Apple promotes AI, multicam features of Final Cut Pro for iPad, Mac
Apple has released a pair of videos, promoting the new features of the video editing tool Final Cut Pro on both Mac and iPad.
A still from Apple's Final Cut Pro promo videos
In June, Apple released updates to Final Cut Pro, bringing the iPad app up to version 2 and the Mac app to version 10.8. Two months later, it is promoting the pair on YouTube.
The three-minute video titled "Final Cut Pro" for iPad 2 discusses Live Multicam, which can work with the separate Final Cut Camera app for live multi-camera recording and editing. It also brings up external storage support to handle hefty video files and external sources, and an expansion of transitions and effects.
The second video for Final Cut Pro 10.8, also lasting three minutes, with AI-powered elements being featured. Enhance Light and Color helps speed up color correction, while Smooth Slo-Mo can create impressive slow-motion footage.
It also mentions the Object Tracker, Voice Isolation, and Smart Conform for creating vertical content from horizontal-oriented projects. Timeline clip searching using Timeline Index and text searching, as well as renaming color corrections, are also raised in the video.
Final Cut Pro for macOS costs $299.99 as a single purchase. Final Cut Pro for iPad is subscription-based, priced at $4.99 per month or $49 per year.
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Comments
How about true multiple audio source support?
It would be great if Apple allowed the use of Bluetooth microphones (like Mic 2 or AirPods). They could simply add support for Bluetooth mics and the ability to request permission to use audio from a person’s AirPods on their iPhone. Then, something could be displayed in the Dynamic Island or notch to show that the audio is being used for Final Cut Camera.
Apple advertises this model as capable of shooting people climbing a wall from various angles, but it only works for video. It would be fantastic to use AirPods or Bluetooth mics placed on people as audio sources.
This would also be perfect for quick interviews, eliminating the need for a handheld mic.
Pease add these features and ability to align all these video and audio sources in timeline.
Another feature that would set the Final Cut Pro Camera and Final Cut Pro for iPad apart could be better/higher bitrate HEVC compression settings, enhancing the quality of captured and exported videos by retaining more details but keeping the files smaller than ProRes.
One of the earliest demos I saw of this tech when it was first released, was using multiple audio sources. They used a studio mic, and a couple of those little portable ones like the DJI.