Apple has released the biggest update to Final Cut Pro in years. The popular video editing program has been updated to Final version Pro 11and now includes several AI-powered tools designed for Macs with Apple Silicon, such as a tool that automatically adds subtitles or another that lets you edit and export spatial audio projects for Vision Pro.
One of the most interesting AI-powered features of Final Cut Pro 11 is the Magnetic Mask or magnetic mask. This feature allows video editors to automatically select elements or objects without performing more time-consuming rotoscoping. Users can then use this element to apply color correction and video effects, or simply select a background to customize it.
Apple also included a feature in Final Cut Pro 11 called Transcription into subtitles. This uses a language model trained by the company itself, which is able to transcribe the voice appearing in the video into text to automatically generate subtitles that will appear on the timeline.
New Final Cut Pro update also includes other new features such as the ability to add and customize keyboard shortcuts, add third-party media extensions to play and edit other video formats, vertical zoom to scale the height of a clip, and more.
Final Cut Pro 11 adds additional support for Vision Pro
Another new feature in Final Cut Pro 11 is Spatial video editing for VisionPro. You can now import spatial images and videos recorded with a compatible iPhone or with a Canon R7.7 and RF-S7.8mm F4 STM DUAL lens, and add effects, color correction or add titles, even with depth, for a more immersive experience. sensation.
For easier editing, Apple allows users choose between different display modesallowing you to view the left or right eye angle on your Mac screen. In any case, editing can also be done through the Mac virtual screen on Vision Pro.
Upgrading to Final Cut Pro 11 is free for users who already have the program. The program has price 350 euros for new users.
News for iPad and iPhone
Apple, on the other hand, has updated Final Cut for iPad with version 2.1which adds haptic feedback support for Apple Pencil Pro and Magic Keyboard, making users feel a slight vibration every time they move media or trim a clip. Touch controls have also been improved with new controls and modes, and a vertical pinch gesture has been added that lets you increase or decrease the height of a clip in the timeline.
Additionally, Live Drawing features new styles including watercolor, pencil, fountain pen, and monoline pen.
Finally, Final Cut Camera has been updated to version 1.1 with HEVC encoding support or the ability to activate the LUT table when writing to the Journal is activated. The iPhone 16 Pro also added the ability to record in 4K at 120fps for slow motion.
Source: Hiper Textual
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