OR Apple announced the release of major updates to its Final Cut Pro video editing software designed for Mac and iPad.
Final Cut Pro has been version 10 since 2011, but after 13 years, Apple is finally ready to debut Final Cut Pro 11.
Apple first unveiled a new version of Final Cut Pro at the launch of the new M4 Macs in October, and now the updated software is available for download with a number of “smart” improvements.
With Final Cut Pro 11, Apple makes sure to take advantage of the full power of the M-series chips. Magnetic Mask, a new AI-powered tool, allows video editors to isolate people and objects in a video clip without green screen or time-consuming rotoscoping.
Magnetic Mask is ideal for adjusting backgrounds and environments and can be combined with color correction and video effects for more control over any project.
Another new AI feature, Transcribe to Captions, allows Final Cut Pro to automatically create closed captions in the timeline using a large language model trained by Apple that analyzes the spoken audio in a video.
Final Cut Pro 11 now has support for spatial video editing. Users can import footage from iPhone 15 Pro models, iPhone 16 models, or Canon’s RF-S7.8mm F4 STM dual-lens R7 camera to make color corrections, add effects, and enhance video with titles and more functions. The depth position of titles and shots can be adjusted using FCP, and there are different view modes for left and right eye corner previews on Mac.
When a Mac is paired with a Vision Pro, the virtual Mac display can be used to edit spatial video with Final Cut Pro software. Spatial videos edited in Final Cut Pro can be exported directly to a user’s photo library for viewing in Vision Pro, or can be shared with others by uploading to the visionOS Vimeo app.
Other new features in Final Cut Pro:
– Reduce browser clutter by automatically hiding original clips when creating synchronized or multi-camera clips.
– Use Vertical Zoom to adjust to scale the heights of the clip to fit the timeline.
– Speed up your creative flow with new Picture in Picture and Callout effects.
– Create amazing visual revelations with new Modular transitions.
– Increase efficiency with new keyboard shortcuts for common browser and timeline tasks.
– Install third-party media extensions to support playback and editing of more video formats.
Final Cut Pro for iPad 2.1 improves the first-touch editing experience by adding support for Enhance Light and Color, which improves color balance, contrast and brightness in video or still images with one tap.
There’s haptic feedback support for the Apple Pencil Pro and Magic Keyboard, meaning users will feel a slight pulse when cutting clips, panning, navigating the timeline, and resizing viewer clips at breakpoints. Apple has added four new Live Drawing inks to the iPad for adding animation to videos. There are now watercolor, crayon and pen options.
Other improvements include a vertical gesture to expand or minimize the height of the clip in the timeline, an option to dynamically adjust the size and position of the viewer in Picture-in-picture mode, and timeline support for recordings at 90 to 120 frames per second on iPhone 16 Pro models. The content library features additional modular transitions, color grading presets, and dynamic soundtracks.
Apple also updated Final Cut Camera in version 1.1, adding support for capturing Log-encoded HEVC video in either standalone or Live Multicam sessions, combining Log’s dynamic range with reduced file sizes. Users can also enable a preview lookup table (LUT) when recording to the log file.
iPhone 16 Pro users can capture 4K 120 fps footage for smoother cinematic slow motion and then import it into Final Cut Pro for editing on iPad.
Along with these updates to Final Cut Pro, Apple has refreshed Logic Pro for Mac and Logic Pro for iPad, adding support for a new Quantec Room Simulator plugin. There are also updates to Motion, Compressor and iMovie.
You can download the new versions of Final Cut Pro for Mac and iPad, Final Cut Camera and Logic Pro for Mac and iPad from the App Store. Final Cut Pro for Mac costs $299.99 , while Final Cut Pro for iPad costs $4.99 per month or $49 per year. The version 11 update is available to existing users for free.
Logic Pro for Mac costs $199.99, while Logic Pro for iPad costs $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year.
Source: techblog.gr
