#502 – This might help

I'll be honest, I was planning on a completely different Issue of Cut/daily this week but that idea didn't come together in time - but it is in the works for next week and will be worth the wait.

I promise.

Instead we're going to take a good rummage in the archive and discover some treasures old and new that might help you in your editorial career, including:

• Updates to Tidy Media Manager
• Two free apps I made for you
• A fun new audio app (no AI included!)
• Cut/daily Wisdom & 12 Editing Truths
• How to duplicate without error
• Career-making Emotional Intelligence for Editors

But first...

What's new in Tidy Media Manager v1.8?

Tidy Media Manager — the best way to tidy up Adobe Premiere's cavalier approach to media management when, of all things, media managing a project – has some new features:

• Premiere Project folder — .prproj file is automatically placed in a dedicated folder in the output
• Auto-selected Consolidated Media Folder – auto-finds the source folder for you.
• Copy mode — copy files instead of moving them; originals stay exactly where they are
• Smarter undo — undo in move and copy mode; removes copied files and empty folders automatically
• Missing files warning — see which files aren't found in your source folder before you tidy
• Drag and drop — drop a .prproj or folder directly onto the window to fill the fields instantly
• Open in Finder — jump straight to your output folder from the results screen
• Undo history — the last 3 tidy operations are stored so you can step back if needed

If you're an existing customer you can download the latest version for free.

More Freebies

Thanks to all those who have downloaded the new Audio Swap and XML Parser tools for free and Pay-What-You-Want from the Cut/daily Store – if you ever have thoughts or feedback on them do let me know!

Read more about Audio Swap here.

Create Custom SoundScapes with Reverie

Reverie is a really cool new app from Parallel Minds that lets you create custom soundscapes and background beds from source audio.

It applies a customisable arrangement of 37 DSP modules to produce some really interesting and useful results - all offline and local to your machine, no AI involved.

The best thing is if you just go listen to the before and after examples yourself to see what I mean. I liked Aquatic and Minimal the most.

Reverie is the kind of tool that would fit well into my lessons on sound effects and sound design in Adding Audio Polish - helping you create custom sounds to fit any project and really elevate the final output.

Best of all it's a one-time purchase of €19 which is about £15/$20.

Reminds me a little of this gem – Jurassic Park Theme slowed down 1000%.