Final Cut Pro Gets Major Update With New Camera App

[MacRumors]

Apple today released Final Cut Pro 2 for the iPad and Final Cut Pro 10.8 for the Mac, two Final Cut Pro updates that it first announced back in May.

Final Cut Pro for iPad has been updated with new capabilities that are designed for the M4 iPad Pro models that came out earlier this year.

Live Multicam lets users capture up to four different angles of a single scene using connected iPhones and iPads. To make this feature work, Apple has created a Final Cut Camera app that captures video from each of the devices and feeds it into Final Cut Pro.

Users can get a director's view of each connected camera in real time, and the settings can be adjusted from the Final Cut Pro app. There are options for tweaking exposure, focus, white balance, ISO, shutter speed, and zoom to get the perfect shots. Preview clips are passed through to Final Cut Pro and then replaced with full-resolution files so users can quickly move from production to editing.

Final Cut Camera is available as a standalone app as of today and in addition to feeding footage to Final Cut Pro, it can be used as a video capture app for recording video with precise manual controls.

The updated Final Cut Pro for iPad app supports external projects, so users can create or open projects on an external device and import media without taking up iPad storage space. Apple added additional customization options to Final Cut Pro, including 12 color-grading presets, eight basic text titles, 20 soundtracks, and new dynamic backgrounds.

With the M4 chip, final rendering with Final Cut Pro is up to 2x faster, and it supports up to 4x more streams of ProRes RAW than the M1 chip. Final Cut for iPad works with the Apple Pencil Pro, adding support for barrel roll and squeeze, improving access to and control over tools.

As for Final Cut Pro for the Mac, it includes Enhance Light and Color, an AI feature that improves color, color balance, contrast, and brightness in one step. Smooth Slo-Mo, another new feature, blends frames of video intelligently to provide higher-quality movement.

Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 is available as a free update for existing users, with new users able to purchase it for $4.99 per month or $49 per year. Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8 is also available as a free update for existing users, with new users able to purchase the software for $299.99. Apple has also released new versions of Compressor and Motion.

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[Think|Different]

Have been waiting for this one! Updated and already in...New lighting features are NICE.

 

[infinitedreams]

I don't see Final Cut Camera on the App Store

 

[ghostface147]

No Final Cut camera yet, but I have a few scenarios where this will help with my videos.

 

[nrose101]

Can't find Final Cut Mac update.

 

[CalMin]

Neither are showing for me. I guess this will be a staged roll-out?

 

[spaxxedout]

I don't see Final Cut Camera on the App Store

I had to go to another Apple app and tap 'Apple' to navigate to their developer page.

It's everything the iPhone camera app should be. Well done.

 

[spaxxedout]

Link to camera app:

‎Final Cut Camera

‎Final Cut Camera puts you in the director’s chair with intuitive pro controls for your entire video production. Seamlessly start a Live Multicam session by connecting up to four devices running Final Cut Camera to preview, record, and sync your video angles in Final Cut Pro for iPad. Capture...

apps.apple.com

 

[filmantopia]

Final Cut Pro for Mac update super disappointing. Competitors are starting to run circles around it. It honestly needs a major overhaul at this point.

I was a die-hard Final Cut user for 17 years, and finally had to shift my primary workflow to Davinci Resolve.

 

[jonnysods]

Why do I get the sinking feeling that soon the Mac app will require a subscription...

 

[StellarVixen]

Final Cut Pro for Mac update super disappointing. Competitors are starting to run circles around. It honestly needs a major overhaul at this point.

Not a video editor nor a filmmaker, but I see this sentiment around a lot

 

[Someyoungguy]

Final Cut Pro for Mac update super disappointing. Competitors are starting to run circles around. It honestly needs a major overhaul at this point.

I’ve never tried it, but I have used iMovie extensively, and tried DaVinci Resolve and CapCut (all as a hobbyist). Is there no argument left for learning Final Cut? CapCut seems especially powerful for the effort and learning curve, but I feel a little funny bending the knee to our TikTok overlords.

 

[RowellE]

I’d be so upset if FCP for Mac goes the subscription model route.

 

[ghostface147]

I’m also more curious who has four devices to use for Final Cut camera. I have my iPhone and that’s it. Do people use four iPads or iPhones?

 

[NT1440]

I’m also more curious who has four devices to use for Final Cut camera. I have my iPhone and that’s it. Do people use four iPads or iPhones?

You usually have more than one camera involved if you're filming something professionally.

 

[edrozenberg]

The new iOS camera app is not yet propagated to the App Store search index. For now as another post suggests open any Apple app in the App Store and go to the developer icon in the top toolbar to see the latest releases.

 

[SpanishAppleNerd]

bye bye blackmagic!!

 

[edrozenberg]

You usually have more than one camera involved if you're filming something professionally.

This ^. The iPhone is not yet a Canon Sony Nikon (A7 S III etc) but for those who find it good enough for their scenario, think of it as buying 3 $1,500 cameras instead of 3 $5,000 cameras . It's also likely that using 2 iPhones in a custom side-by-side rig to film/stream 3d to Vision Pro will happen soon if not already, similar to how Sandwich 3d-streamed the Talk Show recently w/2 box cameras, detailed here https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/06/how-sandwich-streamed-the-talk-show-live-in-3d-on-vision-pro/ . Yes a single iPhone can already film 3d for the Vision Pro but the built-in cameras are very close together - a rig w/two cameras provides much wider camera separation, which is good for 3d.

 

[filmjeff]

Final Cut Pro for Mac update super disappointing. Competitors are starting to run circles around it. It honestly needs a major overhaul at this point.

I was a die-hard Final Cut user for 17 years, and finally had to shift my primary workflow to Davinci Resolve.

Why? FCP still is the fastest for EDITING around. I love DaVinci but the editing is just as old and busted as Avid, Premiere, etc.

Does Apple need role-based mixing, AI transcription, etc. Sure. But again it's the most solid and fastest editing you'll find.

 

[CarAnalogy]

I had to go to another Apple app and tap 'Apple' to navigate to their developer page.

It's everything the iPhone camera app should be. Well done.

Now I want to see an update like this to the still camera.

Even just adding manual focus.

 

[Unami]

It's also likely that using 2 iPhones in a custom side-by-side rig to film/stream 3d to Vision Pro

I would not count on that, as you only need one iPhone for spatial video. But you're right, it might be an interesting thing in some usecases. Otoh, if you go wired, you can get blackmagic studio cameras, halfway decent lenses (read: cheap, but better than iphone's optics) and a mixer which can actually live stream and a monitor for around the same money and produce in better quality.

 

[MacFan782040]

I’d be so upset if FCP for Mac goes the subscription model route.

If there's more routine updates and added features, I'm all for a subscription.

 

[MacFan782040]

I’ve never tried it, but I have used iMovie extensively, and tried DaVinci Resolve and CapCut (all as a hobbyist). Is there no argument left for learning Final Cut? CapCut seems especially powerful for the effort and learning curve, but I feel a little funny bending the knee to our TikTok overlords.

The saddest thing about this is FCP used to be the gold standard. Apple slowly stopped caring, and it's fallen from the top. Which is mind boggling given how much user-created video has exploded in recent years and their focus on iPhone cameras and videos. It's like they're simultaneously going in opposite directions.

 

[RevTEG]

I really like the new app. Zoom feature is pretty smooth. I need a camera app where I can change from front to back camera while recording. It seems Final Cut Camera works the same as the stock camera app in that regards. Having to cut footage together when changing from front to back camera is extra “work”.

 

[jayducharme]

It's still a bit mind-blowing that we can now use a phone camera to capture hi-res video directly into a professional non-linear editing app.