Alex ‘4D’ Gollner
@alex4d.com
Broadcast Brand Designer · Adobe Premiere .mogrts · Final Cut plugins · Motion graphics · alex4d.com · Editor · British Film Editors Associate Governor · runs @BFEditors.bsky.social
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Alex ‘4D’ Gollner
@alex4d.com
· Nov 13
Welcome!
I'll be posting about film and TV editing, Final Cut, Apple Motion, XR, design and art.
I'll be posting about film and TV editing, Final Cut, Apple Motion, XR, design and art.
I had to do the same for the BBC News Persian service a few years ago.
Having to make a pixel perfect recreation meant I got to know the After Effects to Premiere template workflow very well.
Having to make a pixel perfect recreation meant I got to know the After Effects to Premiere template workflow very well.
I had to rebuild some of my 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 templates as MOGRTs the other day.
a man in a lab coat is washing his eyes in a bowl of water
ALT: a man in a lab coat is washing his eyes in a bowl of water
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I had to do the same for the BBC News Persian service a few years ago.
Having to make a pixel perfect recreation meant I got to know the After Effects to Premiere template workflow very well.
Having to make a pixel perfect recreation meant I got to know the After Effects to Premiere template workflow very well.
Signs of stagnation in post production:
1. App monocultures mean lack of competitors driving innovation.
ProTools for sound
After Effects for compositing and motion graphics
Premiere for editing
2. Post in 2025 wouldn’t be surprising to people from 2010.
1. App monocultures mean lack of competitors driving innovation.
ProTools for sound
After Effects for compositing and motion graphics
Premiere for editing
2. Post in 2025 wouldn’t be surprising to people from 2010.
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Signs of stagnation in post production:
1. App monocultures mean lack of competitors driving innovation.
ProTools for sound
After Effects for compositing and motion graphics
Premiere for editing
2. Post in 2025 wouldn’t be surprising to people from 2010.
1. App monocultures mean lack of competitors driving innovation.
ProTools for sound
After Effects for compositing and motion graphics
Premiere for editing
2. Post in 2025 wouldn’t be surprising to people from 2010.
Reposted by Alex ‘4D’ Gollner
Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):
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.
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.
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...
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...
October 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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.
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.
Reposted by Alex ‘4D’ Gollner
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!
September 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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!
Should basketball basket heights be set depending on an equation based on the heights of the opposing team?
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
Over 45? 5 points
Over 50? 8 points
September 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Should basketball basket heights be set depending on an equation based on the heights of the opposing team?
Reposted by Alex ‘4D’ Gollner
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
Over 45? 5 points
Over 50? 8 points
September 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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
Over 45? 5 points
Over 50? 8 points
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...
“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...
September 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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...
“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...
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
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
#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
#postchat #postsky #fcp #motiongraphics
September 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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
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
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
Get ‘Text Shards’ from Luca Visual FX now.
#fcpx
September 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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
Get ‘Text Shards’ from Luca Visual FX now.
#fcpx
Reposted by Alex ‘4D’ Gollner
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
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
August 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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
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
£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
August 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
£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”
Reposted by Alex ‘4D’ Gollner
Oh yes.
Now waiting for the next Sci-Fi project to bring it to use.
Now waiting for the next Sci-Fi project to bring it to use.
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.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
August 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Oh yes.
Now waiting for the next Sci-Fi project to bring it to use.
Now waiting for the next Sci-Fi project to bring it to use.
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.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
August 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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.com/final_cut_pl...
It’s about time I got back into making free tools for Final Cut users!
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
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
August 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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
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
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
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
August 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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
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
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...
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
August 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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...
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...
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
More about ‘Cutlass’
fcp.cafe/news/20250627/
Available on GitHub
#postchat
News - 27th June 2025
Andrew Arrow writes:
fcp.cafe
July 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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
More about ‘Cutlass’
fcp.cafe/news/20250627/
Available on GitHub
#postchat
Reposted by Alex ‘4D’ Gollner
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
May 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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
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...
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
June 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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...
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...
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.
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.
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
SAVE 20% ▶️ avid.com/media-composer
#transcript #avidmediacomposer #editing #editor #postproduction #mediacomposer #avid #avidsummersale
June 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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.
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.
Reposted by Alex ‘4D’ Gollner
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
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
June 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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
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
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
Don’t worry, you can choose which fields are shown!
#fcpx
#postsky
Metaburner is now available on the Mac App Store (previously only available on FxFactory) at a special discount rate!
fcp.cafe/news/20250517/
fcp.cafe/news/20250517/
May 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Generate PDFs of the frames you mark in Final Cut Pro
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
#fcpx #fcp11 #FinalCutPro #postchat #postsky #Notion #Airtable #VFX #opensource #macos #macOSDev #buildinpublic
markerdata.theacharya.co
May 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Generate PDFs of the frames you mark in Final Cut Pro
In this article in which @siracusa.social calls for a change of leadership at Apple, the botched launch of Final Cut Pro X is mentioned:
“The precipitating events could be […] as trivial as releasing an unsatisfying new version of an application”
Final Cut: was an opportunity to dent the universe
“The precipitating events could be […] as trivial as releasing an unsatisfying new version of an application”
Final Cut: was an opportunity to dent the universe
May 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
In this article in which @siracusa.social calls for a change of leadership at Apple, the botched launch of Final Cut Pro X is mentioned:
“The precipitating events could be […] as trivial as releasing an unsatisfying new version of an application”
Final Cut: was an opportunity to dent the universe
“The precipitating events could be […] as trivial as releasing an unsatisfying new version of an application”
Final Cut: was an opportunity to dent the universe