“Final Cut Pro X professionals had been waiting to see what the FCPX team has up their sleeves with the next major feature update. Since FCPX 10.3 came out one year ago, we had not seen a feature update, only bug fixes and minor enhancements,” Richard Taylor writes for FCPX.TV. “The attendees of the FCPX Creative Summit in Cupertino got Apple’s worldwide sneak peak at the next major update to FCPX, version 10.4, that will be out sometime later this year.”
“The FCPX Creative Summit is a major once a year USA event that has some of the best FCPX professionals basically showing off FCPX for three days. There are case studies, demonstrations and sessions showing FCPX workflows and techniques,” Taylor writes. “It made perfect sense to highlight a spanking new version of FCPX to the attendees at this event. And Apple did just that. Exclusive worldwide debut of FCPX 10.4.”
“The FCPX team then presented to this select 125+ the non-NDA debut of some new major features of Final Cut Pro 10.4 for an hour or so. Specifically new features such as 360 video tools, a major color overhaul with color wheels and a white balance color picker, native LUT support, HEVC (H.265) and HDR support and a few more items. And I suspect there will be even more features when 10.4 is actually released,” Taylor writes. “During their presentation, Apple referenced their 2 million seats announcement from 6 months ago and said that FCPX now has more seats than any previous version of FCP.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Final Cut Pro X is the most successful version ever!
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Apple releases Final Cut Pro X 10.3.4 – May 26, 2017
Off the Tracks: Documentary shows how Apple’s Final Cut Pro X is disrupting the post production industry – May 24, 2017
Apple’s Final Cut Pro X hits 2 million users milestone – April 26, 2017
Apple’s Final Cut Pro X product team return to the spotlight after 5 years – December 14, 2016
A week editing with Apple’s new MacBook Pros and Final Cut Pro X – November 21, 2016
Apple releases significant Final Cut Pro X update – October 27, 2016
PC Magazine reviews Apple Final Cut Pro X: Editors’ Choice – June 15, 2016
The BBC adopts Apple’s Final Cut Pro X – September 4, 2014
Happy 3rd Birthday, Final Cut Pro X – June 20, 2014
Pushing Apple’s new Mac Pro and Final Cut Pro X to the limit (with video) – March 21, 2014
The first 24 hours with Apple’s new Mac Pro and Final Cut Pro X 10.1 (with video) – December 20, 2013
Apple aims to win over video editors with new Final Cut Pro X marketing push – March 28, 2013
Ultimate Mac: Building the Final Cut Pro X dream machine – November 9, 2012
Final Cut Pro X gets significant update with new features and RED camera support – October 23, 2012
PC Magazine reviews Apple’s Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3: Editors’ Choice for high-end video editing – February 7, 2012
Apple significantly updates Final Cut Pro X – January 31, 2012
Editor Walter Murch is feeling better about Final Cut Pro X – November 8, 2011
Apple releases major Final Cut Pro X update; debuts free 30-day full version trial – September 20, 2011
Film editor: Apple’s Final Cut Pro X is flexible, powerful, incredibly innovative software – September 12, 2011
IT Enquirer reviews Apple’s Final Cut Pro X: Very much a professional’s tool – July 8, 2011
Former Avid employee on Final Cut Pro X: Only Apple seems capable of pushing boundaries – July 5, 2011
Why Apple built Final Cut Pro X – July 1, 2011
PC Magazine: Apple’s Final Cut Pro X makes serious leaps and bounds past its predecessor – June 30, 2011
Apple revolutionizes video editing with Final Cut Pro X – June 21, 2011
Most successful version of an app that pros and industry barely acknowledge or use. Occasional success stories can’t hide how badly Apple screwed up here.
Yes once many pros moved on to PP, Avid or others it was hard getting them back. I am relooking at FCPX only because the Adobe tax is proving a bit much after trying it a while. Some of us are merely working on personal or spec projects with few billables to offset software rentals. FCPX and DaVinci suddenly look more enticing much as I liked Premiere Pro.
They started from scratch for a reason. None of us know the reason. But they threw out everything. Do any of us know what agreements were in place when Apple acquired the original final cut? I know that once they started over it got way cheaper.
I know it sucked when it first came out. I went to premier for a while but the only thing I like about premier is warp stabilizer.
Final cut is faster and easier and just as flexible and not like editing on the dentist’s timeline.
There are Hollywood feature fills that have been edited in FCP X (the one that comes immediately to mind is “Focus” with Will Smith).
The tool has grown significantly since its less-than-fortunate introduction in 2012. The feature set is complete, meanwhile, the user interface is significantly more efficient than any traditional NLE.
The point is, it is perfectly capable of doing its job for Hollywood. It is just a matter of people coming back to Apple after what happened in 2012.
You’ve just named one film. I’d need to see something much much more comprehensive to be convinced FCPX isn’t doa as a widespread industry platform these days.
The figures do not lie: FCPX has millions of users; it is a break through success in the industry that can be overriden by anecdotal stories.
Another FUBAR moment from Pipeline Tim.
FCPX.
What is the highest grossing app on the App Store?
read other articles that they also demoed the IMac Pro
It’s not just people not coming back because of Apple’s original screw-up: it is because it was designed by the iMovie team and optimised for holiday videos.
Apple imposed a unique style of editing which many of us discovered was simply unusable for professional work. They removed bins, breaking the connection with the file system and replaced it with keywords (the same failed idea that search could replace a file system on iOS.
DaVinci Resolve imposes none of this childish nonsense. I would never, ever, return to FCP. Apple’s arrogance cost them the pro market. It’s never coming back.
No, those old Pro’s aren’t coming back. Steve knew they weren’t coming back and if you remember, he had considered abandoning the Pro market altogether. You could even say that where we are today is because he was successful in abandoning that SPECIFIC subset of Pro’s he thought were most problematic.
https://www.engadget.com/2013/08/12/steve-jobs-once-considered-abandoning-the-pro-market/
There are some good quotes from that article that really helps to explain where Apple is today and where they are headed as far as Pro’s are concerned. Any future iMac Pros and Mac Pros are going to be priced for Apple to actually make money in the exchange. That’s also why I’m wondering about Apple’s plans they say they have for the mini. It can’t possibly be expandable. Those who are professionals that want expandability, will be directed to the iMac Pro or Mac Pro. Those professionals that don’t want to pay a professional price will have to make do with whatever consumer grade system Apple ships (and a lot of pro’s DO make good money using MacBooks and iMacs) or, of course, MacBook Pros.
It used to be $199, student price. What happened? It is now $399.
https://www.apple.com/us-hed/shop/product/BMGE2Z/A/pro-apps-bundle-for-education
Now you get FCP and “all the rest” for $199. All you need is a .edu address.