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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. ...

Best of 2011 Nominations: Mac photo / video apps

by Steven Sande (Dec 13th, 2011)

During December and January, The Unofficial Apple Weblog is soliciting your nominations and votes for the best products for Mac, iPhone/iPod touch, and iPad. We'll start with nominations in a category, and then tally your votes for the top-nominated products a few days later. The winner in each ...

Daily Update for November 17, 2011

by Steven Sande (Nov 17th, 2011)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

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 ...

E-book series details the evolution of iMovie

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 28th, 2011)

I am slowly reading through Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs and, like many of you, I'm fascinated by the complex series of events and people who created the Apple we know today. Another good read that covers a portion of Apple history is a e-book series called Timeline. Written by ...

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 ...

Adobe's new "switcher" campaign targets frustrated Final Cut Pro users with 50% off

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 1st, 2011)

Adobe didn't waste anytime trying to capitalize on customer dissatisfaction with Apple's new Final Cut Pro X. Professional users are unhappy with the lack of Pro features like multiple camera support in the latest version of Apple's video editing software. In response, Adobe has kicked off a ...

Apple posts Final Cut Pro X FAQ

by Chris Rawson (Jun 29th, 2011)

In what seems to be an attempt to address the widespread controversy over the recent release of Final Cut Pro X, Apple has posted a FAQ on its site to address some of the concerns that have been raised thus far. Designed to answer the biggest questions that professional editors have raised over ...

Apple discontinues Final Cut Express, reportedly ends Server too

by Matt Tinsley (Jun 22nd, 2011)

Now that some Tuesday's Final Cut Pro X is available, additional details about Apple's pro video edition solution are available. Engadget has confirmed with Apple that there won't be a boxed (studio suite) version of Final Cut Pro X. Instead, it will only be available for download through the ...

Final Cut Pro X launches, $299 in the Mac App Store

by Michael Rose (Jun 21st, 2011)

Apple's professional video editing/production flagship app has been rebuilt from the ground up and repriced for the Mac App Store. Final Cut Pro X is now available for $299.99 via the store, and the accompanying Motion and Compressor apps are $49.99 each. This pricing represents a dramatic drop ...

Apple says "stay tuned" for other Final Cut Studio apps, shows The Loop screenshots

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 13th, 2011)

At the FCPUG SuperMeet at NAB yesterday, Apple unveiled Final Cut Pro X, the latest iteration of its non-linear video editing application. The new version includes such features as color management, background rendering, improved keyword and metadata support and a magnetic timeline that lets ...

Final Cut Pro X announced at NAB SuperMeet

by Michael Rose (Apr 12th, 2011)

As widely rumored, Apple's Peter Steinauer took the stage at the SuperMeet during NAB in Las Vegas to introduce the latest version of Final Cut, Final Cut Pro X. The new video editing app (last revised in July of 2009) adds full 64-bit compatibility with a full rewrite of the platform. Final Cut ...