Apple updates Final Cut and Logic Pro for new Macs

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Apple has updated Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to achieve peak results when used on a new M1 Pro or M1 Max Mac – or any M-series Mac. Final Cut Pro delivers huge advances in 8K video performance while Logic Pro gains spatial audio composition tools.

What’s new?

These updates deliver on the performance promise of the new Apple Macs. Professional video editors using Final Cut Pro on the new MacBook Pro can do things they never could before, such as playing seven streams of 8K ProRes or colour grade 8K HDR video with the new Liquid Retina XDR display.

Final Cut Pro also introduces a new Object Tracker that uses machine learning to automatically detect faces and objects, and match their movement to create cinema-quality titles and effects on any Mac. Logic Pro gains tools for authoring spatial audio music and support for three times as many plug-ins for recording on the all-new MacBook Pro with M1 Max.

What Apple said

“The world’s most creative people use Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and the Mac to make the memorable movies, TV shows, online videos, songs, and soundtracks that we all enjoy,” said Bob Borchers, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.

“With the combination of powerful new features in Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro, and the unprecedented performance from the MacBook Pro powered by the all-new M1 Pro and M1 Max, pros will be able to push the limits of their creativity like never before.”

What’s improved in Final Cut Pro 10.6?

Final Cut Pro comes with innovative new features that allow editors to create beautifully tracked motion graphics and edit Cinematic mode videos recorded on iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro. The app also takes full advantage of the major performance gains enabled by M1 Pro and M1 Max in the all-new MacBook Pro.

Highlights:

• Video editors can now play seven streams of 8K ProRes at full resolution — over 230 million pixels — and export ProRes video over 5x faster than before.
• A new Object Tracker follows the movement of faces or objects in a video and exploits the machine learning capabilities of the Neural Engine in Apple silicon to accelerate the detection of faces and objects in video.
• Videos recorded in Cinematic mode on the new iPhone 13 lineup can be edited easily with Final Cut Pro and Motion. By simply clicking on a face or object in the viewer, editors can add or delete focus points, all without having to reshoot.
• Final Cut Pro companion apps Motion and Compressor also received updates. With Motion on the new MacBook Pro, a complex project renders up to 2x as fast and can play two streams of 8K video at 5x the frame rate.
• On the new MacBook Pro, Compressor can transcode HEVC video up to 2x as fast and transcode ProRes video up to 10x faster. Compressor can also transcode Canon Cinema RAW Light video files to other professional formats like ProRes and H.264 for the first time, and Watch Folders make it simple to automatically encode content placed in a selected folder in the file system.

What’s improved in Logic Pro 10.7?

Logic Pro allows anyone to author their songs as Dolby Atmos music files compatible with Apple Music. Musicians, producers, and mix engineers can expand their stereo projects to the surround channels supported by Dolby Atmos, using new mixer and panner controls. In addition, 13 plug-ins within Logic Pro — including Space Designer, Limiter, Loudness Meter, and Tremolo — have also been updated to take advantage of this. Once the songs are published to Apple Music, listeners will be able to enjoy the immersive audio experience on their devices with spatial audio support.

Highlights:

• With the new MacBook Pro, musicians use up to 3x more plug-ins for recording.
• Logic Pro now comes with all the new Producer Packs  introduced in GarageBandthis summer. These feature beats, loops, and samples created by musicians including Boys Noize, Mark Lettieri, Mark Ronson, Oak Felder, Soulection, Take A Daytrip, Tom Misch, and TRAKGIRL.
• Logic users now have access to 2,800 new loops, 50 new kits, and 120 new patches they can use in their own songs — all royalty-free.
• The update also features the original multitrack project of the hit song “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” by Lil Nas X — including a Dolby Atmos spatial audio mix of the track.

Pricing and Availability

• Final Cut Pro 10.6 is available today as a free update for existing users, and for $299.99 for new users on the Mac App Store.
• Motion 5.6 and Compressor 4.6 are also available today as free updates for existing users, and for $49.99 each for new users on the Mac App Store.
• Logic Pro 10.7 is also available today as a free update for all existing users, and for $199.99 for new users on the Mac App Store.
• Mac users can sign up for a free trial of Final Cut Pro as well as a free trial of Logic Pro. For more information, visit apple.com/final-cut-pro and apple.com/logic-pro. Education customers can purchase the Pro Apps Bundle for Education for $199.99.

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