Final Cut Studio Delayed Until 2011, Scaled Back?

A new HardMac report says development of the upcoming Final Cut Studio suite has suffered significant setbacks and will be delayed until 2011.

A few months ago we told you that Apple were hoping to release a new version of their Final Cut Studio suite in 2010. It now seems likely that this target has been missed according to one of our sources. The development of this software suite has suffered significant setbacks and it will be necessary to wait until 2011 to see its release; furthermore, the scope of the project has been reduced.

Apple had hoped to create a unified interface for the suite; however, development teams have struggled to come to a compromise. This problem is compounded by a lack of engineering resources. Apple has switched many of its most qualified engineers to iOS, making progress on the video editing suite take longer then usual.


It's believed that the unified interface will be delayed until the 2013 release of Final Cut Studio.

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