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Pre-flight

Know what breaks in the conform before the colorist does. Drop in a Premiere XML and get every problem, why it happens, and how to fix it.

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Pre-flight verdict: issues and clips counted separately
The verdict

Issues and clips, counted honestly

Every problem is sorted into three severities, and each count says how many clips it's on, so "13 issues on 9 clips" reads the way it should.

  • Rebuild: lost or wrong in Resolve. Fix before export or plan a rebuild.
  • Check: usually comes across. Verify after import.
  • Info: good to know for the hand-off.
The timeline

See where it breaks

Every clip is colored by its worst issue, and carries a mark for each severity on it. Zoom from the whole show down to single frames, scroll through 20 layers or an hour-long cut, and click any clip to see and annotate its issues.

Zoomed timeline with a selected clip and its issues
The hand-off

A report people can rely on

Add a note to any issue. Your notes ride along in all three exports:

  • Resolve markers (.edl): a colored marker on every flagged clip.
  • Hand-off PDF: project, prepared by, prepared for, notes, every issue with its fix, and a sign-off block.
  • CSV: every issue with its note, for the spreadsheet crowd.
Hand-off report preview
What it catches

24 checks

Traced to Resolve's documentation and working conform guides. Turn any of them off, and set your own handle length.

FX

Effects

Lumetri and other color effects, Warp Stabilizer, plugin effects, adjustment layers, blend modes.

T

Time

Speed ramps, reverses, freeze frames, speed changes, keyframed motion, crop and opacity.

GFX

Graphics

Titles, Essential Graphics, MOGRTs, color mattes, generators and Photoshop files.

MC

Structure

Multicam, merged clips, nests, disabled clips, non-dissolve transitions, stacked tracks.

M

Media

Missing paths, duplicate file names, frame-rate and frame-size mismatches, short handles.

TC

Sequence

Start timecode, audio in the XML, and anything else the colorist should hear about first.

Where it runs

Same app, every screen

Mac appA native window with Save dialogs and printing. Apple Silicon and Intel.
Included
WebOpen it in any modern browser, and it keeps working offline.
Included
iPhone + iPadSafari › Share › Add to Home Screen. Full screen, offline.
Included
WindowsSame app, Windows installer.
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  • Sample sequence and a quick-start guide
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Questions

FAQ

Does it convert my project?

No. It checks it. Converters that go straight from .prproj to Resolve can drop unsupported effects without telling you. Pre-flight tells you exactly what won't come across, so you can fix it or hand it off knowingly.

What do I export from Premiere?

Select the sequence, then File › Export › Final Cut Pro XML. That's the file Pre-flight reads.

Does my XML get uploaded?

No. Everything runs on your machine, including the web version. The app is built to make no network requests at all.

Why does the Mac app warn me the first time?

The app isn't notarized by Apple yet. The first time you open it, go to System Settings › Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. After that it opens normally.