PlumePack

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

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

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

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

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 100 : 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 !

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

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

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 Tool : "Reorder your Sequence Track" if you want to easily reorder your tracks in the current selected sequence !

Hidden Error : When trimming the same audio in multiple parts, some of the Timeline Clips could have their "Audio Gain" reset to 0

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

UnMerge : New UnMerged Project Items are now reset to their original name

Hidden Error : When Trimming was on error for a media (so media copied instead) HoldFrame, Keyframes and Clip Markers could be shifted

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 !

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

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

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)

MacOS : Red Error in Premiere Pro when launching the "Settings and License" popup

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

UnMerge process being stuck and never finishing

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

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

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 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 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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Hold Frame clips are now supported for trimming

Added Original and Estimated Size for each media in Analysis per media details

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Panel could be impossible to open in MacOS

Warning displayed at the panel opening when "Productions" is used with link to the Limitations article

PlumePack Process is now aborted after Analysis if Reference Clips are detected (Clip referencing Project Item from another project, happening in a Productions context). More info about what to do in this case here : https://www.autokroma.com/blog/PlumePack-Limitations-Known-Issues#special-case--project-used-in-a-productions-context

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

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

Added a new Project Control final step in the PlumePack process : the process will take a bit more time to run, but it will be safer for the final project

Keyframes are now supported for Media Trimming

Clip Markers are now supported for Media Trimming

PlumePack internal engine now natively supports Apple silicon (for example the M1 CPU). More info here https://www.autokroma.com/blog/Apple-Silicon-ARM-M1-Compatibility-with-Adobe-Creative-Cloud-Autokroma

(Native) Timewarp

(Native) Echo

(Native) Posterize Time

(Native) Pixel Motion Blur

(3rd party Plugin) Twixtor

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

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

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

Loading feedback added for Sequences Dropdown List

Loading of the panel on big projects is faster

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

[.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)

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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)