Final Cut Pro X Finally Comes to iPad

It’s about finally time. Maybe Apple got motivated after seeing DaVinci Resolve make it’s way to iPad last year. But now you’ll be able to fire up Final Cut Pro which will have multi-touch-optimized interfaces and Apple Pencil support. The only downside is that Apple finally made the switch to an subscription only model. Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for the ‌iPad‌ will each be available for $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year, with a one-month free trial. This kinda sucks since Final Cut Pro X was one of the best deals in Post Production editing. It did launch rough when it launched in 2011, but when you think off all the free updates and support the app has gotten over the years it has been a steal at it’s one time purchase of $300.

We’ll have to wait to use how powerful and useful Final Cut Pro is on the iPad, but I think the major advantage to this if you can easily transfer projects between the iPad and Mac. Wouldn’t it be cool if you were working on a project on a mac, but needed to take a trip and you could just pack your iPad to get some work done on the plane. Then when you return you could pick it up on the Mac again. It seems like users can export Final Cut Pro projects made on ‌iPad‌ to the Mac so I hoping this turns out to be true.

Your investment into an iPad might make more sense for filmmakers now.

The app includes a library of graphics, effects, and audio, including HDR backgrounds, animated patterns, and soundtracks that automatically adjust to the duration of a video. So I can see this taking off with youtubers and those who need to make quick videos on the fly. The app will also include machine learning features like Scene Removal Mask to quickly remove or replace backgrounds without using a green screen, Auto Crop for adjusting footage for vertical, square, and other aspect ratios, and Voice Isolation to remove background noise easily. All sounds like good stuff on paper.

The apps will be available on the Apple App Store starting on Tuesday, May 23. But as for me, I’ll mainly stick to editing on my Mac for the time being since I never brought into the iPad hype, but now with DaVinci and Apple finally making software for the device, I now have a eye on it. But adding another subscription to my budget is always a challenge, why did you have to join the dark side of subscription fees Apple?