# Supported Apps PostLab supports many file types, allowing users to lock and version their files. This list is continuously growing. [Reach out](mailto:postlab@hedge.video) to tell us which app you use the most and would like to see in PostLab. ## Apple * Final Cut Pro * Motion * Logic Pro * Pages, Keynote, and Numbers * Preview (for read-only PDFs) ## Adobe * Premiere Pro * Photoshop * Illustrator * InDesign * After Effects * Lightroom Classic * Acrobat (PDF) ## Microsoft * Word * Excel * PowerPoint ## Avid * Media Composer * Pro Tools ## Others * Pixelmator Pro * Final Draft * Ableton Live * Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve {% hint style="info" %} If an application has built-in collaboration features, they're likely not compatible with PostLab. Use either PostLab or the app's built-in features, but not both. {% endhint %} ## Limitations ### Apple Motion PostLab does not sync Motion Template files from the 'Movies' folder in your Home Directory to your collaborators. Most people use tools like [PostSync](https://chrisroyfilms.com/postsync/) or [ChronoSync](https://www.econtechnologies.com/chronosync/overview.html) to sync Motion Templates. PostLab does sync the references to Motion Templates that are used in Final Cut Pro Libraries, but not (yet) the template files themselves. ### Apple Preview (PDF) Apple Preview does not support editing a PDF from PostLab's working directories. Install Adobe Acrobat and set it as your default application to edit a PDF. ### Apple Final Cut Pro * **Library Smart Collections**: Smart Collections cannot be saved at the library level with PostLab. They reset every time an FCP Library is opened, returning to their original state even if deleted. To prevent this, use Smart Collections at the Event level. * **Custom Roles**: When importing a Final Cut Pro Library, unassigned custom roles may be removed due to FCP's architecture, which PostLab cannot modify. To prevent this, assign each role to a placeholder clip on a timeline before importing to PostLab. * **Magnetic Mask**: Final Cut Pro 11 stores Magnetic Mask data within a library. Unfortunately, PostLab cannot identify which event the data belongs to. Consequently, you cannot link timelines with a Magnetic Mask matte applied with other libraries. Doing so will trigger an error message in FCP: "Unable to render: missing Magnetic Mask...". Stick to Magnetic Masking per library. * **Transcript and Visual Search**: Final Cut Pro stores the data for these features within a library. This data is not shared between events and is therefore incompatible with Event Linking as PostLab cannot identify which event the data belongs to. If you plan to use these features, keep in mind that they are limited to a single FCP Library. * **Beat Detection**: For this feature, Final Cut Pro stores the data within a library. As a result, the data is not automatically available in linked events. You must perform Beat Detection in each library where the event is used. * iCloud's Documents and Desktop folder sync is not supported when using PostLab's `Open Copy` feature. PostLab saves the library copy in the Documents folder, but as Final Cut Pro does not support opening libraries from iCloud, the library won't open when iCloud's sync feature is enabled in macOS. If you *must* use iCloud's sync feature, you can change PostLab's default path by using this Terminal command: 
defaults write video.hedge.PostLab.Mac BuildCopyURL /some/other/folder/
### Avid Media Composer * Due to Media Composer's file structure, PostLab versions bins at the folder level. A bin must be located in a folder for PostLab to track it. Any bins created at the root level in Media Composer will be moved to a bin folder named after the project. * PostLab supports nesting of bin folders. However, it currently displays only root-level bin folders. When you link a bin folder, all nested bins and bin folders will also be linked to the project. ### Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve * PostLab does not import DaVinci Resolve projects. Instead, [create a Project Library within PostLab](/postlab/getting-started.md#documents). You can then open the Project Library to create or import projects. * When using the App Store version of DaVinci Resolve, opening a project library will trigger a warning about a permission issue related to a PostLab folder. As a result, PostLab will be unable to save your changes.
\ To use the App Store version of Resolve with PostLab, you must grant Resolve access to PostLab's Application Support folder. Open Resolve's Preferences, go to Media Storage and add `~/Library/Application Support/PostLab 2` . Pro tip: In the Finder window, use Shift-Command-G to type or paste the path easily.
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