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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · 4d

What a pity.

In 2017 was the first editing app that transcribed what you said and showed the words in sync with your footage on screen.

Two years later CapCut included the same feature in China, in 2020 for US users.

Marc Settle @marcsettle.bsky.social · 4d

Goodbye (Mr) Clips.

I haven’t opened it let alone used it in years but Apple have given up on their short-form video editing app.

www.macrumors.com/2025/10/11/a...

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Captain Disillusion @captaindisillusion.bsky.social · 16d

Shooting 9 pages/23 shots/15 setups tomorrow. With a crew of 1. And new lights & camera we’ve never used. And also I don’t know any of the lines. And I don’t like what I wrote. It’s ineloquent and unfunny. Let’s do this!

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · 15d

Should basketball basket heights be set depending on an equation based on the heights of the opposing team?

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 15d

Random idea while watching Nick Folk: If your kicker is over 40 years old, field goals should be worth 4 points

Over 45? 5 points

Over 50? 8 points

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 15d

Random idea while watching Nick Folk: If your kicker is over 40 years old, field goals should be worth 4 points

Over 45? 5 points

Over 50? 8 points

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · Sep 9

Apple announces Final Cut Camera 2.0 and mentions…
“upcoming releases of Final Cut Pro 11.2 and Final Cut Pro for iPad 2.3, editors gain control over iPhone ProRes RAW footage, with direct adjustments for exposure, color temperature, tint, and demosaicing.”

www.apple.com/newsroom/202...

Screenshot of new app with this text overlaid: "Final Cut Camera 2.0 Press Release Mentions next versions of Final Cut Pro"

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · Sep 5

This feature of Apple Motion has amazed my clients at the BBC for years. It has made me seem clever.

For graphics that work in any aspect ratio (100:1 to 100:1 and beyond) I only need to include a maximum of 4 Display Aspect Ratio snapshots.

#postsky

D.L. Watson @avideomakr.bsky.social · Sep 5

#AppleMotion's Snapshot feature is awesome - being able to design 1 motion graphics template that automatically adapts to any aspect ratio based on your timeline settings makes me blush.

#postchat #postsky #fcp #motiongraphics

Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · Sep 4

Check it out at www.lucavisualfx.com/product/text...

Text Shards

www.lucavisualfx.com

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · Sep 4

This new Final Cut Pro title ‘Unshatters’ the font, size and colour and text of your choice.

Get ‘Text Shards’ from Luca Visual FX now.

#fcpx

Faint text shows shards of text far apart on a black background

White text shows shards of text closer together on a black background - the word 'Vanished’ is recognisable.

White text shows shards of text closer together on a black background - the words ‘The’ ‘Day’ and 'Vanished’ are recognisable.

White text on a black background: "The Day Eva Vanished"

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Jeff Roy @pulpjedi.bsky.social · Aug 29

Aww, man… no 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝘂𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼 Creative Summit for 2025 😭 I was already pre-approved by my work to go.

The good news is it’s still happening in the spring, instead. Unfortunately that’s my busiest time and could prevent me from attending. Damn it.

fcpcreativesummits.com

Final Cut Pro creative summit website message:

“Sometimes the best projects need a little more time in the edit bay. That’s why we’re remastering the Final Cut Pro Creative Summit for its new Spring 2026 release.

We’re using this extra time to go frame-by-frame, adding new content, polishing every session, and ensuring the final export is our most inspiring event ever. The first look at our new timeline drops this December!”

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · Aug 20

£126 for an Thunderbolt 5 enclosure that can hold 8TB of NVMe M.2 SSD with “up to 3,151 MB/s real-world performance”

OWC Express 1M2 Portable NVMe Thunderbolt (USB-C) SSD USB4 Ultra Fast External SSD Drive with Aluminum Heat Sink Enclosure (Enclosure Only) : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Buy

www.amazon.co.uk

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Florian Duffe @flowdefoe.bsky.social · Aug 14

Oh yes.
Now waiting for the next Sci-Fi project to bring it to use.

Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · Aug 14

Watching the first episode of #AlienEarth inspired me to make a free Final Cut Pro title template that emulates the MU-TH-UR chat user interface, and also on-screen titles.

alex4d.com/final_cut_pl...

It’s about time I got back into making free tools for Final Cut users!

Alex4D Interface 2038 | Alex4D

A free Final Cut Pro for Mac title that emulates text seen in Alien (1979) and in Alien: Earth (2025). […]

alex4d.com

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · Aug 14

Watching the first episode of #AlienEarth inspired me to make a free Final Cut Pro title template that emulates the MU-TH-UR chat user interface, and also on-screen titles.

alex4d.com/final_cut_pl...

It’s about time I got back into making free tools for Final Cut users!

Alex4D Interface 2038 | Alex4D

A free Final Cut Pro for Mac title that emulates text seen in Alien (1979) and in Alien: Earth (2025). […]

alex4d.com

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · Aug 14

Next: a time and space viewer.

Choose any location on Google Maps and go back in time.

Move in 3D through imagery captured 15 years ago.

Add historical photography and maps… visit 1925.

Paintings, illustrations and contemporary descriptions:
1525

Archaeology:
2025BC

Geology:
200,000BC

Genie 3: A New Frontier for World Models

Today we are announcing Genie 3, a general purpose world model that can generate an unprecedented diversity of interactive environments. Given a text prompt, Genie 3 can generate dynamic worlds...

deepmind.google

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · Aug 13

Warning for those on the ‘Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps’ plan

When your renewal comes around, Adobe will automatically ‘upgrade’ you to a different plan: the new ‘Creative Cloud Pro’ plan.

Upside: 4,000 generative credits.

Downside: Big price difference.
In UK: 25%

#postsky

Screenshot from Adobe site showing that Creative Cloud Pro plan costs £100 a month, £774 a year.

Screenshot from Adobe site showing that Creative Cloud Pro plan costs £80 a month, £596 a year.

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · Aug 12

Blackmagic Design’s Content Creator Ecosystem event
Wednesday 3 September, London

“Whether you're a filmmaker, YouTuber, TikToker, or creative agency pro, you'll learn how Blackmagic’s cinema cameras and DaVinci Resolve can supercharge your workflow”

cvp.com/events/shoot...

CVP.com - Shoot, Edit, Deliver: Blackmagic Design’s Content Creator Ecosystem - From the first shot to the final export, discover how Blackmagic Design empowers creators to bring their vision to life - faster, better, and with cinematic precision.

From the first shot to the final export, discover how Blackmagic Design empowers creators to bring their vision to life - faster, better, and with cinematic precision.

cvp.com

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · Jul 1

Golang developer and Final Cut Pro user Andrew Arrow has made a library in Golang that Claude Code can use to generate #fcpx sequences.

More about ‘Cutlass’

fcp.cafe/news/20250627/

Available on GitHub

#postchat

News - 27th June 2025

Andrew Arrow writes:

fcp.cafe

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John Buck @hellojohnbuck.bsky.social · May 11

The reaction to FCPX always felt like entitled rage. 12 years of 32-bit FCP that birthed millions of businesses (including me). Bank it, upgrade, move on. I know Jobs spoke to Randy Ubillos (Premiere & FCP/KeyGrip) about the "Vertigo" aka FCPX launch and they agreed. 64-bit or nothing. @gruber.foo

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · Jun 30

News!

New Final Cut Pro plugin for Krock, a post production organisation and review system that competes with FrameIO, Shotgrid, Boords and Ftrack.

Includes
• Overlay mode: to check for image differences
• Auto-compare mode highlights visual differences with colour

krock.io/finalcut-int...

Final Cut Pro integration - KROCK.IO

Collaborate on video projects directly in Final Cut Pro with the Krock.io extension. Import feedback, sync comments, and keep your editing workflow focused.

krock.io

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · Jun 24

The Media Composer Transcript Tool gets you to a timeline quickly.

Pity you have to muck about with track targeting and edge selection while considering clip collisions and what clips are on what tracks.

Editors wasting brain space supporting technical implementation instead of feeling the story.

Avid Media Composer @avidmediacomposer.bsky.social · Jun 24

The Transcript Tool in Avid Media Composer helps you build your story faster

SAVE 20% ▶️ avid.com/media-composer

#transcript #avidmediacomposer #editing #editor #postproduction #mediacomposer #avid #avidsummersale

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Chris Hocking @latenite.bsky.social · Jun 3

Transfer Toolbox v1.4.0 is out now on the Mac App Store! 🥳

Adds support for Final Cut Pro 11.1.1 (for Mac) and Final Cut Pro 2.2.1 (for iPad).

You can also buy it in a LateNite bundle!

transfertoolbox.fcp.cafe

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · May 17

There’s so much metadata in Final Cut Pro. This tool can add that info to any shots you want on your timeline.

Don’t worry, you can choose which fields are shown!

#fcpx
#postsky

Chris Hocking @latenite.bsky.social · May 16

Metaburner is now available on the Mac App Store (previously only available on FxFactory) at a special discount rate!

fcp.cafe/news/20250517/

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · May 12

Generate PDFs of the frames you mark in Final Cut Pro

Vigneswaran Rajkumar @vigneswaranrajkumar.com · May 12

Say hello to Pagemaker in Marker Data 1.2.0! Here's a quick demo at how you can whip up PDFs in no time!

#fcpx #fcp11 #FinalCutPro #postchat #postsky #Notion #Airtable #VFX #opensource #macos #macOSDev #buildinpublic

markerdata.theacharya.co

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · May 11

Consider that the Interoperable Mastering Format is the way for a single database to be able to generate hundreds or even thousands of masters of a movie.

Final Cut would be the perfect NLE to create IMFs.

A database editor with a new metaphor for time.

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · May 11

Track-based editing requires that the editor knows what each track is used for. The NLE doesn’t encode the editor’s creative intention. That’s why turnovers from track-based NLEs are tough. A human needs to make special version of the timeline, because the NLE can’t do that automatically.

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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner @alex4d.com · May 11

The section of your books from 1991-1999 was what helped me prepare for my interview of Randy Ubillos on stage 10 years ago…

alex4d.com/notes/item/b...

Back to 1.0: Interview with Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro and iMovie developer Randy Ubillos | Alex4D

If you spent time trying out interesting new Macintosh software in the early 90s, you might recognise the name Randy […]

alex4d.com

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