Apple outlines revamped $299 Final Cut Pro X software

by Steven Mostyn - Apr 13 2011, 09:34

Gadget giant Apple Inc. has this week rolled Final Cut Pro X into the pre-release limelight as it looks to refresh a line of professional editing software wilting somewhat after 12 years of faithful service.

According to Jobs & Co., Final Cut Pro X equates to a total overhaul of the platform and brings with it support for 64-bit via Cocoa, a newly designed user interface (UI), and the ability to draw optimal resources from systems running multi-core hardware.

From a performance point of view, Final Cut Pro X boasts the advantage of background rendering, active editing during content imports, and also makes good use of various Mac OS X elements such as Core Animation, Grand Central Dispatch and Open CL.

Other aspects include, resolution independent playback (via high-definition 4K resolution), auto face detection, auto shot detection, auto clean-up, mouse-controlled preview skimming, smart collection media categorization, and support for back-end Final Cut Studio features such as color and soundtrack. 

Apple whipped the covers off Final Cut Pro X at the Pro User Group Network SuperMeet event in Las Vegas, which itself is held during the annual National Association of Broadcasters tradeshow.

Set to replace the existing Final Cut Express, which costs $199 USD, the latest version of Apple’s professional video-editing platform will hit retail in June attached to a price of $299 USD.

In terms of comparative value, the complete Final Cut Studio suite comes tethered to a steep asking price of $999 USD.

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