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Apple updates Final Cut Pro X, Compressor and Motion ahead of NAB

by Michael Rose (Apr 10th, 2012)

Next week is the big show: the National Association of Broadcasters' annual exhibition and conference in Las Vegas kicks off April 14, and every video software and hardware company will be on hand, eager to meet customers new and old. Just in time to land on laptops before everyone packs up for ...

Avid Studio takes iPad video editing to the next level (Updated)

by Mel Martin (Feb 2nd, 2012)

Updated to clarify that Avid Media Composer is cross-platform. Avid Studio on the desktop is a Windows-only product. Take that, Apple! Avid has just released an iPad iMovie competitor called Avid Studio. The US$4.99 app is a scaled-down version of Avid's pro video editing tools. Avid Studio ...

Apple updates Final Cut Pro X with multicam, more

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 31st, 2012)

Apple released an update to Final Cut Pro X, bringing the video editing app to version 10.0.3. The latest update adds several significant features for video professionals including new advanced chroma keying, support for XML 1.1 and beta broadcast monitoring for Thunderbolt devices and PCIe cards. ...

TUAW Best of 2011: Flare top Mac photo app; Final Cut Pro X best video app

by Steven Sande (Dec 20th, 2011)

In our TUAW Best of 2011 voting, we've come to the end of the awards for the Mac. Starting tomorrow, the winners for iPhone accessories and apps will be announced. Today we're proud to announce the winners of the voting for the top Mac photo and video apps. For Mac photo apps, the innovative Flare ...

Apple releases Final Cut Pro X 10.0.2

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 17th, 2011)

Final Cut Pro owners, there's an update waiting for you today. It's a small bug fix for those having problems with title fonts and start times on compound clips. The latest version is now 10.0.2 and includes these changes: Fixes an issue where a title may revert to the default font after ...

Editor Walter Murch is feeling better about Final Cut Pro X

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 8th, 2011)

When Final Cut Pro X debuted, it caused a stir in the professional video editing world. Long a standard tool for feature film editors, the latest version of Final Cut was designed more for the prosumer, and left some pro editors with a bad taste for the update. In a recent interview with Rick ...

Final Cut Pro X update adds "top feature requests"

by Dave Caolo (Sep 20th, 2011)

Apple will release a major update to Final Cut Pro X, as well as a demo version that new customers can download and try out today. This update address the top user requests, according to Apple's senior director applications marketing, Richard Townhill. In an interview with The Loop's Jim Dalrymple, ...

Sales of Adobe video tools grow, thanks to Final Cut X

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 8th, 2011)

Final Cut Pro X launched earlier this year and casued much controversy. Consumers lauded the app as a relatively inexpensive upgrade to iMovie; while video professionals were discontent with what they considered to be a dumbed down application. The biggest winner in this war over Final Cut Pro X ...

Final Cut Studio back on sale, Final Cut Pro X haters rejoice (Updated)

by Chris Rawson (Sep 1st, 2011)

Update: Apple tells The Loop that this is basically leftover stock. So, buy it now or forever enjoy the progress of FCP X, for better or worse. For those users who've decided Final Cut Pro X just isn't for them (and by the sounds of things, quite a lot of people feel that way), there's now hope. ...

Bare Feats finds iMacs compare to Mac Pros running Final Cut Pro X

by Steven Sande (Jul 11th, 2011)

Final Cut Pro X users might want consider an iMac instead of a Mac Pro, according to some recent benchmarks run by Bare Feats. The graphics and speed testing site recently tested FCP X on three different Macs to see which current model was able to tame the power-hungry app the best. The ...

Apple may allow additional FCP 7 enterprise licenses (Updated)

by Steven Sande (Jul 7th, 2011)

On July 6th, Apple held a private briefing in London for enterprise users of Final Cut Pro. Of course, one of the main topics of discussion was Final Cut Pro X (FCP X), which has been receiving a lot of flak from unhappy pro users since its release on June 21, 2011. It appears that Apple will ...

First-Person Final Cut Pro X, Day Five: Trimming and Closing Thoughts

by Matthew Levie (Jul 6th, 2011)

First-Person Final Cut Pro X is the unvarnished story of one pro editor's week-long introduction to the new Final Cut. Part 5 is the final installment. So today I had to go back to a multicamera FCP 7 project and, truthfully, it was quite a relief. I realized that part of that relief was the ...

First-Person Final Cut Pro X, Day Four: Gaining Perspective

by Matthew Levie (Jul 4th, 2011)

First-Person Final Cut Pro X is the unvarnished story of one pro editor's week-long introduction to the new Final Cut. I thought the next installment would be on trimming, but I wasn't able to write it, because FCP X failed to save all the work I did yesterday afternoon. You may have heard that ...

First-Person Final Cut Pro X, Day Three: Media Management

by Matthew Levie (Jul 3rd, 2011)

First-Person Final Cut Pro X is the unvarnished story of one pro editor's week-long introduction to the new Final Cut. Today, we discuss media management in FCP X, or the complete lack thereof. So far this is the most frustrating thing about this program. Like many FCP X features, it's ...

First-Person Final Cut Pro X, Day Two: Learning the Ropes

by Matthew Levie (Jul 2nd, 2011)

First-Person Final Cut Pro X is the unvarnished story of one pro editor's week-long introduction to the new Final Cut. Since my traumatic first day, I've been cutting a small project in FCP X. It's growing on me in some ways and driving me bonkers in others. The good news is that, unlike last ...