Final Cut Pro 12.3 is here! [Patreon Bonus] (Patreon)

Hey everyone!
Last week I released DropHawk Pro, and the support has been huge. Thank you so much!

This week, I have an incredibly exciting announcement... Final Cut Pro 12.3 is here! And even though it's not a major version number jump, it's actually one of the biggest updates we have had yet!

In May, I got access to a beta of Final Cut Pro 12.3, and it got me more excited for the state of Final Cut Pro than pretty much any other update has. The features that were added feel like Apple is genuinely starting to listen to user feedback. While it's not everything we have been asking for, it's an amazing step toward that future.

This post is coming out the day of the update, so if you don't know yet here's some of the new features.

1. Auto Masks - a really amazing new way to mask parts of your subject INSTANTLY. Honestly this feature has so much to unpack… I can't wait to dive deeper on it.

2. Color Match - a feature we had previously, but now greatly enhanced with the help of Apple Intelligence.

3. Edit Detection - exceptionally helpful for color grade workflows, or cutting down previously created content for vertical short-form videos.

4. A whole bunch of keyboard shortcuts and workflow enhancements

And finally the feature that I think will get the most attention...
5. Automatic Subtitles - make any title from FCP into a subtitle to have words appear on screen as they are spoken.

If you want to learn more about the update, you can watch my video about it here
👉 https://youtu.be/r1vZW_zmQ3I

An interesting part about getting early access to these releases is that we have absolutely no idea when the official update will come out. So I scrambled to make videos as quickly as possible so that they would be on time, and ready to go during the official release. The few other times I got early access, the update was released within 1-2 weeks, so I felt like I didn't have a whole lot of time to learn the new tools, and to make a really solid overview of them.

While I was creating my videos, it suddenly gave me a ton of inspiration for a new plugin from my channel. As I was testing out many different titles with the new subtitle system, I found many of them weren't working in the way I needed them to. So I decided to create a plugin that would fill that gap. A plugin designed from the ground up specifically for Final Cut Pro's brand new subtitle system.

And so that's what took over my life for the month of May.
I created FCB's Pro Subtitles for Final Cut Pro.

I have poured so much into making this as good as I possibly could. I worked hard to make sure every subtitle was unique, interesting, and useful to as many people as possible! But even with all of that work, it still felt like I wanted more from the plugin.

Whenever I make a plugin, I always want it to do something that I haven't seen anywhere else, and that fills a specific need in Final Cut Pro.

So, I created "Custom Pro"

Honestly, the name kind of sucks, but it gets the point across 😅

Custom Pro is the most customizable title tool I have ever created for Final Cut Pro. In fact, it's so powerful that nearly every other title in the pack can be re-created using Custom Pro. This tool is for those of you who want a version of a title that just doesn't exist for Final Cut Pro. It means your titles will never look like anyone else's if you want. It's really an incredibly in-depth system.

But, I wanted the plugin to be clean and clear... I wanted to publish 200 different parameters for you to have access to, even though many of them aren't directly publishable by Motion!

So I created an app using Claude that lets me publish parameters not normally accessible, and lets me publish them in their original groupings found in Motion. To most of you… this probably doesn't matter all that much. But trust me, the end product is a much neater package that will make your experience of using Pro Subtitles much, much better.

This is the key reason I wasn't able to get a download out in May. Not only was I filming and editing videos about the update, creating two apps, and crafting Pro Subtitles, and making it as good as I possibly could.

But on top of that, I was officially hiring my first ever employee to help take on some of the work so that I can be more focused on crafting better videos, plugins, and everything else that gets put out on the channel. The process of getting my business ready for an employee was its own multi-week task, before he started June 1st (welcome Taylor!! Glad you're here dude 👊) Between getting insurance, paperwork, meetings with HR professionals, etc. etc... It is a much more extensive process than I ever realized 😅 Now that Taylor is working for me though, it is so worth it. I can't wait for you to see the stuff he has been working on 😁.

So all that to say, while I was very quiet in the month of May (no uploads for 3 weeks 😫!), it was actually the busiest I have ever been on my channel in the nearly 6 years I have been doing this. Not only was it busy, but it also has me absolutely pumped for this next season of Final Cut Pro.

So where does your Patreon membership fall into all of this?

I have been considering what I can do to make your membership as valuable as I can. I really wanted to offer this as a free plugin to all of you — I crunched the numbers — but I just cannot financially do it. So this is what I landed on, and I hope you feel it's a fair trade!

I have put together a pack of my 10 absolutely favorite presets from the pack. These aren't just throwaway preset titles — I genuinely love all 10 of these the most out of the 50+ I created. But on top of that, I am also adding in "Custom Pro," which means you can build an unlimited number of subtitle variations!

You can download it now at the bottom of this post.

But, there's one additional benefit here... your Patreon discount code "Patreon30" works on top of the launch week discount for FCB's Pro Subtitles! Right now, the plugin is $20 off, making it only $29. But if you use your code "Patreon30" at checkout, it will bring the price down to only $20.30! Just make sure you use your code before the launch week discount is over.

If you feel like you want even more presets for Final Cut Pro, definitely check out "FCB's Pro Subtitles" for Final Cut Pro 👉 https://fcbplugins.com/b/prosubtitles

Hopefully if you made it this far, you can understand where I have been, and can forgive the very quiet place my page has been 😬.

I am truly so excited for the future of FCP, and have so many ideas for future content around these updates, so make sure you keep an eye out for that!

Thanks for sticking with me on this journey! I can't wait to start this next chapter of my business, which is only possible because of you supporting the channel.

-Dylan your Final Cut Bro 👊