Once you start color correcting, you can add more instances of any of these four tools in any combination. There’s a preference setting for which of these four color tools is the default effect when first applying color correction (CMD+6). However, the color board didn’t go away however. All are elegantly designed, operate quite fluidly, and generally mimic what you can do in DaVinci Resolve. With this update, you’ve gained three new, native color tools, including color wheels, curves, and hue vs. Clearly users want choice and that’s a good thing. Yet, I have heard from at least one plug-in developer that their color corrector plug-in sales are staying stable. With the release of FCPX 10.4, it’s hard for me to see why FCPX diehards would still buy a color correction plug-in. The lack of a more advanced color correction interface opened the field for third party color correction plug-in developers who came up with some great tools. While the color board was and is effective, as well as a bit deceptive in what you can accomplish, it was an instant turn-off for many. It substituted sliders on a color swatch for the standard curves and color wheel controls that editors had been used to. There are four new, marquee features in this release: advanced color correction tools, 360° editing, HDR (wide gamut) color space support, and HEVC/H.265 codec support for editing and encoding.įinal Cut Pro X was first launched with a color correction tool called the color board. The minimum OS requirement is 10.12.4, but 10.13 or later is recommended. This version will still run on a wide range of recent and older Macs. There are changes under the hood tied to technologies in High Sierra (macOS 10.13), which won’t get much press, but are very important in the development and operation of an application. In the broader ecosystem, we also saw updates for macOS High Sierra, Logic Pro X, Pixelmator Pro, and Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve.įinal Cut Pro X (“ten”), version 10.4 is the fifth major release of Apple’s professional NLE in a little over six years. We’ll be sure to let you know if and when version 10.3 goes live.December finally delivered the much-anticipated simultaneous release of new versions of Apple Final Cut Pro X, Motion, and Compressor – all on the same day as the iMac Pro officially went on sale. The last Final Cut Pro X update happened at the beginning of 2016 in February, which is basically eons in software update terms. Whatever the case may be, I’ll just be happy to get a new version. An iMovie update is in the cards as well to support the new MacBook Pro OLED function keys. Users can expect improved audio mixing, and subtle flat interface tweaks. It could also add support for the upcoming Mac hardware refresh that’s scheduled for next Thursday or macOS Sierra improvements.īloomberg’s Mark Gurman chimed in with additional details of what to expect from the Final Cut Pro X 10.3 update. The 10.3 update could add official iPhone 7 series hardware support for sharing. The last Final Cut Pro X update, version 10.2.3, was significant, as it brought customizable default effects, 4K export presets, support for the iPhone 6s series hardware, and a bevy of fixes to the table. I independently verified Richard’s findings, as I was met with a incomplete disk image that was only a few bytes in size. My gut feeling says that a 10.3 update is coming, and the trial download page was updated before things were ready. Unfortunately, the download was unsuccessful, so this could mean that Apple jumped the gun on the trial update, or an outright mistake was made. After looking at the version number of the download, he noticed that it was showing version 10.3, instead of the publicly released 10.2.3 now available on the Mac App Store. Richard Taylor, an Apple Certified Trainer for Final Cut Pro, attempted to download the Final Cut Pro X 30-day trial and was met with an unsuccessful download. It’s been months since Apple’s pro video app Final Cut Pro X received an update, but if the trial version is anything to go by, then an update may be right around the corner.
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