Version 4.2.12 (Apr 2025)

 
  • Bug fix for Spatial Audio recorded by iPhone 16

Version 4.2.11 (Jan 2025)

 
  • Critical bug fix for cases where mixed DTD version numbers can create FCPXML that cannot be imported into Final Cut Pro

Version 4.2.10 (Nov 2024)

 
  • Critical bug fix to read and process "Final Cut Pro Document" binary files exported from Final Cut Pro
  • Bug fix for keyboard commands invoked from the People or Keywords field
  • New feature: ignore hidden clips when importing an event from Final Cut Pro 11

Version 4.2.9 (Sep 2024)

 
  • Critical bug fix for adding new multicam clips to an existing event

Version 4.2.8 (Aug 2024)

 
  • Bug fix for "matchback" to reveal a clip inside a closed Event in the clips list

Version 4.2.7 (Jul 2024)

 
  • Bug fix to add all Final Cut Pro keywords that are anywhere within a text block's time range to the text block

Version 4.2.6 (Jul 2024)

 
  • New feature: a slider in Settings to control the maximum line length of captions and subtitles

Version 4.2.5 (May 2024)

 
  • Critical bug fix for cases where certain media file paths can create FCPXML that cannot be imported into Final Cut Pro

Version 4.2.4 (Apr 2024)

 
  • Critical bug fix for cases where mixed DTD version numbers can create FCPXML that cannot be imported into Final Cut Pro
  • Bug fix to support uppercased XML file extensions

Version 4.2.3 (Mar 2024)

 
  • Bug fix for text block highlighting in the Clip Logging view after merging text blocks

Version 4.2.2 (Jan 2024)

 
  • Bug fix for highlighting text blocks in stories containing spacer paragraphs

Version 4.2.1 (Jan 2024)

 
  • Bug fix for highlighting text blocks while playing a story (introduced in version 4.1.10)

Version 4.2 (Jan 2024)

 
  • New feature: Faster speech-to-text processing on Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) Macs by using GPU and Neural Engine cores

Version 4.1.11 (Dec 2023)

 
  • Critical bug fix for loading new clips into the preview player (introduced in v4.1.10)

Version 4.1.10 (Dec 2023)

 
  • Bug fixes for syncing the preview player with the selected text block after spliting or merging paragraphs
  • Bug fix for offline media warning dialog

Version 4.1.9 (Dec 2023)

 
  • Bug fix for the Transcript player loading and playing certain types of multicam clips

Version 4.1.8 (Dec 2023)

 
  • Bug fix to improve the accuracy of time stamps during speech-to-text transcriptions

Version 4.1.7 (Now 2023)

 
  • New feature: Text transcribed as [ Silence ] is detected and marked as rejected

Version 4.1.6 (Oct 2023)

 
  • New feature: links to the app's online help are shown at first launch

Version 4.1.5 (Jul 2023)

 
  • New feature: the "Send To Final Cut Pro" button no longer requires Final Cut Pro to be running
  • New feature: the scroller positions of the Selects and Storyline lists are maintained when returning from the Clip Logging view
  • Bug fix for clips with disabled audio channels
  • Bug fix to conform to the latest DTD when exporting for Final Cut Pro

Version 4.1.4 (Jul 2023)

 
  • Critical bug fix for a crash caused by saving out Premiere Pro XML in some cases
  • Bug fix for decoding characters in some Nordic languages
  • Bug fix for Norwegian speech-to-text transcriptions
  • Bug fix fix to support easier media access when Builder (the Lumberjack member version) documents are opened by Builder NLE (from the Mac App Store)

Version 4.1.3 (Jul 2023)

 
  • Critical bug fixes for some cases of failing to parse speech-to-text transcription from CSV files

Version 4.1.2 (Jul 2023)

 
  • Critical bug fix to avoid repeated sentences (caused by AI "hallucinations") during speech-to-text transcription
  • Critical bug fix for speech-to-text transcription that can prematurely end when parsing the transcription

Version 4.1.1 (Jul 2023)

 
  • Bug fix for "Add to Transcription Batch" menu item being disabled inappropriately

Version 4.1 (Jun 2023)

 
  • Note: This release no longer offers the option to use an external paid speech-to-text server
  • New feature: better punctuation from built-in speech to text
  • Improved alerts when media cannot be played
  • Bugfix: try an alternative parser when illegal characters are present in speech-to-text transcripts

Version 4.0.12 (May 2023)

 
  • Improved Finder-style sorting of event and clip names in the clips list

Version 4.0.11 (Apr 2023)

 
  • Critical bug fix for a potential crash when remaking voice-overs
  • Bug fix to allow clips added by drag-and-drop to be automatically added to the transcription batch window

Version 4.0.10 (Apr 2023)

 
  • Improved workflow when using transciption documents

Version 4.0.9 (Apr 2023)

 
  • New feature: Improved parsing of sentences from built-in speech to text using the Natural Language machine learning framework
  • Bug fix for when Show scroll bars is set to Always
  • Bug fix for a potential crash caused by splitting a paragraph

Version 4.0.8 (Mar 2023)

 
  • New feature: progress indicator (in 10% increments) for on-device transcription
  • Yet another new version of the on-device speech-to-text engine (with bugfixes)

Version 4.0.7 (Feb 2023)

 
  • New feature: option to auto-detect the language for on-device transcription
  • Bug fix for on-device transcription to Spanish

Version 4.0.6 (Feb 2023)

 
  • New feature: export all stories to a zipped Final Cut Pro X XML file
  • Yet another new version of the on-device speech-to-text engine (with reduced memory usage and improved timestamps)
  • Support for audio-only playback of synchronized clips from BRAW Toolbox for Final Cut Pro
  • Interface improvements for offline media

Version 4.0.5 (Jan 2023)

 
  • Yet another new version of the on-device speech-to-text engine (which improves transcription accuracy)
  • New feature: transcription notes (such as [inaudible]) are separated into their own text blocks

Version 4.0.4 (Jan 2023)

 
  • New version of the on-device speech-to-text engine (which fixes a bug that could cause repeated "phantom" paragraphs in transcripts)

Version 4.0.3 (Jan 2023)

 
  • Critical bug fix for truncated transcripts in some cases

Version 4.0.2 (Dec 2022)

 
  • Play-Through mode is used for playing both the clip transcripts and the storyline
  • In Preferences the Builder interface on macOS 10.14 or later can be set to always light mode, always dark mode, or automatic (which follows system settings)
  • Pressing the L key increases playback speed by 1½ times for each key press (while pressing the J key increases rewind speed by 2 times)
  • Interface refinements

Version 4.0.1 (Dec 2022)

 
  • New incremental update feature: a download of only 350 KB is needed to update from 4.0 to 4.0.1
  • Improved parsing of on-device transcriptions to support sentences ending inside quotes
  • Bug fix to ignore repeated sentences in on-device transcriptions
  • Various bug fixes

Version 4.0 (Dec 2022)

 
  • Transcription choices: in Preferences you can choose to either upload media to a speech-to-text server for transcription @ 25c per minute; or choose free transcriptions within Builder processed by your Mac
  • Newly imported clips are automatically added to the transcription batch window
  • Improved app updater framework
  • Various bug fixes

Version 3.2.6 (Oct 2022)

 
  • Bug fix for captions when building version 1.10 XML for Final Cut Pro

Version 3.2.5 (Oct 2022)

 
  • 16 New transcription langages added
  • Rewritten to use Apple native XML parsing
  • Bug fix for a spurious error message about missing media when the transcriptions list is empty

Version 3.2.4 (Oct 2022)

 
  • New feature: "Reconnect to Original Media" allows you to revert to the original media from your NLE to use for playback in Builder
  • Bug fix for a crash caused by an empty Voice-Over row

Version 3.2.3 (Oct 2022)

 
  • Bug fix for a potential crash when adding a voice-over

Version 3.2.2 (Oct 2022)

 
  • New feature: raise a warning when there are no event clips in the Final Cut Pro XML
  • New feature: raise a warning about projects and compound clips that were ignored on Final Cut Pro XML import
  • Bug fix for enabling/disabling trimming buttons in the Clip Logging View

Version 3.2.1 (Aug 2022)

 
  • New feature: raise a warning about multicam clips containing compound clips
  • Bug fix for "Play-Through" mode playing a filtered transcript

Version 3.2 (Jul 2022)

 
  • New feature: press F5 in the transcript filter fields to invoke auto-complete for People or Keywords searches. (If the filter field is empty, you'll get a pop-up menu of all People or Keywords in your document.)
  • Bug fix to support MP3 audio files

Version 3.1.10 (Jul 2022)

 
  • Bug fixes for "Play-Through" mode when filtering a transcript's text blocks

Version 3.1.9 (Jun 2022)

 
  • Bug fix for a potential crash caused by saving out fcpxml with Markers

Version 3.1.8 (May 2022)

 
  • New feature: press the M key to add a marker to the storyline
  • Bug fix for enabling and disabling the Add Marker button

Version 3.1.7 (May 2022)

 
  • New feature: keyboard equivalents can be used to display the Paper Color popup menu and select a color

Version 3.1.6 (Apr 2022)

 
  • Critical bug fix for a crash caused by tyring to save a zipped Final Cut Pro XML from the Clip Logging View
  • Bug fix for parsing transcript doucments containing Drop Frame timecodes

Version 3.1.5 (Apr 2022)

 
  • Improved interaction with the speech-to-text server (via to AlamoFire v5)
  • Bug fix for people and keywords not being added to text blocks in some cases

Version 3.1.4 (Feb 2022)

 
  • New feature: labels change to "Shared People:" and "Shared Keywords:" when multiple transcript rows are selcted
  • Bug fix for loading media from a Premiere Pro multicam sequence

Version 3.1.3 (Feb 2022)

 
  • New feature: support for Final Cut Pro multicam clips made from clips with Clip Ranges added
  • Bug fix to show audio files in the Connect to Preview Media... open dialog

Version 3.1.2 (Feb 2022)

 
  • New feature: an option to remove a clip's transcript from the clip
  • New feature: SRT files are broken into text ranges based on their subtitle groups
  • New feature: an option to save out a clip's transcript as an SRT file

Version 3.1.1 (Feb 2022)

 
  • Bug fix to support up and down arrow keys in Play-Through mode when the preview player is paused
  • Bug fix for diplaying timeode ranges in Play-Through mode
  • Bug fix for a FCPXML import error caused by duplicated formats

Version 3.1 (Feb 2022)

 
  • New feature: rewritten preview player in the Story Logging view for improved performance in Play-Through mode (which is now the default mode)
  • Bug fix for Play-Through mode to display people and keywords for the currently playing text block
  • Bug fix for a potential crash caused by "periodic time observer" on the Story Building view's preview player

Version 3.0.4 (Jan 2022)

 
  • New feature: batch adding and removing people or keywords on multiple selected text blocks in the Clip Logging view
  • Bug fix to check for a running NLE when Builder becomes the active application

Version 3.0.3 (Jan 2022)

 
  • Bug fix for potential crashes caused by clip name values

Version 3.0.2 (Jan 2022)

 
  • Bug fix for markers added to a voice-over or spacer row

Version 3.0.1 (Jan 2022)

 
  • Bug fix for resizing the Story View (introduced in version 3.0)
  • Bug fix to schedule autosave after changes to the transcript text blocks

Version 3.0 (Jan 2022)

 
  • New feature: add a marker to a text block in a storyline
  • Bug fix for a potenital crash when editing a transcript row
  • Bug fix for Final Cut Pro DTD validation failure due to duplicated resource IDs in some cases
  • Bug fix for captions in Final Cut Pro being flagged with "Captions cannot overlap in the timeline"

Version 2.5.13 (Jan 2022)

 
  • Bug fix for adding captions to projects being sent to Final Cut Pro 10.6.x

Version 2.5.12 (Jan 2022)

 
  • Critical bug fix for large transcription batches: clips are now uploaded one-at-a-time to prevent internet connection issues
  • Bug fixes for parsing transcripts for multicam clips with multiple clips in the active angle

Version 2.5.11 (Jan 2022)

 
  • Bug fix for parsing SRT files for certain multicam structures

Version 2.5.10 (Jan 2022)

 
  • Critical bug fix for missing audio when playing a text block (introduced in version 2.5.9)

Version 2.5.9 (Jan 2022)

 
  • Bug fix for File > Open... (caused by a mis-configured Info.plist file)

Version 2.5.8 (Dec 2021)

 
  • New feature: if a multicam clip in Final Cut Pro has been updated to add a new angle, re-importing the multicam's XML into Builder will update the clip's XML to include the new angle

Version 2.5.7 (Dec 2021)

 
  • Bug fix for potentially connecting to unplayable preview media URLs
  • New icon

Version 2.5.6 (Nov 2021)

 
  • Bug fix for a crash caused by "Copy clips from this document to another open document" in some cases

Version 2.5.5 (Nov 2021)

 
  • Bug fixes for version 1.10 XML exported from Final Cut Pro 10.6

Version 2.5.4 (Nov 2021)

 
  • New feature: most Builder functions can be used without an internet connection
  • Bug fix for dealing with an empty Email or Password saved to the Keychain

Version 2.5.3 (Sep 2021)

 
  • Bug fixes for determining disabled audio tracks in Final Cut Pro X multicam and synchronized clips
  • Bug fix for updating the transcription batch table when a clip is added

Version 2.5.2 (Sep 2021)

 
  • Bug fix for determining disabled audio tracks in Final Cut Pro X clips

Version 2.5.1 (Aug 2021)

 
  • Bug fix for saving a Story script that contains Spacer rows

Version 2.5 (Aug 2021)

 
  • New feature: a transcription batch can be set to use the "Detect speakers" option
  • Critical bug fix for a potential crash when updating the Batch Transcription table
  • Bug fix for selecting a single paragraph with handles
  • Bug fixes for detecting the DTD version in .fcpxml files

Version 2.4.7 (Jun 2021)

 
  • Critical bug fix for a crash when exporting audio-only stories

Version 2.4.6 (Jun 2021)

 
  • Critical bug fix for crashes that may be caused by background threads during export to MPEG-4 and speech-to-text processing

Version 2.4.5 (Apr 2021)

 
  • Critical bug fix for a crash when attempting to make thumbnails in some cases

Version 2.4.4 (Apr 2021)

 
  • Bug fix for Final Cut Pro X synchronized clips with rejected ranges applied
  • Bug fix for Premiere Pro multicam sequences with in and out points applied

Version 2.4.3 (Apr 2021)

 
  • Bug fixes for adding transcripts to Final Cut Pro X clips with rejected ranges applied
  • Bug fix for Premiere Pro clips with in and out points applied

Version 2.4.2 (Apr 2021)

 
  • Critical bug fix for a crash retrieving transcripts from the speech-to-text server
  • Bug fix to ignore the "UU" speaker name from the speech-to-text server
  • Bug fix for Final Cut Pro X clips with rejected ranges applied

Version 2.4.1 (Feb 2021)

 
  • New feature: raise an alert for clips that are longer than 2 hours
  • Bug fix for Final Cut Pro X multicams with rejected ranges applied

Version 2.4.0 (Feb 2021)

 
  • Critical bug fix to support return values from the speech-to-text server
  • Bug fix for importing Event XML into Final Cut Pro X
  • Bug fix to support some types of synchronized clip structures from Final Cut Pro X
  • Update code to Swift 5

Version 2.3.16 (Feb 2021)

 
  • Bug fix for parsing speaker names from SRT files

Version 2.3.15 (Feb 2021)

 
  • Bug fix for synchronized clips from Final Cut Pro
  • Bug fix to use original media if Final Cut Pro proxy media is missing

Version 2.3.14 (Dec 2020)

 
  • Re-written transcript document parser
  • Bug fix for submitting transcription jobs

Version 2.3.13 (Dec 2020)

 
  • Bug fix for submitting large batches of transcription jobs (by limiting the rate of job submission)
  • Bug fix to add captions to older versions of XML if installed Final Cut Pro version can support captions

Version 2.3.12 (Nov 2020)

 
  • Bug fix for Builder documents containing a mix of Final Cut Pro version 1.7/1.8 XML and version 1.9 XML

Version 2.3.11 (Sep 2020)

 
  • Improvements to finding proxy preview media clips
  • Bug fix for Premiere Pro multicam clips with in/out points
  • Bug fix for calculating clip durations in a story for Final Cut Pro X
  • Bug fix to remove invalid control characters from XML strings

Version 2.3.10 (Sep 2020)

 
  • Bug fix for adding Final Cut Pro X keywords onto Clips in an Event

Version 2.3.9 (Aug 2020)

 
  • Critical bug fix for sending a Project to Final Cut Pro X version 10.4.9

Version 2.3.8 (Jul 2020)

 
  • Bug fix for slow loading of certain media file types into the preview players

Version 2.3.7 (Jul 2020)

 
  • Bug fixes for audio-only exports

Version 2.3.6 (Jul 2020)

 
  • Critical bug fix for a crash caused by building an audio-only sequence for Premiere Pro

Version 2.3.5 (Jul 2020)

 
  • New feature: support for .m4a (MPEG-4 audio) files as audio-only preview media
  • New feature: when loading text blocks into the preview player, if second system audio is missing, Builder will use camera audio
  • Bug fixes for Connect to Preview Media...

Version 2.3.4 (Jul 2020)

 
  • Critical bug fix for detecting whether the speech-to-text server is online

Version 2.3.3 (Jun 2020)

 
  • Bug fix for changing paper colors
  • Bug fix for DTD version number in FCPX XML

Version 2.3.2 (May 2020)

 
  • Bug fix for adding transcripts to clips with an out point set in PPro

Version 2.3.1 (May 2020)

 
  • Bug fix for clips trimmed with rejected ranges or in/out points

Version 2.3 (May 2020)

 
  • New feature: "Print the Story script" option to print with either paper colors or a white background
  • Bug fix for escaping invalid characters in a person's name
  • Improved 'read-only' error message in Sparkle framework

Version 2.2.9 (Jan 2020)

 
  • Bug fix for creating story XML for FCPX

Version 2.2.8 (Jan 2020)

 
  • Bug fixes for creating FCPX XML containing clips trimmed with rejected ranges
  • Bug fix for SRT files containing an Event with an empty string
  • Bug fix for parsing PPro clips with markers
  • Support for parsing PPro markers with durations into paragraph keywords

Version 2.2.7 (Dec 2019)

 
  • New feature: Copy transcripts from selected text ranges in the Story Building view
  • Bug fixes for Final Cut Pro X multicams with multiple angle clips

Version 2.2.6 (Dec 2019)

 
  • New feature: In Final Cut Pro X, rejected ranges at the clip's head and/or tail will trim the clip for Builder
  • New feature: In Premiere Pro CC, setting a clip's in point and/or out point will trim the clip for Builder
  • New feature: Help > Install Metadata View
  • New languages for automatic speech-to-text: Arabic, Mandarin, Norwegian, Turkish
  • Bug fix for voice-overs in Premiere Pro sequences

Version 2.2.5 (Dec 2019)

 
  • Bug fix to support trimmed clips in Final Cut Pro X multicam angles

Version 2.2.4 (Dec 2019)

 
  • New feature: when sending a Project back to Final Cut Pro X, the Event clips will also be updated to include Favorites, Rejecteds, Keywords and transcript Notes
  • Critical bug fix for potential multicam duplicates when exporting to Final Cut Pro X

Version 2.2.3 (Dec 2019)

 
  • Bug fix to support preview media loading into the player when selecting a clip
  • Bug fix for retrieving submitted transcripts
  • Bug fix for cleaning up strings copied-and-pasted into the My Account fields

Version 2.2.2 (Nov 2019)

 
  • Bug FCPX multicam angles containing multiple clips
  • Bug fix to randomize resource ID numbers

Version 2.2.1 (Nov 2019)

 
  • Bug fix for trimmed clips on FCPX multicam angles
  • Bug fix for a crash caused by FCPX multicam with no active audio angle

Version 2.2 (Nov 2019)

 
  • New Speech-to-Text service with English spelling options and advanced punctuation
  • Bug fix for matchback to Clip Logging view
  • Bug fix for maintaining a single paragraph selection in the Selects list

Version 2.1.12 (Nov 2019)

 
  • Critical bug fix for loading audio from FCPX asset-clips

Version 2.1.11 (Nov 2019)

 
  • Bug fix for saving out transcripts when there's no speaker applied
  • Bug fix for a crash when saving out Story XML in some cases
  • Bug fix for "Connect to Preview Media" with .r3d files
  • Reformatted layouts for saving out transcripts or scripts

Version 2.1.10 (Oct 2019)

 
  • Critical bug fix for a crash caused by adding a first story
  • Ignore MP3 files

Version 2.1.9 (Oct 2019)

 
  • Bug fix for a crash caused by a storyline containing only voice-overs
  • Bug fix for checking speech-to-text server status

Version 2.1.8 (Oct 2019)

 
  • Critical bug fix for a crash caused by audio-only media

Version 2.1.7 (Oct 2019)

 
  • New feature: a single selected text block in the Clip Logging view is highlighted in context when going to the Story Building view
  • New feature: Stories popup menu is sorted alphabetically
  • Bug fix for Final Cut Pro X DTD validation failure caused by clips with a text-style-def element

Version 2.1.6 (Sep 2019)

 
  • New feature: Copy clips (and their transcripts, people, keywords, ratings etc.) to another open Builder document
  • New feature: Popovers for "Add a new Story", "Duplicate Story", and "Rename Story"
  • Bug fix for slower paragraph loading into player

Version 2.1.5 (Sep 2019)

 
  • Bug fix to support certain synchronized clip structures from Final Cut Pro X

Version 2.1.4 (Sep 2019)

 
  • Bug fix for "Connect to Preview Media..." reconnecting to original audio
  • Bug fix for a potential crash in Play-Through mode

Version 2.1.3 (Sep 2019)

 
  • Critical bug fix for failing to retrieve transcripts from a submitted batch
  • New feature: When editing text in a text block pressing Command-J, Command-K, or Command-L will rewind, stop or play the player

Version 2.1.2 (Sep 2019)

 
  • Critical bug fix for a crash caused by selecting a voiceover text block (introduced in version 2.1)

Version 2.1.1 (Sep 2019)

 
  • New feature: for purchased transcripts, off-mic audio becomes a rejected text block
  • New feature: previewing the story highlights the current text block in the storyline
  • New feature: Help > Check for Pro Video Formats
  • Bug fix for text selection when editing text in the storyline

Version 2.1 (Aug 2019)

 
  • New feature: function key alternatives for some keyboard equivalents
    • F5 for Trim Head
    • F6 for Trim Tail
    • F10 for Merge with previous text block
    • F11 for Merge with next text block
  • New feature: filter text blocks in a transcript to show only Favorites
  • New feature: durations above the story viewer show the duration of the selected text blocks and the total story duration
  • New feature: timecode ranges below the story viewer (these will only appear if the selected text blocks are consective and from the same clip)
  • Bug fix for detecting non-consecutive paragraphs to join
  • Bug fix for scroll view when removing a clip from the document

Version 2.0.6 (Aug 2019)

 
  • Improvements to "Connect to Preview Media..."
  • Bug fix to support locales for filtering transcripts and selects

Version 2.0.5 (Aug 2019)

 
  • Bug fix for Remove Story menu item
  • Bug fix for DTD validation failure caused by some FCPX synchronized clips
  • More Help menu links

Version 2.0.4 (Jul 2019)

 
  • Bug fix for a crash caused by linking to a transcript with missing or invalid timestamps
  • Bug fix for "Connect to Preview Media" using XML from Premiere Pro
  • Bug fix to support "Connect to Preview Media" from Story Building view

Version 2.0.3 (Jul 2019)

 
  • Advanced filtering of text blocks using a combination of People+Keywords+Transcripts
    • For example, using an "and" search filtered for "Jada+storm+surge" will find text blocks with the person containing "Jada" and the keywords containing "storm" and the transcript containing "surge"; while "Jada++climate change" will find text blocks with the person containing "Jada" and the transcript containing "climate change"
  • Critical bug fix for creating badly formed XML for Final Cut Pro X in some cases
  • Bug fix for saving a .zip file for Premiere Pro

Version 2.0.2 (Jun 2019)

 
  • Critical bug fix for a potential crash when adding a transcript to a clip

Version 2.0.1 (Jun 2019)

 
  • Critical bug fix for DTD validation failure when sending a story with multicam clips to Final Cut Pro X
  • New feature: File > Open can be used to import XML documents

Version 2.0 (May 2019)

 
  • New feature: import clips or multicams from Premiere Pro CC, and export a story to Premiere Pro CC

Version 1.5.7 (May 2019)

 
  • Bug fix for determining speaker change in a timestamped transcript

Version 1.5.6 (May 2019)

 
  • New feature: preliminary support for parsing .srt files with sentence punctuation

Version 1.5.5 (May 2019)

 
  • New feature: import multiple .fcpxml files
  • Bug fix for potential crash when displaying Keyword Manager for the first time
  • Bug fix for Keyword Manager in Mojave's dark mode

Version 1.5.4 (May 2019)

 
  • New feature: time ranges under the viewer show drop frame or non-drop timecodes instead of timestamps
  • New feature: the Batch List and Keyword Manager popovers can be detached as floating windows
  • New feature: the Send To FCPX buttons are active only if Final Cut Pro X is running

Version 1.5.3 (May 2019)

 
  • Bug fix for potential multicam duplicates when exporting to Final Cut Pro X

Version 1.5.2 (May 2019)

 
  • Bug fix for relinking to original media inside a Library bundle

Version 1.5.1 (May 2019)

 
  • New feature: drag-and-drop an Event from Final Cut Pro X to the clips list to import clips
  • Bug fix for disabled search field menu in the Clip Logging view

Version 1.5.0 (Apr 2019)

 
  • New feature: “play selected” or “play-through” Player Modes in Logging View
  • New feature: merged text blocks will re-play if they were merged while playing
  • Improved J, K, L control of playback with pitch-corrected audio
  • Bug fix for certain frame rates when sending a Project to Final Cut Pro X

Version 1.4.3 (Apr 2019)

 
  • Bug fix for parsing transcripts with timestamps containing decimal seconds

Version 1.4.2 (Mar 2019)

 
  • Bug fix for DTD validation with multicam clips

Version 1.4.1 (Mar 2019)

 
  • New feature: favorite text block(s) in the selects list using the F key
  • New feature: unrate text block(s) in the selects list using the U key
  • Bug fix for Delete key to remove text block(s) from the storyline
  • Bug fix for splitting paragraphs in the storyline

Version 1.4.0 (Mar 2019)

 
  • Updated interface buttons
  • Bug fix for adding temp voice over paragraphs
  • Bug fix for some types of audio-only clips

Version 1.3.9 (Mar 2019)

 
  • Exported scripts contain timecode instead of timestamps
  • Bug fix for potential multicam duplicates when exporting to Final Cut Pro X

Version 1.3.8 (Feb 2019)

 
  • Printed script headers and footers
  • Bug fix for missing audio ref attribute in the XML
  • Bug fix for Keywords table view

Version 1.3.7 (Feb 2019)

 
  • Bug fix for playing audio from transcoded preview media

Version 1.3.6 (Feb 2019)

 
  • New feature: print the story script
  • Bug fix to disable adding to a batch if a clip's audio is offline

Version 1.3.5 (Feb 2019)

 
  • Bug fix to prevent extra multicam clips being added to an event when adding a project to a library
  • Bug fix to escape characters in event names

Version 1.3.4 (Feb 2019)

 
  • Bug fix for a crash caused by “English (Global)” as the default transcription language (introduced in version 1.3.3)

Version 1.3.3 (Jan 2019)

 
  • Bug fix for playing multicam clips contining multiple video clips in the active angle

Version 1.3.2 (Dec 2018)

 
  • Bug fix to disable the Submit button after clicking it

Version 1.3.1 (Dec 2018)

 
  • Critical bug fix for clips with multiple mono audio tracks
  • New feature: automatically add the first story to the stories popup menu
  • New feature: reject text block(s) in the Selects list using the Delete key

Version 1.3 (Dec 2018)

 
  • Support for Dark Mode on macOS Mojave
  • Critical bug fix for a crash caused by submitting transcript batches (introduced in version 1.2.11)
  • Bug fix for some synchronized clip XML structures

Version 1.2.11 (Dec 2018)

 
  • Critical bug fix for a crash caused by large transcript batches
  • New feature: Export a clip transcript text document
  • Bug fix for Manage Keywords column sort order

Version 1.2.10 (Dec 2018)

 
  • Bug fix for an occasional crash caused by Begin Trimming
  • Bug fix for calculating table row heights
  • Various interface tweaks
  • Captions added to an exported Project have been changed to SRT format

Version 1.2.9 (Dec 2018)

 
  • Support for playing online audio for clips with offline video
  • “Connect Transcoded Media...” has been renamed “Connect to Preview Media...”
  • Bug fix for some cases where “Connect to Preview Media” does not work
  • Bug fix for a crash caused by control characters in text blocks when exporting XML for Final Cut Pro X

Version 1.2.8 (Dec 2018)

 
  • Critical bug fix for a crash caused by parsing JSON

Version 1.2.7 (Dec 2018)

 
  • Bold text instead of oblique for Favorites
  • Bug fix for unescaped XML characters in a Story name
  • Bug fix for playing synchronized clips

Version 1.2.6 (Nov 2018)

 
  • Support for transcoded files from original R3D media
  • Keyboard equivalents: Option-H to toggle the Hide Rejected checkbox; Option-F to toggle the Favorites checkbox

Version 1.2.5 (Nov 2018)

 
  • Support for Event clips to play transcoded media after choosing Connect Transcoded Media...
  • Support for Transcription Batch to use transcoded media after choosing Connect Transcoded Media...
  • Bug fix for Connect Transcoded Media... when the original media is .mov

Version 1.2.4 (Nov 2018)

 
  • Ongoing stability improvements
  • Various interface tweaks (Merge Selected button; indicator for Filter field search type; hyperlink to update credit card)

Version 1.2.3 (Nov 2018)

 
  • Bug fix for paragraph sort order in the Selects list

Version 1.2.2 (Nov 2018)

 
  • Bug fix to disable auto-complete in search fields

Version 1.2.1 (Nov 2018)

 
  • New feature: export MP4 from Story
  • Preliminary support for clips that have been trimmed using Open Clip
  • Bug fix for projectRef attribute in multicams
  • Bug fix for empty Person name when parsing some JSON transcripts
  • Bug fix for a crash caused by some JSON transcripts

Version 1.2.0 (Oct 2018)

 
  • New feature: add clips to a batch and buy speech-to-text transcriptions within Builder

Version 1.1.17 (Oct 2018)

 
  • Bug fix for a crash during transcript parsing (caused by NSAlert)
  • Bug fix for displaying the Rating of a selected Paragraph (introduced in version 1.1.16)
  • Improved signing in

Version 1.1.16 (Oct 2018)

 
  • Bug fix for dismissing child ViewControllers
  • Bug fix for audio-only clips
  • Bug fix for playing multicam clips with multiple active audio angles
  • Bug fix for multicam clips with missing active angle(s)
  • Ignore F1/M1 etc. Speaker names in transcripts

Version 1.1.15 (Oct 2018)

 
  • Re-enable support for .json transcripts

Version 1.1.14 (Oct 2018)

 
  • Ability to install Lumberjack metadata view from under the app's Help menu
  • Bug fix for always visble progress bar in Mojave

Version 1.1.13 (Sep 2018)

 
  • Bug fix for paragraphs missing preview media on multicam angles containing multiple clips
  • Asynchronous API calls to server using Alamofire

Version 1.1.12 (Sep 2018)

 
  • Critical bug fix for multicam angle clips with integer second offsets
  • Bug fix for captions attached to placeholder clips
  • Bug fix for a crash when the first paragraph is a Spacer
  • Bug fix for reporting problems with account sign in

Version 1.1.11 (Aug 2018)

 
  • Bug fix for auto-completions in People and Keywords token fields
  • Bug fix for delete in auto-completed People or Keywords search
  • Bug fix for missing caption attached to a voice-over placeholder clip
  • Update code to Swift 4

Version 1.1.10 (Aug 2018)

 
  • Bug fix for maintaining selected paragraph rows
  • Bug fix for rejecting paragraphs when Hide Rejected checkbox is on
  • Bug fix to support loading video decoders in the /Library/Video/Professional Video Workflow Plug-Ins/ folder

Version 1.1.9 (Aug 2018)

 
  • New feature: Hide Rejected checkbox (hides rejected paragraphs in the Transcript list)
  • Bug fix for Export Event Clips (Builder will now only include clips with transcripts in the XML)

Version 1.1.8 (Aug 2018)

 
  • New feature: finding paragraphs in context (When filtering transcripts or selects, highlighted paragraphs remain highlighted when returning to the unfiltered list of paragraphs)
  • New feature: autocomplete suggestions when searching for People or Keywords in the search fields
  • Bug fix for a crash when searching for certain characters using NSRegularExpression

Version 1.1.7 (Aug 2018)

 
  • Bug fix for transcript parsing with short sentences
  • Bug fixes for JSON parsing

Version 1.1.6 (Aug 2018)

 
  • Bug fix for remembering the Favorites checkbox state
  • Bug fix for skipping some asset-clip elements with certain types of child elements (thanks Duncan!)
  • Faster initial transition to Story Building view

Version 1.1.5 (Aug 2018)

 
  • Bug fix for a crash caused by disabled fonts
  • Bug fix for loading a thumbnail into a split paragraph
  • Bug fix capturing Tab key press

Version 1.1.4 (Aug 2018)

 
  • New feature: keyboard equivalents for “Go to Story Builder” and “Go to Clip Logging” keys
  • Critical bug fix for a potential crash when splitting a paragraph in the Storyline

Version 1.1.3 (Aug 2018)

 
  • New feature: Trim Head, Trim Tail and filmstrip trimming are available in both the Selects list and the Storyline
  • Preference for transcript font face
  • Critical bug fix for a crash when combining keywords
  • Critical bug fix for a crash when merging paragraphs added to a Story
  • Bug fixes for Manage Keywords
  • Bug fix for dragging multiple paragrasphs within a storyline
  • Bug fix for remembering the state of the and/or popup menus

Version 1.1.2 (Aug 2018)

 
  • Bug fix for JSON parsing

Version 1.1.1 (Aug 2018)

 
  • New feature: People keywords on clips exported from Final Cut Pro X become People on Paragraphs
  • Bug fix for row heights in Story Building view

Version 1.1 (Aug 2018)

 
  • New feature: support for multiple stories
  • Tool tips showing keyboard equivalents
  • Critical bug fix for rounding errors when creating JSON from transcript documents
  • Bug fix for auto-layout issues in Transcript view
  • Bug fix for JSON parsing

Version 1.0.7 (Jul 2018)

 
  • New feature: the filter type can be changed from searching All fields, to searching People, Keywords, or Transcript fields

Version 1.0.6 (Jul 2018)

 
  • Bug fix for removing a Person or Keyword from the entry fields (introduced in version 1.0.5)
  • Bug fix for Search and Favorite actions in the Story Building view
  • Bug fix for the scroller after setting paper color

Version 1.0.5 (Jul 2018)

 
  • New feature: “Remove Clip...” from the Builder project
  • New feature: “Trim Head” and “Trim Tail” buttons to set a new in or out point for the paragraph from the playhead position
  • When multiple paragraphs are selected, adding a Person or Keyword adds these to the existing values instead of replacing them
  • When merging paragraphs, the new merged paragraph retains all People and Keywords from the original paragraphs

Version 1.0.4 (Jul 2018)

 
  • Critical bug fix for a crash caused by multicam clips with no audio-only angle
  • Bug fix for maintaining paragraph order when adding multiple rows from selects to storyline

Version 1.0.3 (Jun 2018)

 
  • Critical bug fix for effects on event clips
  • Critical bug fix for multicams containing clips with a format
  • Bug fix for parsing resources from multicam clips
  • Improved XPath searching for format and ref attributes

Version 1.0.2 (May 2018)

 
  • New feature: Connect Transcoded Media — allows you to view Optimized or Proxy media for paragraphs instead of Original Media

Version 1.0.1 (May 2018)

 
  • Bug fix for parsing timestamped text transcripts
  • More granular transcript parsing
  • “Add a Break” has been renamed “Add a Spacer”

Version 1.0 (Apr 2018)

 
  • New feature: Source in/out times under the viewer in the Logging view
  • New feature: Total Story duration above the viewer in Story view
  • Story script includes clip names and source in/out times
  • Bug fix for paragraph matchback
  • Bug fix for Add a Break

Version 0.9.5

 
  • New feature: Matchback a single selected paragraph in the Selects list or Storyline to the corresponding clip and paragraph in the Logging view
  • Temporarily removed support for SRT files

Version 0.9.4

 
  • New feature: transcript text is added to clips as Captions (FCP 10.4.1)
  • New feature: "Add a Break" button to add a 3 second gap between storyline paragraphs
  • Bug fix for unescaped characters in a marker's Notes field

Version 0.9.3

 
  • New feature: filter paragraphs by “phrases in quotes”
  • Bug fix for parsing to create paragraphs between timestamps (thanks Luke!)

Version 0.9.2

 
  • Bug fix for multiple keywords on clips from Final Cut Pro X
  • Bug fix for Gatekeeper

Version 0.9.1

 
  • New feature: keywords, favorites and rejected ranges on clips exported from Final Cut Pro X become keywords, favorites and rejecteds on Paragraphs
  • Bug fix for character escaping when building keyword collections