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Yesterday saw the appearance of an update to Final Cut Pro 12.3, Motion 6.3 and Compressor 5.3 alongside updates to most of the applications in the Apple Creator Studio service. Apple's press release. Posts covering the news on Apple-friendly websites wer

NAB Show took place in Las Vegas in April. It is one of the two world-scale annual TV post production trade shows. According to reports from the event, Final Cut Pro and Apple Creator Studio were hard to find. Where might we see them next? In the early 20

We were lucky to get one of the first Macintoshes to arrive in the UK. In May 1984. I suspect it was in the very first batch - along with Stephen Fry's. In those days it arrived with free applications (as they were called in those days). One of which was

Tomorrow sees Apple's Autumn 2025 announcements. There's a chance that Final Cut Pro and Apple Motion will benefit from new features in the iPhone 17 series of phones. Every time Apple add new video features to the iPhone, Final Cut Pro - and sometimes Ap

A free Final Cut Pro for Mac title that emulates text seen in Alien (1979) and in Alien: Earth (2025). Uploaded 14 August 2025 This title can be used to emulate the chat-based interface as shown in 'Alien' (1979) and in titles during 'Alien: Earth' (2025)

Sometimes when designing titles, effects, transitions or generators for Final Cut Pro in Motion, it is helpful to include a Drop Zone. These are used are parameters that the editor can set in Final Cut so that they can choose a piece of media in the curre

A free Final Cut Pro for Mac effect that can move in 3D space, rotate in 3 dimensions and scale a clip with on-screen controls. Uploaded 15 November 2024 Controls There are times when it is useful to position, rotate or scale an image using an effect inst

In version 1.0.x of Final Cut Pro for iPad, there isn't an on-screen control, gesture or keyboard command to create a secondary storyline. Final Cut for Mac users who miss this very useful method for grouping clips together can create secondary storylines

Final Cut Pro for iPad version 1.0 doesn't open Final Cut Pro for Mac libraries. However, Chris Hocking of LateNite films discovered, you can export a Final Cut for iPad project over to the Mac, make changes on the Mac, and then export back to iPad and co