“More than a year has passed since Final Cut Pro’s last release and we’ve seen two reported Steve Jobs emails talking up a product that many thought Apple had given up on (‘Stay tuned and buckle up.’ and ‘Next release will be awesome.’) but no product itself,” Alexia Tsotsis reports for TechCrunch. “This might change soon however, as we’re hearing that the highly anticipated revamped release of Final Cut Pro is imminent.”
“According our very own people familiar with the matter, a small group of video editors were on the Apple campus recently in order to preview the new version of video editing software, which is in the same space as Avid and Adobe Premier,” Tsotsis reports. “Apparently Apple is still putting the finishing touches on “the biggest overhaul to Final Cut Pro since the original version was created over 10 years ago” and wanted pro user feedback.”
Tsotsis reports, “Early reports from people who have demo’d the new Final Cut Pro (FCP 8?) say that the changes are ‘dramatic and ambitious…'”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Sarah” for the heads up.]