# 2023

## October

### [5th October 2023](/news/20231005)

In about ten hours (at time of posting), the amazing **Dylan Bates** is hosting an open roundtable discussion about all things Final Cut Pro hosted by Nick Harauz!

It features Jenn Jager, Christopher Lawley and Steve Martin, and there will be lots of awesome giveaways during the stream.

You can watch on YouTube here:

[![](/static/youtube-roundtable.jpeg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66GYx2nPQzA)

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It's also been announced that the incredible Justine Ezarik (aka [iJustine](https://ijustine.com)), will be the keynote speaker at the FCP Creative Summit!

![](/static/fcp-cs-ijustine-keynote.jpg)

You can learn more about the FCP Creative Summit [here](https://fcp.cafe/fcp-creative-summit/).

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**Fast Collections** is a **Final Cut Pro Workflow Extension** that allows you to quickly create a **Smart Collection** from a list of **Keywords**.

![](/static/fast-collections-1-1-0.jpg)

When you're working on massive long-form projects, such as **feature-length documentaries** with **hundreds of clips** and **thousands of keywords**, the Final Cut Pro interface can grind to a halt when using the built-in Smart Collection panel.

This simple Workflow Extension allows you to create a new **Smart Collection**, using a list of supplied keywords within seconds, rather than minutes.

This was originally intended to be a very niche application, primarily used by long-form documentary editors.

However, as requested by Vigneswaran Rajkumar, we've added the ability to **Generate** a list of sequential numbers, for example, Scene 01, Scene 02, Scene 03, etc.

This is very handy for long-form projects, so to make the application more accessible, we're also reduced the price to a one-time payment of **USD$9.99** on the **Mac App Store**.

You can learn more [here](https://fastcollections.io/).

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