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It ’s been 13 years since Apple free Final Cut X. That ’s just over half of the picture - redaction software ’s entire lifespan , having celebrate its twenty-fifth natal day this April . It ’s several lifetimes in the domain of consumer software system , lead some to wonder whether the company had quietly washed its work force of the offer .
After 13 years of wait , Final Cut Pro lastly sound up to 11 , and now Apple is no longer mucking about . The software is available to download Wednesday . survive user will get Final Cut Pro 11 as a costless update , while young customers will have to vanquish out $ 300 to download it from the Mac App Store , following a 90 - solar day trial time period .
So , what , precisely , warrant the long - awaited jumping to 11 ? Two letter of the alphabet : AI . week after deliveringApple Intelligence to iOS , iPadOS , and MacOS , the company is tap AI to power fresh feature .
At the top of the listing is Magnetic Mask , which easily crops masses and objects out of television without having to rely on a green screen .
The other top AI - based feature here is Transcribe to Captions , which essentially does what it says on the box , total text to Final Cut ’s timeline . That feature film is powered by an in - theater large language model ( LLM ) , accord to the company .
The other gravid topline feature here is rivet on Apple ’s struggling assorted - reality headset . After add the ability to capture Spatial Video on the latest iPhones , that subject can now be redact with Final Cut . The footage can be color corrected , effects can be added , and the depth positioning of titles can be adjust .
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While CEO Tim Cook has take that the $ 3,500 headset is n’t the mainstream consumer product the caller want , Apple is reported to be working on a more low-priced model . The Vision Pro itself is equal to of capturing Spatial video , along with the iPhone 15 Pro and all iPhone 16 models . Canon also latterly release a new dual lensthat will shoot the format on an R7 camera .
The new Final Cut introduces some time - save up features , as well . Magnetic Timeline , for example , is a agency to rearrange clips quickly , while keeping the audio recording in sync with television .
Apple says Final Cut Pro 11 was built specifically for its first - company silicon , the M - series of fleck . That includes the ability to play back more simultaneous 4 K and 8 K ProRes video current .
Along with the long - look reaching of Pro 11 , Apple is releasing Final Cut Pro for iPad 2.1 . The touched - based interface is get sweetening to lighter and color , as well as an improved workflow experience . That ’s also available starting Wednesday as a free download for existing users .
