Creator Companion PRO icon Creator Companion PRO
Built by editors, for editors

Optimize your Final Cut Pro workflow.

Automate color grading, generate YouTube metadata in seconds, and archive smarter — all from one native macOS app.

Creator Companion PRO is the ultimate tool for efficient post-production. Stop wasting hours on repetitive manual tasks and focus on creating exceptional content for YouTube, social media, and your clients.

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◍ One-time purchase ⌘ macOS · Apple Silicon ⤓ Direct download
Creator Companion PRO performing batch color grading on multiple clips
Core Features

Three workflows. Hours saved on every project.

Role-based color grading effect applied inside Final Cut Pro
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Batch color grading by Video Role

Speed up your finishing process immensely.

  • Automated grading. Apply effects to your whole timeline based on FCP Video Roles with a single click — assign per role via drag & drop.
  • Consistent looks. Reused automatically when the same roles appear in your next project.
Generated YouTube description text file with chapter markers and timecodes
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YouTube metadata in seconds

Generate copy-and-paste-ready text files.

  • Automatic chapter markers read directly from your timecodes.
  • Bilingual descriptions ready to paste straight into your upload.
  • Includes installable INVDEC title effects for descriptions inside FCP.
Archiving view showing storage savings after consolidating and trimming media
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Smart archiving: consolidate & trim

The feature professionals have been waiting for.

  • Stop wasting terabytes on unused raw footage. Archive only the portions of your media actually used in the timeline.
  • Choose by Video Role, set trim handles (5–30 s) and minimum segment length (15–60 s).
  • Original quality. Trims your original media with zero quality loss — proxies are ignored.
Real example: 33.77 GB → 25.78 GB archived · 23.7% saved
System Requirements

Compatibility

Processor
Apple Silicon required
M1 / M2 / M3 / M4
Export Format
Final Cut Pro XML 1.14
.fcpxmld
Supported Files
.mov .mp4 .avi
Pricing

One purchase. Yours to keep.

Creator Companion PRO
$49.99 once

One-time purchase — no subscription.

  • ✓Lifetime license for the current major version
  • ✓Use on up to 3 Macs you own
  • ✓Batch grading, YouTube metadata & smart archiving
  • ✓14-day money-back guarantee
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Documentation

Workflow notes & limitations

We believe in transparency. Here is exactly how the archiving process behaves so your results are predictable.

Storage setup +

Crucial: Never use the same external drive (e.g. a USB-C SSD) as both source and destination. Due to the enormous data volumes involved, this can cause the drive to disconnect. Always use a separate drive for your destination archive.

File & metadata handling +

Frame drift. Due to FFmpeg limitations, a minimal 1–2 frame drift may occur. This is structurally unavoidable but practically irrelevant, as the minimum 5-second trim handles easily cover the offset.

Metadata cleanup. During archiving, advanced macOS attributes (Finder tags, quarantine flags, Spotlight metadata) are removed. All essential data — video, audio, containers, timecodes and FCP requirements — is fully preserved.

Roles only. The app identifies standard Roles, but not Sub-Roles.

Overlays. Overlays created with our GPS to FCP Converter App are trimmed frame-accurately.

Supported formats. .mov, .mp4 and .avi files are trimmed and archived. Other video formats are copied without trimming.

Dropzones. The link to a dropzone's content is lost during archiving. As long as the file is present in the timeline — ideally placed below the primary storyline (lane 0), at the position of the dropzone — the source is of course copied along with your archive. Afterwards, simply re-link it in your project.

Exceptions from trimming +

The following clip types are excepted from trimming and are copied untrimmed instead:

  • Speed ramps (3 or more timing points, or non-linear speed changes)
  • Reversed clips
  • J/L cuts with an adjacent transition

Multicam. Multicam clips are currently not supported and will not be processed.

Compound clips. Copy errors may occasionally occur with Compound Clips, meaning some associated video files might be missing from the final archive.

Object tracking. Object-tracking data is lost during consolidation and may need to be recreated in your new project.

Understanding FCP re-import warnings +

When you re-import the consolidated XML into Final Cut Pro, the project is created correctly and all effects are applied. You may still see the warnings below — these are inherent to Final Cut Pro's own XML export behavior and are not caused by Creator Companion PRO.

"Object is not within an edit boundary"

Typically affects <video> elements inside Generators or Compound Clips where the inner element's duration exceeds the outer clip. Importing your original, unmodified XML shows the same message. Safe to ignore.

"Unexpected value" (Locator Resources)

Relates to Object Tracking. FCP stores tracked objects in relative .plist files; when the library structure changes on import into a new Event/Project, FCP can no longer resolve those relative paths. Tracking data is lost, but the rest of your edit imports perfectly. Harmless.

FFmpeg / FFprobe build +

Creator Companion PRO relies on FFmpeg / FFprobe for media processing. You can download the build here:

⤓ Download FFmpeg build (.zip)