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Mark Gurman’s good news for the future of Apple Immersive Video

Today Mark Gurman wrote for Bloomberg: Apple Cuts Jobs in Siri, Vision Pro Immersive Video and Gaming Teams Why is this

21st August 2026

Apple has decided to compete for creativity app users

After not seeming to have a clear go-to-market strategy for their creativity apps over the last 15 years… Apple are looking

16th July 2026

Apple Creator Studio update – Summer 2026

Yesterday saw the appearance of an update to Final Cut Pro 12.3, Motion 6.3 and Compressor 5.3 alongside updates to

1st July 2026

If not NAB… VidCon?

NAB Show took place in Las Vegas in April. It is one of the two world-scale annual TV post production

1st May 2026

42 years ago

We were lucky to get one of the first Macintoshes to arrive in the UK. In May 1984. I suspect

21st April 2026

Final Cut Pro 11.2 and Motion 5.11 for iPhone 17 Pro?

Tomorrow sees Apple’s Autumn 2025 announcements. There’s a chance that Final Cut Pro and Apple Motion will benefit from new

8th September 2025
A series of four screenshots showing the animation of a title template. The first shows a green beam of light moving horizontally. The second shows the beam is shorter and thinner. The third shows text starting to appear. The fourth shows the text, which is ‘Interface 2038 ready for inquiry’ in all caps

Alex4D Interface 2038

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

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14th August 2025

Renaming published Drop Zones in Apple Motion-made tools for Final Cut Pro

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 current library to be featured in the plugin.

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3rd April 2025

Alex4D Transform

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.

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15th November 2024

Final Cut Pro for iPad: How to create secondary storylines

In version 1.0.x of Final Cut Pro for iPad, there isn’t an on-screen control, gesture or keyboard command to create

8th July 2023

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