Just as promised , Apple’s Final Cut Pro X is now available at the Mac App Store for just $299.99, meaning keen editors can immediately grab hold of this suite to crack on with some real-time 4K video editing. In fact, here’s assuming that you’ve got a 64-bit Mac rig with beastly specs within the first place. Accompanying this major software release are Motion 5 and Compressor 4 kits, either one of if you want to cost you an additional $49.99 each, so make that roughly around $400 for the total monty. Press release after the break, but we guess you folks are already busy trimming clips on that magical Magnetic Timeline, so enjoy.
CUPERTINO, California-June 21, 2011-Apple® today announced Final Cut Pro® X, a revolutionary new edition of the world’s most desirable Pro video editing software which completely reinvents video editing with a Magnetic Timeline that permits you to edit on a versatile, trackless canvas; Content Auto-Analysis that categorizes your content upon import by shot type, media and folk; and background rendering if you want to work without interruption. Built on a contemporary 64-bit architecture, Final Cut Pro X is offered from the Mac® App Store™ for $299.99.
“Final Cut Pro X is the largest advance in Pro video editing because the original Final Cut Pro,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vp of global Product Marketing. “We’ve got shown it to most of the world’s best Pro editors, and their jaws have dropped.”
“I’m blown away by what Apple has done with Final Cut Pro,” said Angus Wall, Academy Award-winning film editor. “Final Cut Pro X is extremely modern and fast, but most significantly it enables you to take care of telling your story within the most creative way, while it actively manages all the technical details.”
On the heart of ultimate Cut Pro X is the Magnetic Timeline, a trackless way to editing your footage that allows you to add and arrange clips wherever you wish them, while other clips instantly slide out of how. You need to use Clip Connections to link primary story clips to other elements like titles and sound effects, in order that they stay in perfect sync if you move them. You can also combine related story elements right into a Compound Clip which might be edited as a single clip. The groundbreaking new Auditions feature allows you to swap between a set of clips to right away compare alternate takes.
Content Auto-Analysis scans your media on import and tags your content with useful information. Final Cut Pro X then uses that information to dynamically organize your clips into Smart Collections, so that you can easily find the clips you would like by pack up, medium and wide shots in addition to media type and the collection of people within the shot. You also can tag parts of clips with Range-based keywords to feature custom search criteria for your media.
Completely rebuilt from the floor up, Final Cut Pro X is a 64-bit app that takes full good thing about the most recent Mac hardware and software so that you never ought to await the subsequent edit, whether you’re working with 4K video. Final Cut Pro X uses multi-threaded processing and the GPU in your graphics card for blazing fast background rendering and superb real-time playback performance. Additionally, a ColorSync-managed color pipeline ensures color consistency from import to output.
Final Cut Pro X also includes powerful tools for audio editing and color correction, and is complemented by two companion apps, Motion 5 for pro motion graphics and Compressor 4 for advanced media encoding, available from the Mac App Store for $49.99 each.
Pricing & Availability
Final Cut Pro X is accessible today for $299.99 from the Mac App Store. Motion 5 and Compressor 4 come in today for $49.99 each from the Mac App Store. Full system requirements and additional info on Final Cut Pro X are located at www.apple.com/finalcutpro.
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