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Apple unveils Final Cut Pro X; Available in June for $299

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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As had been rumored, Apple yesterday unveiled its latest update to Final Cut Pro, dubbed Final Cut X. The latest upgrade brings with it a host of new features, including support for all processor cores via Grand Central Dispatch, support for high-def 4k resolution, the ability to edit during import, scalable rendering, and resolution independent […]

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More details about massive Final Cut Pro upgrade emerge; Spring 2011 launch expected along with iPad and Thunderbolt support

Monday, April 11, 2011

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With Apple expected to announce a major update to Final Cut Pro this week, new details about some of the surprises Apple has in store are beginning to leak out.   Rumor has it that FCP will be released sometime this Spring with an official unveiling set for tomorrow at the Final Cut Pro User […]

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Apple to unveil revamped Final Cut Pro on April 12 at FCP User Group SuperMeet

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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The ProVideoCoallition reports that Apple will unveil its highly anticipated update to Final Cut Pro at the the Final Cut Pro User Group SuperMeet, scheduled to kick off on April 12. This jives with previous rumors we’ve heard about a Final Cut Pro announcement coming sometime in early April. Philip Bloom just confirmed with me […]

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First hand account of upcoming Final Cut Pro update – it’s a “jaw dropper”

Thursday, February 24, 2011

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The hype surrounding the next version of Final Cut Pro continues to build. Just yesterday came news that the next version of FCP will feature the software’s biggest overhaul since the original version. Ahead of its anticipated Spring 2011 release, Apple invited a number of post-production professionals to its Cupertino campus to give the software […]

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Final Cut Pro update will be the “biggest overhaul” since the original; Tapped for Spring 2011 release

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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With reports of Final Cut Pro layoffs and stories of Apple moving key engineers off the FCP team to temporarily focus on more pressing software assignments, there’s been growing concern that Apple was losing interest in its professional video editing software. Rumors of a significant Final Cut Pro update have been lingering for months. Back in […]

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Apple to unveil new iPad in January, new MacBooks in April along with new version of FCP

Friday, November 26, 2010

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As December approaches and 2011 looms, Apple is juggling a lot of balls up in the air. Of course, everyone’s expecting the iPhone 4 to hit Verizon in early 2011, a move which should only serve to increase already booming iPhone sales. And now comes word via Three Guys and a Podcast that Apple has […]

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Apple refutes claim that FCP will lose its “Pro” focus

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

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A recent report from AppleInsider claimed that Apple was planning to tweak Final Cut Pro in order to make its suite of post production video apps more attractive to Apple’s ever-growing consumer base – all at the expense of the high-end creative folks who use FCP professionally. Apple has since come out and refuted that […]

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When Adobe refused to develop video software for the Mac

Monday, May 17, 2010

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From a 2005 Fortune piece on Apple and the impetus for its development of Final Cut Pro and iMovie: But a 1998 meeting in which Jobs asked Adobe Systems executives to develop a Mac version of their consumer video-editing program changed his mind. “They said flat-out no,” Jobs recalls. “We were shocked, because they had […]

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Steve Jobs says next release of Final Cut Pro “will be awesome”

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

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Steve Jobs is on an e-mail tear lately. In what may be his longest email response to date, Jobs addressed the future of Final Cut Pro. None too pleased with the most recent Final Cut Pro update, a Mac Soda reader emailed Jobs to get some clarification regarding Apple’s continued interest in the software. Steve, […]

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Final Cut Pro is all up in the Oscars

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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CNET writes: In fact, 9 out of 10 of this year’s nominees in the “Documentary Feature” and “Documentary Short” categories used Final Cut Studio to make their films. Final Cut Studio includes Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Color, Compressor, and DVD Studio Pro, essentially giving filmmakers all of the tools they need to make a […]

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Apple reportedly lays off 40 Final Cut team members

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

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Two weeks ago, former Apple engineer and After Effects guru Pete Ward tweeted that Apple had let go of a good number of employees from the Final Cut team. Apple laid off 40 of my old Final Cut team yesterday, lots of good people, despite high profits. Apple can be pretty evil. Lest you be worried, […]

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Rumor: Apple to attend NAB 2010 with new version of Final Cut Pro

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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The last version of Final Cut announced at NAB was Final Cut Studio 2 which was released in 2007 amidst a ton of publicity and hoopla.  Since then, Apple has gone on to release Final Cut Studio 3, but that release has flown somewhat under the radar.  There was no big announcement at NAB to […]

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