Final Cut Pro X update brings third-party extension support

Apple on Th announced a major novel update to Final Cut Pro X, bringing third-party extension back upwardly to the professional person video app, summation other novel features in addition to enhancements.

Video editors tin give the axe at ane time induce got payoff of extensions from the likes of Frame.io, Shutterstock in addition to CatDV. These handy workflow extensions instruct far possible to utilisation third-party tools in addition to services from inside the Final Cut Pro interface, enhancing production workflows.

Other features inwards Final Cut Pro X 10.4.4 include batch sharing (especially useful when transcoding dailies on ready for quick turnaround or delivering multiple versions of a project), video dissonance reduction in addition to a handy comparing viewer that makes it elementary to sentiment reference images acre color-grading clips inwards the timeline, with other enhancements.

A novel timecode window for collaborative editing displays projection in addition to root timecode inwards customizable, floating timecode windows, every bit shown on the screenshot correct below. Apple says this lets video editors in addition to others inwards the editing room follow along yesteryear displaying color-coded clip names, roles, projection timecode in addition to root timecode inwards a customizable display.

Other enhancements include:

• High-quality video dissonance reduction: Minimizes artifacts inwards depression lite or archival footage.


• SRT closed captions: You tin give the axe at ane time create in addition to deliver closed captions inwards SRT format or, alternatively, burn downward them into the video current itself for compatibility reasons.


• Improved marquee selection: Quickly choose private clips or the entire secondary storyline which saves valuable fourth dimension for mutual edit operations.


• Batch sharing: Export multiple clips or projects inwards ane step.

And here’s the total changelog:

Workflow extensions

• Extend the capabilities of Final Cut Pro with third-party extensions that opened upwardly guide inside the app interface.


• Drag in addition to driblet clips betwixt the extension window, browser in addition to timeline.


• Connect to existing third-party accounts to access projects, download media in addition to buy content.


• Deep integration allows extensions to command timeline playback, navigation, clip markers in addition to more.


• Workflow extensions include tools for collaboration (Frame.io), stock media (Shutterstock) in addition to property management (CatDV)

Batch share

• Export in addition to transcode multiple clips inwards the browser—with or without a photographic tv set camera LUT—for fast turnaround of dailies in addition to other reviews.


• Select in addition to export multiple projects.


• Combine batch sharing with bundles to encode multiple files to multiple formats inwards ane step.


• Monitor export progress inwards the background tasks window.

Video dissonance reduction

• Apply the high-quality, drag-and-drop dissonance reduction final result to bring down grain in addition to video noise.


• Use elementary controls to chop-chop adapt the hold off in addition to total of dissonance reduction.


• Easily modify processing gild yesteryear dragging the dissonance reduction final result inwards the inspector.


• The viewer shows the dissonance reduction final result when paused in addition to disables the final result when skimming for optimal performance.


• Apply 360° dissonance reduction to 360° video clips acre preserving a flawless seam.

Timecode window

• View projection in addition to root timecode inwards ane or to a greater extent than floating timecode windows.


• Resize the timecode window in addition to drag whatever ane to a instant screen.


• Choose to display clip names in addition to utilisation names.


• Color coding inwards the timecode window matches the colors of roles inwards the timeline

Comparison Viewer

• Open the Comparison Viewer to reference other frames for consistent color grading across your project.


• Quickly choose the previous or side yesteryear side clip inwards the timeline every bit your reference frame.


• Save whatever icon to the frame browser to reference it afterwards inwards the Comparison Viewer.

Tiny Planet

• Select the Tiny Planet mapping choice when adding 360º video to a non-360° projection to create interesting spherical looks.


• Use the gyre in addition to argument parameters to wrap your tiny planet final result into an interplanetary space cylinder.


• Adjust the pan parameter to displace your dependent area horizontally inside the tiny planet.


• Animate the champaign of sentiment to transition from a closed upwardly to a satellite sentiment flight high higher upwardly your footage.


• Give 360° titles in addition to generators a powerfully warped hold off yesteryear applying the Tiny Planet mapping option.

Other novel features

• View, edit, in addition to deliver closed captions inwards the SRT format, which is used yesteryear a broad attain of websites including Facebook.


• Choose to burn downward closed captions into your video to ensure they appear at all times during playback.


• When dragging inwards the timeline to choose a secondary storyline, you lot tin give the axe at ane time choose private clips or the entire secondary storyline.


• Instantly plough whatever photograph or video into a comic majority instance using Comic filter in addition to thus refine the comic majority hold off with elementary controls to adapt ink edges, create total in addition to smoothness

Motion in addition to Compressor were updated today, too.

Motion received a comprehensive ready of color grading tools in addition to fun novel filters. Compressor adopted a novel 64-bit engine acre maintaining back upwardly for 32-bit codecs.

Final Cut Pro 10.4.4 is available at no accuse to existing users. New customers tin give the axe instruct Final Cut Pro X for $300 from Mac App Store.

Education customers tin give the axe buy Apple’s Pro Apps Bundle for Education for $199.99, which includes Final Cut Pro X, Motion, Compressor, Logic Pro X in addition to MainStage.

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