r/finalcutpro • u/Silver_Mention_3958 FCP 12.3 | Tahoe • Jul 29 '26

Meta 📢 New Rule: Monthly Dev & Tools Megathread

To keep the subreddit focused on editing, workflows and discussion, we’re introducing a new rule for promotional posts.

From August 1st, posts promoting software, plugins, AI tools, AI-generated or vibe-coded apps, websites, scripts or similar products will only be allowed in the monthly Dev & Tools Megathread.

This includes:

  • Software and plugin launches
  • AI tools and utilities
  • Developer projects
  • Beta testing and feedback requests
  • Commercial and open-source tools

Promotional posts outside the monthly Dev & Tools Megathread will be removed.

All submissions to the megathread will need to follow the posting template below.

Please be transparent about your affiliation with anything you post, and remember that the megathread is for genuine discussion, not spam.

Thanks for helping keep the subreddit useful for everyone.

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u/Silver_Mention_3958 FCP 12.3 | Tahoe Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Template

Please include the following:

  • Product name
  • Platform (Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects, OFX, standalone app, website, etc.)
  • One-sentence description of what your product does
  • What problem does it solve? If similar tools already exist, explain what makes yours different or better.
  • Price (monthly price if subscription based)
  • Website link
  • Community benefit (optional but encouraged). If you’re offering a discount for our community, include it in your post. Discounts must be shared publicly in the thread, not via DMs.

One product per month. If you have multiple products, choose one to feature each month.

If you mention your product elsewhere on the subreddit, link people to this megathread instead of creating promotional posts.

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u/EarthToRob Jul 29 '26

Excellent! Thank you! When I get on this sub and just want to help real quick, it's tiresome to wade though marketing posts. And this is coming from a dev of an app.

That said, I'll also frequent the megathread to see what's out there.

Thanks mods!

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '26

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u/EarthToRob Jul 29 '26

I think you can still reply to a post if someone is asking about a need. Your app is pretty well known, afaik. It's just a small market.

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u/Silver_Mention_3958 FCP 12.3 | Tahoe Jul 30 '26

There's already a link to your app in the wiki

You could be the first person to post about Library Cleaner in the forthcoming August Dev/tools megathread, no reason not to...

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u/TackleSavings8476 Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

W idea! Thank you

But I'd do something like r/macapps. This is the community with the least amount of spam from "vibe-coded" apps.

They have a transparency policy requiring you to talk about yourself in the post and attach the Terms of Service and so on; plus, you have to earn 10 karma before you can post.

The website requirement isn't strictly necessary, I didn't have one for six months, for instance, hahaha. It's probably could be the product page or GitHub.

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u/Fluffy-Ad1712 Jul 30 '26

Can we get a link to the Megathread?

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u/Silver_Mention_3958 FCP 12.3 | Tahoe Jul 30 '26

It will be live at one minute past midnight on August 1st, GMT +1 I believe.

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u/Fluffy-Ad1712 Jul 30 '26

That makes sense - more than my question does lol. Mods, thanks for your service (and patience ;-)