2026

April

Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had an awesome fun and relaxing long weekend! 🥳

Someone asked me what movies I've watched in the cinema recently, so here you go...

I love them all - all five stars out of five! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I also recently went to see Art of the Score: James Horner, performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and it was wonderful.

So many great soundtracks!

For anyone in Melbourne, you can learn more on the MSO website.

In other news... Things have been moving fast in the world of SpliceKit!

SpliceKit v3.0.2 contains the following fixes:

Auto-discover FCP — Uses Spotlight to find Final Cut Pro anywhere on the system (e.g. /Applications/New/Final Cut Pro.app), not just the default /Applications path
Browse for FCP — If auto-discovery fails, a Browse for Final Cut Pro... button lets users locate the app manually
Fix launch crash — SpliceKitLogPanel.m was missing from the dylib build script, causing FCP to crash on launch with symbol not found '_OBJC_CLASS_$_SpliceKitLogPanel'
Fix version display — PlistBuddy error text (File Doesn't Exist, Will Create:) no longer shown as the FCP version when the app is at a non-standard path

SpliceKit v3.1.0 contains the following changes:

Configurable J/L Playback Speed Ladders:
Swizzle fastForward: and rewind: on FFPlayerModule so each press of L or J walks a user-configurable speed ladder instead of the hardcoded 1→2→4→8→16→32 progression.
Custom speed steps — add intermediate speeds like 1.5x and 1.8x (e.g. 1, 1.5, 1.8, 2, 4, 8)
Configure via menu — Enhancements > Playback Speed > click L Speeds or J Speeds to edit
Configure via API — set_bridge_option("lLadder", value=[1, 1.5, 2, 4, 8])
New MCP tool — set_playback_speed(rate=1.5) for exact rates, set_playback_speed(action="faster") for progressive shuttle
Rate reporting — get_playhead_position() now returns current playback rate
K+L / K+J - single-frame stepping preserved from original Final Cut Pro behaviour
Settings persist across restarts via NSUserDefaults

You can download and learn more on the SpliceKit GitHub.

ATEM TO FCP v1.5 is out now.

It includes the following changes:

New: Relink ISO Files — replace ATEM recordings with camera originals while preserving the live edit
New: Flexible sync modes - shared timecode or manual reference alignment
New: Project Resolution override (HD / UHD / DCI / QHD)
New: Color Generator support with per-segment color accuracy
Improved: Frame-accurate timing for NTSC and Drop Frame formats
Improved: Automatic handling of midnight crossover timecode
Improved: Reconstruction of Flying Key animations
Improved: Accurate alignment of simultaneous transitions and overlays
Improved: Smarter handling of missing media with offline-ready export
Improved: More reliable audio mapping and WAV matching
UI: Cleaner layout, collapsible sections, and improved feedback

You can download and learn more on the Mac App Store.