Apple releases Final Cut Pro updates for iPad and Mac, new iPhone app
Apple on Thursday announced that Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 and Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8 are now available. Existing users of the software can get the new versions for free in the App Store. The new software includes features that were revealed in May.
Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 and Final Cut Camera for iPhone
Here are the release notes for Final Cut Pro for iPad 2, which lists the new features:
- Connect to Final Cut Camera on iPad or iPhone to record up to four angles at once using Live Multicam.
- Easily create and edit projects on a connected external storage device.
- Dial in your exposure with shutter speed and ISO controls in pro camera mode.
- Enable focus peaking to ensure your footage is sharp while recording.
- Polish your videos with 12 new color grading presets, 6 dynamic glitch backgrounds, 20 soundtracks, & basic text titles, and more.
Apple has also released Final Cut Camera for iPhone (free), which is the companion app required to use the Live MultiCam feature in Final Cut for iPad 2. It does work on its own and offers more professional controls for adjusting video during a shoot than the regular Camera app.
Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8
The release notes for Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8 details the new features and bug fixes:
- Automatically improve the color, color balance, contrast, and brightness of video or still images using the new Enhance Light and Color effect, powered by machine learning.
- Enable Smooth Slo-Mo to create amazing slow-motion visuals with an Al-enhanced algorithm on Mac models with Apple silicon.
- Stay organized by renaming color corrections and video effects in the inspector.
- Drag effects right from the inspector to other clips in the timeline or viewer.
- Use new filters in the timeline index to quickly identify clips with audio effects, video effects, retiming changes, missing media, or missing effects.
- Search in the timeline index by reel, scene, camera angle, camera name, custom metadata, or effect name.
- Search for clips in the browser using new “Starts With” and “Ends With” search criteria.
- Improves timeline scrolling behavior during reverse playback.
Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 is available through a subscription fee of $4.99/£4.99 per month or $49/£49 per year. Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8 has a one-time licensing fee of $299.99/£299.99.