Studio-qualit y editing comes to iPad
Free for 1 month; $4.99/month; $49/year FROM www.apple.com FEATURES 4K, HDR editing and export, machine learning-powered editing, Live Drawing, keyframe animation NEEDS iPadOS 16.4 or later and iPad with M1 or M2
Apple released Final Cut Pro for iPad at the same time as Logic Pro, bringing both of its flagship content creation apps to the platform in a move intended to reinforce the idea of the iPad as a device for creative professionals. While Logic runs on all recent iPads, Final Cut is restricted to models with an M1 or M2 chip due to its demands on the graphics hardware. That will disappoint some people, but Apple often decides to omit older models rather than risk a poor user experience.
Touchscreen editing
As with Logic, Apple has done an incredible job of adapting the app’s interface for touch while retaining a look and workflow that will be familiar to existing users. Working with clips using touch is intuitive and fast, and there’s Apple Pencil support not only for general usage but also for drawing or writing directly onto clips, which the app is then able to animate. A physical keyboard is supported too and while not all desktop keyboard shortcuts are supported, more were added in the 1.1 update.
You can import footage from connected or cloud drives or record directly from the camera, with the latest iPads allowing ProRAW capture on-device. You’re not able to work on footage from a USB-C drive however, so you will be reliant on your iPad’s internal storage to be large enough. Features like Cinematic mode are supported when editing, so you can re-focus footage after the fact and some color LUTs are available for grading, though at present you can’t import your own.
Professional workflows
Editing is quick and smooth and you’ll find some pretty advanced features including multi-camera editing and sync, machine learning-powered fast editing, keyframing, live drawing and masking. There’
