Final Cut Pro X to Get Multichannel Audio Editing Tools, Dual Viewers, and More

Apple is planning to update Final Cut Pro X with Multichannel Audio Editing Tools, Dual Viewers, MXF Plugin-Support, RED camera support and more, according to video editor Larry Jordan who met with the company this morning.

In an on-the-record meeting, Apple told Jordan that the company is fully committed to Final Cut and sees the software as a long term project. Although Apple did not demo the new features, they wanted to let everyone know what's coming.

Here's Jordan's comments on the upcoming features:


● Audio mixing in FCP X is still weak. I'm looking forward to seeing what the new tools provide.

● Dual Viewers is analogous to Source and Record monitors; though Apple stressed that when they implement a feature they try to do it better than it has been done before. A good example of this is their recent multicam addition. This feature would allow us to easily compare two clips.

● FCP X has been able to read MXF files (think XDCAM EX), but not the native MXF wrapper that contains them. In the past, it needed to convert MXF to QuickTime. In the future, FCP X won't need to make this conversion. Apple was quick to stress that this was not a move away from QuickTime, instead it was adding support for a common video format.

● RED camera support means that we would not need to convert RED footage to QuickTime, but would be able to edit RED files natively.


Apple indicated that other unannounced features would also be released in the upcoming update.

You can purchase Final Cut Pro from the App Store for $299.99.

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