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Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro come to iPad - but what’s the catch with Apple’s “ultimate mobile studio”?
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Applehas announced two of its best creative apps are set to launch on iPad, delivering editing tools for professional content creators in and out of the studio.
Widely considered some of thebest video editing softwareby those in the industry,Final Cut Prois now coming to Apple’s portable devices sporting an “all-new touch interface” and tools for faster workflows.
Joining the pro-grade video editor in the App Store on May 23 isLogic Pro. FCP’s arrival could show that firms are starting to take mobile content creation seriously. - but what’s the catch with what the company is calling, “the ultimate mobile studio"?
Final Cut Pro on iPad: What to expect
Vying to become one of thebest video editing appsfor iPad, FCP features include a new jog wheel, Multi-Touch gestures, and a stock library of hi-res graphics, effects, and audio.
Look out, too, for Live Drawing with support for Apple Pencil. It just might turn out to be one of thebest drawing appsof its type, letting users write and draw directly onto their videos.
For professionals, the new multi-camera editing and Pro camera modes promise more control over every project - whether you’re working with a single or a multi-cam set-up. This includes monitoring audio, and controlling focus, exposure, white balance, and more. Users on aniPad Prowith M2 can even record in Apple’s high-resolutionProResvideo format.
The app, which packs in the ubiquitous machine learning, will also let users import projects made iniMoviefor iOS, Apple’sbest video editing software for beginners. It’s another display of the company’s embrace of the mobile studio.
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Accompanying FCP’s App Store debut comes Logic Pro, a strong contender forbest audio editor, with its own set of portable, touch-friendly tools and professional plugins.
Pro promises for professionals
Final Cut Pro has been a thorn in Apple’s side for a while now. In April 2022, an open lettersigned by frustrated TV and film editorspleaded with CEOTim Cookto “renew its public commitment to the professional filmmaking industry and its visionary product.”
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In response, thecompany outlineda series of nebulous commitments to training, workshops, and “regular consultations”. It silenced the majority for a time - that Apple even responded came as a surprise - but lacked the specificity many creators wanted.
Now, we might be seeing the first fruits from those consultations held by Apple’s panel of industry experts. Bringing Final Cut Pro to iPad feels like a step in the right direction - and one that should’ve been on the to-do list for some time.
With Apple’s launch following the release ofDaVinci Resolve for iPadand LumaFusion to Android, it’s clear, as they become more powerful, portable devices are becoming a key battleground. That can only be a good thing for mobile content creators - whether crafting videos for aYouTubechannel or the big screen.
Apple hasn’t expressed how much of the Final Cut Pro experience is coming to iPad (DaVinci Resolve, for example, is almost identical across desktop and tablet). But there is at least one massive disparity: despite a perpetual license for the desktop edition, iPad users will need a subscription priced at $4.99 a month or $49 a year with a one-month free trial.
Steve is TechRadar Pro’s B2B Editor for Creative & Hardware. He began in tech journalism reviewing photo editors and video editing software at the magazine Web User, where he also covered technology news, features, and how-to guides. Today, he and his team of reviewers test out a range of creative software, hardware, and office furniture. Once upon a time, he wrote TV commercials and movie trailers. Relentless champion of the Oxford comma.
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