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Apple Updates Final Cut Pro for iPad and Final Cut Camera

Apple today updated both Final Cut Pro for iPad and Final Cut Camera, introducing a handful of useful new features that improve video editing and recording on Apple's mobile devices.

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Final Cut Pro for ‌iPad‌ gains support for editing video in portrait orientation, and it includes new keyboard shortcuts. There's also Image Playground integration, and an option to capture video in 50fps.

- Expand your editing workflows with support for portrait orientation on your iPad.
- Speed up your editing with keyboard shortcuts to nudge a selection, replace with gap, and lift or overwrite to the primary storyline.
- Get inspired with Image Playground and use Apple Intelligence to quickly create stylized images based on a description, suggested concepts, or people from your Photos library. (Requires iPad with A17 Pro or M1 and later and iPadOS 18.2 or later.)
- Capture in 50 fps for additional editing flexibility and delivery options.

The updated version of Final Cut Camera includes support for quickly swapping over to the Telephoto lens on the iPhone 14 Pro and later, recording in Spatial Audio on the iPhone 16 and later, and recording in 50fps video.

- Quickly switch to the 48 mm telephoto lens to capture the perfect shot. (Requires iPhone 14 Pro or later.)
- Play back your Log videos in SDR or HDR with the vibrancy of the original scene by applying the Apple Log LUT. (Requires iPhone 15 Pro or later.)
- Record videos in Spatial Audio for even more realistic and immersive sound. (Requires iPhone 16.)
- Capture in 50 fps for additional editing flexibility and delivery options.

Final Cut Camera is software that is designed to let users record from up to four devices with footage imported into Final Cut Pro for ‌iPad‌.

Final Cut Pro for ‌iPad‌ is available for $49 per year or $4.99 per month, while Final Cut Camera is free.

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Top Rated Comments

19 months ago
I visited my local Apple Store yesterday to enquire about training courses for Final Cut Pro on the Mac. Sadly they no longer provide this training.

I remember when the retail stores first opened and they had purpose built rooms for all sorts of training and presentations. It’s a shame that has all gone now.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
hovscorpion12 Avatar
19 months ago

Would be great if Final Cut for iPad could, you know, render in the background...
If your using FCP in Stage-Manager as a window, it "renders in the background".
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Amazing Iceman Avatar
19 months ago

I visited my local Apple Store yesterday to enquire about training courses for Final Cut Pro on the Mac. Sadly they no longer provide this training.

I remember when the retail stores first opened and they had purpose built rooms for all sorts of training and presentations. It’s a shame that has all gone now.
YouTube has some, also Udemy.
And there are free books released by Apple in the Books App.
Should be enough to get you started.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Justin Cymbal Avatar
19 months ago
Awesome! I use Final Cut Pro occasionally on my iPad Pro so I’m glad that it’s been updated with more features

Final Cut Pro is now even compatible on the new $349 iPad:

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/14/a16-ipad-final-cut-pro-support/
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
kirbyrun Avatar
19 months ago
Would be great if Final Cut for iPad could, you know, render in the background...
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Astuces iOS Avatar
19 months ago
I think everyone will love to use portrait mode for Final Cut Pro ! People will be so happy that they will also use their MacBook on portrait mode (yeah you can)
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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