May 7, 2024
PRESS RELEASE
Final Cut Pro transforms video creation with Live Multicam on iPad and new AI features on Mac
Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 provides support for projects on external drives and Live Multicam for recording multiple angles at once using the new Final Cut Camera app for iPhone and iPad; Final Cut Pro for Mac speeds up editing with new AI features
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Today, Apple introduced Final Cut Pro for iPad 2, bringing massive updates that unleash the remarkable capabilities of the new iPad Pro and take creativity to the next level. Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 transforms iPad into a multi-camera production studio with Live Multicam, giving users the power to speed up their shooting by allowing them to connect and preview up to four cameras at once, all in one place.1 To support Live Multicam, Final Cut Camera—an all-new video capture app—is coming to iPhone and iPad, allowing creators to connect wirelessly and remotely direct every video angle with powerful professional controls.2 Final Cut Camera also works as a standalone professional video capture app on iPhone and iPad. External project support gives users the flexibility to edit projects directly from an external device using the iPad Pro’s fast Thunderbolt connection.3 Editing and finishing a project with Final Cut Pro on the new iPad Pro with the M4 chip is incredible, allowing users to gradate colors, apply multiple effects and render graphically intensive timelines even faster. Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 has even more personalized content for editing and creating unique projects, and uses the advanced features of the all-new Apple Pencil Pro, such as rolling and pinching for Live Drawing.
New artificial intelligence features come with Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8, giving editors the ability to quickly customize the look of videos or photos with one click and modify graphics easier than ever.4 Important workflow-accelerating tools offer new ways to manage color correction and video effects, and to easily search and navigate the timeline.
“Users love the portability and flexibility of editing with Final Cut Pro for iPad. It was designed from the ground up to take advantage of everything iPad has to offer, and that continues with the latest advancements like the Apple Pencil Pro and the M4 chip,” said Brent Chiu-Watson, Senior Director of Apps Worldwide Product Marketing of Apple. “Now Final Cut Pro for iPad becomes even more powerful, transforming production workflows for creators by putting iPad at the center and allowing them to edit and share faster than ever, whether they’re in the studio or on the go.” Final Cut Pro for Mac also continues to deliver productivity gains for editors with new features that are smarter and faster.”
Final Cut Pro for iPad 2
The latest update to Final Cut Pro for iPad transforms iPad into a more powerful production studio and opens up entirely new workflows for video, while offering even more possibilities with the all-new Apple Pencil Pro. With the M4 on the new iPad Pro, final rendering is up to 2x faster and editors can benefit from support for up to 4x more ProRes RAW streams than with the M1.
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Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 delivers Live Multicam, an innovative new solution for users to capture up to four different angles of a scene, whether working on their own devices or collaborating with others. Live Multicam connects wirelessly through Final Cut Camera, a new video capture app that allows users to view up to four iPhone or iPad devices and provides a director’s view of each camera in real time. Each live camera can have settings adjusted right from Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 to easily dial in exposure, focus, zoom and more for the perfect shot. Editable preview clips are instantly transferred to Final Cut Pro for iPad and replaced with full-resolution files in the background, so users can seamlessly transition from production to editing.
Final Cut Camera
To support Live Multicam in Final Cut Pro for iPad 2, Final Cut Camera is coming to iPhone and iPad to allow live monitoring and individual control of each video stream. Using the iPhone and iPad’s amazing camera systems, Final Cut Camera allows users to adjust settings like white balance and manual focus while monitoring their footage with zebras and audio meters. Users can now also adjust ISO and shutter speed and enable focus peaking, which brings even more power to the iPad Air and iPad Pro’s camera system. Final Cut Camera can also be downloaded for free as a standalone video capture app for recording professional videos on iPhone and iPad with precise manual controls.
External project support
For even more storage flexibility, Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 now supports external projects, allowing users to easily create or open projects on an external storage device and import media without taking up space on their iPad. Editors can quickly hand off external projects to another editor or bring them into Final Cut Pro for Mac; creating new external storage projects; and seamlessly import high definition files and professional codecs like ProRes and Log.
Even more ways to customize
Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 offers more options for customizing projects. Users can dial in their edits with 12 new color gradation presets, choose from eight basic text titles, score with 20 new soundtracks, and add additional dynamic backgrounds to create effect overlays and title sequences.
The powerful new Apple Pencil Pro offers even greater precision for users of Final Cut Pro for iPad 2. Live Drawing now includes rotation support, giving users more precise control over their chosen tool, and with a pinch, users can quickly download a set of brushes and settings.
Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8
On Mac, editors can take their professional workflow to the next level. Using Apple’s Neural Engine in Silicon, new AI features and organizational tools are coming to Final Cut Pro 10.8. Available as a free update for existing users, Final Cut Pro 10.8 introduces Enhance Light and Color, offering the ability to improve color, color balance, contrast and brightness in one simple step and is optimized for SDR, HDR, RAW and Log-encoded media . With Smooth Slo-Mo, video frames are intelligently generated and blended together, providing the highest quality motion and more drama to your project.
For efficiency in post-production workflows, color corrections and video effects can now be given user names in the inspector to easily identify changes applied to a clip, and effects can be dragged from the inspector to other clips in the timeline or viewer. The Timeline Index also offers the ability to search and navigate to clips with missing media or effects. And text-based timeline search now includes important information like roll, scene, camera angle, and more.
Prices and availability
- Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 will be available later this spring as a free update for existing users and available in the App Store for $4.99 (US) per month or $49 (US) per year, with a one-month free trial for new users.
- Final Cut Camera will be available for free later this spring as a standalone app.
- Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8 will be available as a free update for existing users and for $299.99 (US) for new users on the Mac App Store. All new users can download a free 90-day trial of Final Cut Pro.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with the iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro. Apple’s six software platforms – iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS and tvOS – provide a seamless experience across all Apple devices and empower people with revolutionary services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud and Apple TV+. More than 150,000 Apple employees are dedicated to creating the best products on earth and making the world a better place than we found it.
- Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 requires iPadOS 17.4 or later and iPad models with an M1 chip or later.
- Final Cut Camera is available on iPhone XS and later running iOS 17.4 or later, and iPad models running iPadOS 17.4 or later.
- External project support requires iPadOS 17.5 or later.
- Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8 requires macOS 13.5 or later, 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended), a Metal-compatible graphics card (Intel-based Macs only), and 6.5 GB of available disk space.
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