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Apple Updates Final Cut Pro X fill certain "gaps"! Free Trial available for 30 days!


After the determination, the sneer, the musical part  of the film makers all over the world, Apple has taken time and decided to put a patch to the newborn Final Cut Pro X , the last major update of the popular suite of editing film, panned by reviews Experts from the first days of life. In this version 10.0.1 the functions required to arrive (in the opinion of professionals) that Apple's developers have "forgotten" to add: we are talking about tools to export and XML support , which landed in FCP X with many interesting news !
Since the official launch of Apple's many industry experts have raised the first doubts about the new features in the "X" of the historic video editing software. When you release the product by the Mac App Store took place in late June 2011, the reviews were bad and many of the professionals loyal to the brand up to version 7 of Final Cut Pro, perhaps reluctantly, decided to rely on the packages offered by competitor Adobe software , which could catch the ball by offering targeted advertising very effective .

Today, Apple has decided to put a patch and follow the feedback and advice of many unhappy customers. Two of the main "deficiencies" highlighted by the negative reviews are now in version 10.0.1: support import and export XML projects and events and a tool to export complete and powerful audio and video!

The first innovation introduced above mentioned will work on the same project with other third-party programs to work on visual effects, colors and media management, such as DaVinci Resolve Blackmagic Design CatDV of Square Box Systems.
No one liked the idea of ​​Apple to eliminate any sort of option to export from FCP advanced, simply postponing the purchase of Compressor. He's got Apple's redesigned, or rather, was forced to do so. Now videographers can export to an intelligent, high-performance audio, video and graphics, also "tagging" certain categories of multiple items for export through the panel "Rules".

A novelty is the integration of Xsan, the SAN file system for Mac OS, designed for group projects with multiple users. The official changelog includes also:

  • Customizing the starting timecode
  • Full-Screen mode support for OS X Lion
  • Facilities in adding transitions between clips or clips related to the main storyline
  • GPU acceleration when exporting
  • New theme called Tribute, including animated titles and transitions
  • Camera Import SDK development kit to allow developers to write plug-ins specifically for the import of multimedia content from camcorders.
As Apple writes in the official page dedicated to the update, the Multicam editing and monitoring the quality of the video broadcast will be two new features that we see in Final Cut Pro X only at the next update scheduled for early 2012.

The news does not end here: Apple has now allowed all customers to benefit from a free trial of 30 days of complete and updated version of the software in question. To access the contents follow this link . For those who have already bought the program, the upgrade to version 10.0.1Mac is now available through the App Store. Here is the link to purchase the software:

Final Cut Pro
Developer: iTunes Sarl
Rating: 4 +
Price: 239.99 EUR DOWNLOAD from AppStore

UPDATE 1:

From a few seconds, Apple released the update to version 10.0.1 Mac App Store also in Italian. Here is the official changelog:

  • Stem Exporting video and audio as a single multi-track QuickTime movie or documents using different roles.
  • Import and export XML to support the workflow of others.
  • Location of Projects and Events of Xsan to improve collaboration between editors.
  • Setting the starting timecode for your custom projects.
  • Add transitions to clips associated with a single step.
  • Enable full-screen view in OS X Lion.
  • Delivery faster with GPU accelerated export
UPDATE 2:

Through the Mac App Store, Apple has also upgraded to Motion and Compressor to version 5.0.1 and 4.0.1 respectively. Here are the official changelog:

5.0.1 Motion :

  • Adding support for dual monitors.
  • Fixing a problem with importing and playback of multichannel audio.
  • Fixed a stability issue when navigating to keyframe with negative time.
  • Solving a problem of incorrect positioning of text when the Inspector is open.
  • Correct kerning between characters during adjustments.
  • Resolution of problems of stability when you insert an empty string in a title in draft mode.
Motion
Developer: iTunes Sarl
Rating: 4 +
Price: 39.99 EUR DOWNLOAD from AppStore

Compressor 4.0.1 :

  • Upgrading of transmission speed in the settings for the Mobile-based live streaming over HTTP.
  • Fixing a problem with QuickTime Export Component for access to settings in Final Cut Pro X.
  • Fixed a problem that caused the failure of the display of the "This Computer" when the system is configured in the Chinese language.
  • Resolution of problems of stability during the launch of Soundtrack Pro after installation of compressor 4.
Compressor
Developer: iTunes Sarl
Rating: 4 +
Price: 39.99 EUR DOWNLOAD from AppStore

UPDATE 3:

Macworld contacted  Richard Townhill, the direct marketing industry of Apple's video editing products. Here are his words in reference to the new update:

I have criticized Apple's professional editors, but we have customers who do not want to lose. The transition to Final Cut Pro can be compared to that from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X or from the processor PowerPC to Intel. The 10.0 release of June is the first pillar of the foundations of a building that is going to be assembled during the next 10 years.

Final Cut Pro X is no longer an island [an isolated entity, ed.] Now he works and interacts with others ... we have an active network of third-party developers and we are very excited about future projects.

 Philip Hodgetts, President of Intelligent Assistance house developer comments on the news:

We are back into the market now that FCPX XML support has become available.

Other excerpts of statements are available on the websites of Townhill The Loop , and CNN . We will update you on any other statements and opinions in relation to the recent update.

UPDATE 4:

Apple has released an update for QuickTime Codecs ProApps adding the following video codecs to QuickTime-based applications (including Final Cut Pro X, Motion and Compressor 5 4):

  • Apple Intermediate Codec
  • Apple ProRes
  • AVC-Intra
  • DVCPRO HD
  • HDV
  • XDCAM HD / EX / HD422
  • MPEG IMX
  • Uncompressed 4:2:2 
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