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Avid offers $995 crossgrade to Media Composer for Final Cut users

by Chris White (Apr 12th, 2011)

Are you a Final Cut Studio user? Have you looked at Avid Media Composer and wished you could afford it? Regardless of whether you feel Media Composer is better or worse than Final Cut Pro, it's still a popular editing platform that brings not only prestige but also the potential to pick up more ...

Dear Apple, here's our Final Cut Studio wishlist

by Chris White (Apr 11th, 2011)

Today the NAB exhibit hall opened, and just about everyone in the video world is showing off the hot new stuff they've been waiting to announce to video professionals from around the world. Apple, however, is notably absent again this year, choosing instead to make an announcement tomorrow ...

Talkcast tonight, 10 PM ET: Pro video preview from NAB

by Michael Rose (Apr 10th, 2011)

It's Sunday night, and that means talkcast time! This week, as the NAB convention kicks off in Las Vegas, we look ahead to the highly-anticipated next step in pro video editing from Apple. Yes, the rumor mill around Final Cut Pro is percolating with extreme prejudice, so there's no better time to ...

More talk that the next Final Cut Pro will be the best thing since sliced bread

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 10th, 2011)

Okay, it's getting to the point now that the next Final Cut Pro better be the best thing ever invented because everyone who has played around with it seems to think it is. The latest heap of praise comes from Mark Raudonis, head of post production at Bunim/Murray Productions. Raudonis ...

What do you want to see in the next Final Cut Studio?

by Chris White (Apr 7th, 2011)

It's no secret that many post-production professionals feel Final Cut Studio has been falling behind over the last two years. While Apple has taken its time developing a new version of its video suite, competitors like Adobe have jumped ahead with significant updates; some have even questioned ...

Rumor: New Final Cut Pro to debut on April 12

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 5th, 2011)

According to ProVideo Coalition, Apple is planning on debuting the next version of Final Cut Pro at the Final Cut Pro User Group SuperMeet on April 12. According to PVC, "Apple will be using the Vegas Supermeet to announce the next version of Final Cut Pro. Supposedly, Apple will be taking over ...

'Dramatic and ambitious' new Final Cut Pro to debut this spring

by Michael Grothaus (Feb 23rd, 2011)

TechCrunch reports that Final Cut Pro, Apple's professional video editing suite, is set for a major update this spring. According to TechCrunch, a small group of prominent video editors were recently invited to Apple's campus to try out the upcoming revamp to Final Cut Pro and give their feedback ...

Xsan sites gain options as Active Storage steps in with new metadata controller

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jan 31st, 2011)

So long, Xserve. At the end of the day (January 31), you will be leaving the product sales list after serving the Mac community faithfully for nearly nine years. But today Active Storage introduced ActiveSAN, a high-performance metadata controller for Xsan and StorNext networks, intending to pick ...

Final Cut Server app ClipTouch 1.0 for iPad released

by David Quilty (Jan 24th, 2011)

Calling all Final Cut Pro users who want to bring their new iPad into the editing room with them -- this news is for you. According to The Mac Observer, Factorial Ltd.'s ClipTouch 1.0 for iPad Final Cut Server client app was recently released and allows content creators to browse, archive, restore ...

Alcatel-Lucent trust sues Apple and others over video patents

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 23rd, 2010)

Apple has been hit with yet another patent infringement lawsuit this week. The lawsuit was filed on Monday in the U.S. District Court for Southern California by the Multimedia Patent Trust. The MPT is a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent that was formed when Alcatel merged with Lucent Technologies in ...

New Apple patents for iPhone, wide trackpad, Final Cut Pro, and Apple Mail

by Mike Schramm (Nov 17th, 2010)

Patently Apple's got a whole slew of new patent applications from Cupertino today. First up are the actual product designs of the original iPhone and the second-gen iPod shuffle. Apple's moved on from both of these designs to newer and better things, but they're putting the patents in anyway, just ...

New Apple patent features video editing innovation and simplification

by Mel Martin (Nov 3rd, 2010)

Apple is already pretty tight with the film production industry. Final Cut Pro has a big chunk of the high-end editing business, and Apple continues innovating to keep their spot secure. A 2007 survey showed that Final Cut Pro had 49 percent of the professional editing market. A new patent granted ...

Software updates: Aperture 3.1, Java Update 3, and ProKit Update

by Chris Rawson (Oct 20th, 2010)

Three big updates just showed up in Software Update: Aperture 3.1, Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3, and ProKit Update. Aperture 3.1 weighs in at nearly 375 MB. Aside from the usual improvements to "overall stability and performance," Aperture 3.1 brings compatibility with the brand new iLife '11 ...

Final Cut Studio won't be dumbed down

by Chris Rawson (May 19th, 2010)

On Tuesday, Appleinsider wrote that Apple's Final Cut team may refocus the application suite's focus from its current professional target to a more "prosumer" type of customer. Since then, many avid Final Cut Studio users have lamented the possibility of an iMovie 8-style "dumbing down" of the video ...

Steve Jobs responds to customer's email about Final Cut Pro

by Dave Caolo (Apr 14th, 2010)

Steve Jobs has been surprising customers lately with personal replies to their emails. He's done it again this week with the longest message yet. According to Mac Soda, customer Alex J. felt that the recent updates of Final Cut Pro (FCP) have gotten the application off track. As do many zealots ...