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Chris Hocking

@latenite.bsky.social

Co-founder of LateNite (https://ltnt.tv). Produced https://twoa.tv. Coded https://commandpost.io & https://brawtoolbox.io. Runs https://fcp.cafe. Posts about filmmaking, virtual production & post-production tech.

362 Followers  |  36 Following  |  92 Posts  |  Joined: 03.07.2023  |  1.6662

Latest posts by latenite.bsky.social on Bluesky

To be honest, I would have no objections if they moved all the LLM servers to the moon?

10.02.2026 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Before properly kicking off our anniversary year, we bring you 2025 in a nutshell: Lots of new features, free pro tiers, and a lot of work under the hood to get you some new apps this year.

πŸ‘‰οΈ Read the blog - buff.ly/g5yTCXh

#PostProduction #RemoteEditing #ProxyWorkflow #DIT #Offload

09.02.2026 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@isaact.co What happened to your caps for sale?

10.02.2026 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, and also HUGE kudos to the remarkable VFX team who created some of the most amazing physical miniatures I’ve ever seen, especially for the dam break sequence. #OldSchool #Awesome www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZKe...

10.02.2026 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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CommandPost v2.0.1 is out now!

You can read all about it on FCP Cafe:

fcp.cafe#8th-february...

08.02.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Latest News FCP Cafe is a technical community for professional Final Cut Pro editors.

If you’re a Final Cut Pro editor -and you should be ;) - you should be reading #FCPCafe by @latenite.bsky.social - and while you’re there, buy them a coffee.

fcp.cafe

02.02.2026 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Interested in the Final Cut Pro 12 and the Apple Creator launch?

FCP Cafe has ALL the nerdy details, that you won’t get from a YouTube Influencer. Enjoy!

fcp.cafe/news/20260129/

29.01.2026 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jumper v2026.01.27 (Build 2816) is out now!

On-device Machine Learning Visual, Speech & Facial Search for Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro & Standalone App - Mac, Windows & Linux.

getjumper.io

28.01.2026 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CommandPost v1.6.1 is out now! Enjoy!

commandpost.fcp.cafe

23.01.2026 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We've updated the pricing of most of our Mac Apps!

Read all about it on FCP Cafe...

fcp.cafe/news/20260123/

22.01.2026 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The man behind some of your favourite filmmaking tech: Chris Hocking | Ascend Your Story
YouTube video by Ascent Media The man behind some of your favourite filmmaking tech: Chris Hocking | Ascend Your Story

At the start of last year I was invited to Ascent Media’s awesome podcast! To be honest, last year was a bit of a rollercoaster, so I totally forgot to share it! Opps! If you want to see me ranting for an hour check it out on YouTube!

20.01.2026 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CommandPost v1.6.0 is out now!

This release includes some long-awaited macOS Tahoe fixes. Thanks for your patience!

commandpost.fcp.cafe

18.01.2026 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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News - 14th January 2026 Happy New Year! Hope you all had a fun and relaxing holiday break!

Discussed in this blog post:

fcp.cafe/news/20260114/

16.01.2026 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fix the UHD footage in a HD timeline bug. Then add some ML feature to automagically extend music like in Premiere & Audition.

15.01.2026 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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News - 14th January 2026 Happy New Year! Hope you all had a fun and relaxing holiday break!

Let’s discuss Final Cut Pro and Apple Creator Studio over at FCP Cafe!

fcp.cafe/news/20260114/

14.01.2026 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Try β€œImport Finder tags as Keywords”?

08.10.2025 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Final Cut Pro can batch export natively from the browser these days. CommandPost is only useful if you need to batch export from timeline.

17.09.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It does, yes.

01.07.2025 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jumper for Avid Media Composer now supports Group Clips (i.e. Multicam). πŸ₯³

You can watch a quick and dirty demo I threw together over at FCP Cafe:

fcp.cafe/news/20250701/

01.07.2025 05:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ATEM Exporter is now reduced to a one-time payment of USD$79.99 on the Mac App Store! πŸ₯³

I've also added a very quick and dirty tutorial video to the website.

atemexporter.fcp.cafe/video/

Thanks everyone for all your ideas & feedback!

16.06.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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BRAW Toolbox v1.4.5 (Build 75) is out now! πŸ₯³

Native Blackmagic RAW support in Final Cut Pro!

You can read more over at FCP Cafe:

fcp.cafe/news/20250615/

14.06.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have, but I wasn’t following it on GitHub, so thanks for the reminder!

10.06.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GitHub - andrewarrow/cutlass: swiff army knife for generating fcpxml files swiff army knife for generating fcpxml files. Contribute to andrewarrow/cutlass development by creating an account on GitHub.

A swiss army knife for generating fcpxml files for Final Cut Pro
#golang

github.com/andrewarrow...

09.06.2025 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gyroflow Toolbox v1.3.1 (Build 23) is out now! πŸ₯³

Learn more on FCP Cafe:

fcp.cafe/news/20250605/

05.06.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Transfer Toolbox v1.4.0 is out now on the Mac App Store! πŸ₯³

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

03.06.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you've been in the post production community for a minute, you've most certainly come across the name Monica Daniel. She now needs our help...

fcp.cafe/news/20250530/

29.05.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ATEM Exporter is out now on the Mac App Store! πŸ₯³

It simply listens to a Blackmagic ATEM switcher via Ethernet, and logs all the camera changes, then you can export out a Program Cut or Multicam FCPXML for Final Cut Pro for DaVinci Resolve.

atemexporter.fcp.cafe

29.05.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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

17.05.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Metaburner is now available on the Mac App Store (previously only available on FxFactory) at a special discount rate!

fcp.cafe/news/20250517/

16.05.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I’ve also added 350 old random blog posts to FCP Cafe - lots of old behind the scenes blog posts hidden away in there!

fcp.cafe/blog/

15.05.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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