrong values for Image Sequences, AE comps or AEgraphics
    • Hidden error for Subclip with speed modified which have been converted to source clip: outPoint used for trimming was wrong
  • Improvements:
    • New check of the trimmed media duration, which avoids a bug for some H.265 files (Some frames could be missing from the trimmed media)
    • New internal check for the length of a clip in timeline, which avoids a bug because of a Premiere Pro issue giving wrong information

1.3.1 - 15 November 2021

  • Fixed:
    • Error when User Options were missing when loading the panel (first use of PlumePack)

1.3.0 - 11 November 2021

  • New Feature:
    • The "One Output for One Timeline Clip" mode is now extended to copied files. With this option you are sure that each clip in your timeline references a unique media file. Can be useful for batch sending pieces of the edit to different colorists / VFX and keep everything well separated. Note: audio clips linked to their video clip are not concerned with this feature.
  • Improvements:
    • The UI has been changed and the options have been separated into 2 different categories: "Media Process" and "Filter"
    • The handle slider is not linear anymore, which makes it easier to set for small numbers between 0 and 100
    • Messages at the top explaining more in depth how to report a bug when logs are enabled
  • Fixed:
    • The Project Items and Track Items now keep their original name and colors after the PlumePack Process
    • Fixed error when a file was copied with keyframes on it
    • Some trimmed files could loose their internal aspect ratio metadata (for example Anamorphic videos), resulting in a different footage interpretation in Premiere Pro if default file interpretation was set for those footages
  • Other
    • H264 Codec is back in Beta after some issues found with trimming
    • Be careful when you enable H265 Codec in Beta: some shifts have been observed on trimmed files

1.2.9 - 31 October 2021

  • Fixed:
    • Panel could be impossible to open in MacOS

1.2.8 - 21 October 2021

  • Improvements:
  • Fixed:
    • Clip Shifted when the PlumePacked project was just converted from an old version of Premiere Pro and not saved in between
    • Error when a Merged Clip got Clip Markers
    • Error when analyzing/consolidating a project the first time with only one sequence option used

1.2.7 - 13 October 2021

  • New article about all the limitations of PlumePack and details here https://www.autokroma.com/blog/PlumePack-Limitations-Known-Issues
  • Fixed:
    • Error when a Media with Markers or Keyframes on the ProjectItem was copied
    • Error when a keyframe was set on an Audio Track
    • Error which could happen at the first launch of PlumePack (Analysis or Consolidation), especially when working with Merged Clips
    • Error when an AE or AEgraphic file dependency was not copied successfully (which could be harmless) - Warning is set in the final report for this case
    • Error when a Copy Action was not successful - the process is finished with error on final report

1.2.6 - 8 October 2021

  • Fixed Important Bug: .mxf files trimmed with different start time had its Audio timeline Clip removed
  • Improvements:
  • Some effects are now excluded from trimming because they were involving bugs after replacement (media are copied instead):
    • (Native) Timewarp
    • (Native) Echo
    • (Native) Posterize Time
    • (Native) Pixel Motion Blur
    • (3rd party Plugin) Twixtor
  • Fixed:
    • Error which could happen while Analyzing/Consolidating a project the first time
    • Audio transition could be removed when an empty audio clip was removed because of the SlowMo Issue, the media is now excluded from trimming in this case

1.2.5 - 23 September 2021

  • We found a bug with keyframes and clip markers which could be shifted when using trimming. We disabled temporarily media trimming when a clip in timeline has keyframes or markers (the media is excluded from trimming and copied instead) and we plan to release a real bug fix in the next version. Please update as soon as possible to avoid the keyframe/marker shift !
  • New "Notification" button in PlumePack to get all important news about the plugin but also global Autokroma news ! When one or multiple new unread notifications are available, the icon to show those notifications will change

1.2.4 - 31 August 2021

  • Fixed:
    • With Basic License, Trimming was not automatically disabled and it was involving error when launching PlumePack process
    • For videos with shorter audio stream than video stream Trimming was not always working (file was copied instead)
    • Fixed issue when replacing media with attached proxy on Premiere Pro version before 14.5
    • On Premiere Pro 14.0, Network project filepaths were on error
    • Total Project Size displayed in the analysis could be wrong when "Removed Unused Files" was not checked

1.2.3 - 21 August 2021

  • Fixed:
    • When using the same project item multiple times or when having different audio/video clip length in timeline, the "InPoint" and "OutPoint" computation could be wrong, resulting on trimmed files too short and stripes on some timeline items
    • Some trimmed wav files could involved "Replacement Error" in the final Report and a final "Critical Error" state
    • Critical Error when a Project Shortcut was present in the processed project
    • Very big projects could make the panel restart while consolidating due to memory issues. Memory used by PlumePack has been optimized and reduced for that
    • Not trimmed because used in a Merged Clip reason was not displayed on analysis and final report

1.2.2 - 12 August 2021

  • Improvements:
    • Loading feedback added for Sequences Dropdown List
    • Loading of the panel on big projects is faster
  • Fixed:
    • When a unknown trim problem was happening, it could involve the full process to fail. Now the file which is in trimming error is copied instead and the process ends normally
    • Issues while analyzing project in really special conditions, resulting in errors while copying and trimming
    • AVI Trimming issue in rare conditions

1.2.1 - 8 July 2021

  • Improvements:
    • R3D 8.0.3 library used
    • Trimming supported for AVI container which can be used for the supported codecs Cineform, HAP, MPEG-2 (XDCAM) and Motion JPEG
    • When using the "Keep only Chosen Sequence and Deps" option, the consolidation process is much quicker on some projects
  • Fixed:
    • Error in panel when trimming some R3D files and BRAW files from 1.2.0
    • Error in panel when filepath contained special characters
    • H264 Trimming with mp4 container and uncompressed Audio
    • Some H.264 interlaced files were changed after trimming in some ways that they could be not well interpreted by some NLEs or Players

1.2.0 - 2 July 2021

  • New Trim Features:
    • New default behavior: Multiple output parts for one file. Better optimization of how clips are trimmed when coming from the same source. Really useful for interviews, conferences, long continuous shootings etc.!
    • New option: "Force One Output File per Input File": Gives access to old trim behavior, only one trimmed file is created for each media based on min/max use along the project.
    • New option: "One Output File for Each Timeline Clip" for a specific kind of workflow, which needs that every timeline clip comes from a unique media source (even if duplicated)
    • Support clips with Speed Changed, Speed Reversed.
    • Support clips with Footage Interpreted
    • Support Subclip without hard boundaries
    • H264 is no more a "Beta Codec", and so doesn't need anymore the "Trim New Codecs in Beta" option for being trimmed.
  • New Copy Features:
    • Merged Clips, AEgraphics and AE comps are now automatically relinked into Premiere Pro. For AE Comp, media dependencies are copied but not relinked into the AE comp for now
  • Other Improvements:
    • Introducing PlumePack Factors: 3 numbers to evaluate how much PlumePack reduces the size of your project
    • More information available per media in the Panel Analysis
    • Media info in Analysis and Sequence names in the Sequence Dropdown are now sorted by alphabetical order
    • BRAW 2.1 library used for Trimming
  • Fixed:
    • Error when "Re-encode Audio if necessary" Trimming options was disabled
    • Error when the project was on some kind of network drive in Windows
    • Error when some pictures were imported from Premiere Rush
    • Error when DNxHD with alpha channel was trimmed
    • Error when project was exported at the root folder of a disk
    • Error when audio music file was containing the cover image
    • Error when Premiere Pro bin name finished with a dot
    • BRAW Files could not be trimmed if recorded as SlowMotion with Audio length different than Video

1.1.2 - 12 May 2021

  • Fixed:
    • Error when active project was changing during the consolidation process.
    • Error when AEgraphics or AE composition item was unused and "Remove Unused Items" option was set to false
    • Conflicts issues when BRAW Studio Panel and PlumePack Panel were both opened at the same time.

1.1.1 - 29 April 2021

  • Fixed: PlumePack had an error when Preview Files were missing.

    1.1.0 - 16 April 2021

    • New Codecs supported for Trimming:
      • Image Sequence (.PNG, .JPG, .TIFF etc.)
      • .DNG CinemaDNG Image Sequence with .WAV sound
      • Files with closed captions if "Drop Metadata Stream" user option is enabled. The closed captions will be lost but the file will be trimmed. Contact us if you need to keep them in the trimmed files.
      • The following are only added in Beta for now, you will need to enable the new Beta user option to test then. Please send us your feedback !
      • [.MOV, .MP4, .MXF] H.264 AVC
      • [.MOV, .MP4, .MXF] H.265 HEVC
      • [.MOV] Apple QuickTime Animation RLE
      • [.MOV] XDCAM
    • New Features:
      • User option for Beta test: to be able to test trimming on new codecs !
      • User option: "Trim InPoint when rounding issues on clip". This issue only happen when your media framerate is different than the sequence framerate: some frames (not all) could be shifted to the next or previous one. You can disable this option to get the exact same frames before and after. More information in the Panel documentation tab.
      • Premiere Pro support extended, now compatible from v14.0 (first version of 2020)
      • Target .prproj folder is automatically opened in Windows Explorer / macOS Finder when PlumePack is finished
      • User options preferences are now saved from one session to another and you can reset the option to their default values with a new button
    • Improvements:
      • Global stability
      • Project Analysis is much faster and has an improved design
      • An error on one file has less chance to stop the whole process
      • There are now quick tooltips to understand what each option does
      • Offline files not found on disk are now mentioned in the Analysis details and report
      • UI final feedback improved
      • Updated to BRAW SDK version 2.1.beta4, supporting new .BRAW files from latest BMD Cameras and Video Assist
      • .BRAW2 Dual Card files are now copied along the source .BRAW file (like for RED .R3D files)
    • Fixed:
      • Some projects were stuck during Analysis, and the project is not saved multiple times per sequence anymore
      • PlumePack was not working on some projects with MultiCam Clips or MultiChannel Audio tracks
      • Some files could be not trimmed because of Audio AAC
      • Do not show MultiCam clip in sequence dropdown list
      • .R3D footage with multiple files was failing while relinking
      • .DNG with .WAV sound were impossible to copy
      • Logs created on big projects failed to be created

    1.0.2 - 8 March 2021

    • Bug fixed: when using PlumePack in TRIAL mode, the Analysis was not showing the trimming capabilities (always 0 media to trim)

    1.0.1 - 1 March 2021

    • Bugs fixed:
      • Fixed: previous 1.0.0 was not working since 1st March due to the old Beta time limitation code
      • Fixed: Audio .WAV Trimming
      • Fixed: Panel error when starting Premiere Pro with PlumePack immediately displayed (restarting the Panel was needed)

    1.0.0 - 16 February 2021

    • First Release of PlumePack for Windows and Mac - Adobe Premiere Pro from 14.4
    • Trimming of your media files (PlumePack Premium license):
      • Removing unused frames in the current project and replacing the project Items, keeping the original codec and quality for the used frames
      • Auto Trim Control: check for any lost metadata or important properties
      • Supports Premiere Pro Transitions
      • User Option: Disable Trim and copy files instead
      • User Option: Handle to add more frames (from 0 to 1000) at the bounds of the trimmed footages, before the in point and after the out point, just in case you need to slightly re edit afterwards
      • User Option: for video footage with compressed audio, trim video and re-encode the audio stream
      • User Option: for video footage with unknown Metadata streams (like GPS coordinates in GoPro), trim video anyway and drop the metadata stream
    • Container / Codecs available for Trimming
      • [.MOV] Apple ProRes (XQ, 4444, HQ, Normal, LT, Proxy) with and without Alpha
      • [.MOV] Apple ProRes RAW
      • [.BRAW] Blackmagic RAW
      • [.R3D] RED R3D
      • [.MOV] Cineform
      • [.MOV] DNxHD
      • [.MOV] Vidvox HAP
      • [.WAV] Linear PCM (Uncompressed)
      • Want more? Contact us!
    • Clean your project:
      • User Option: Remove any unused Project Item
      • User Option: Choose a sequence and Copy/Trim from it (removing anything which is not in this sequence OR in the nested subsequences of this chosen sequence)
    • Trimmed / Copied media will be organized in the final folder following Premiere Pro Project Panel bins structure
    • Full report generated at the end of the PlumePack Process
    • You can first analyze your project and check in details what PlumePack will do for the full process