Final Cut Pro for iPad

Final Cut Pro for iPad

By Apple

  • Category: Photo & Video
  • Release Date: 2023-05-23
  • Current Version: 2.2.1
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 957.72 MB
  • Developer: Apple
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 17.6
Score: 4.3859
4.3859
From 1,915 Ratings

Description

Final Cut Pro reimagines video creation for iPad with a touch-first interface for creators, professionals, and students. Capture with the built-in pro camera using manual controls to dial in your shot or seamlessly connect, record, and sync up to four iPhones or iPads with Live Multicam. Navigate complex projects with Multi-Touch and edit with precision using the jog wheel and Magnetic Timeline. Add a personal touch with Live Drawing to create handwritten animations directly on top of your footage. Choose from a vast library of graphics, effects, and music to polish your projects. Final Cut Pro for iPad puts the power of a production studio at your fingertips. Unleash your creativity with a touch-first interface optimized for iPad • Navigate the Magnetic Timeline and complex projects with intuitive Multi-Touch gestures • View, edit, and move your media with frame accuracy using the jog wheel • Draw, highlight, and write directly on top of your footage with Live Drawing using Apple Pencil or Apple Pencil Pro • Skim your footage without ever touching the screen with Apple Pencil hover* • Create stunning videos with an HDR workflow on the Liquid Retina XDR or Ultra Retina XDR display** • Connect a keyboard to access powerful key commands and make precise edits with Apple Pencil or Apple Pencil Pro Preview, record, and sync up to four iPhones or iPads with Live Multicam • Quickly start a Live Multicam session by connecting to any iPhone or iPad running the Final Cut Camera app • Remotely preview and initiate recording on all your connected devices right in Final Cut Pro for iPad • Dial in each angle’s ISO, shutter speed, white balance, manual focus, and more directly on iPad • Monitor your video with focus peaking, audio meters, and zebras to ensure your multicam clips look and sound great • Instantly edit your multicam clips with preview media that is automatically synced in the media browswer • Save time in post with background media transfer that seamlessly replaces preview media with originals as you work Capture the perfect shot with the built-in pro camera mode • Easily record in a range of video resolutions, frame rates, and formats including ProRes*** • Set your exposure with ISO and shutter speed controls • Adjust your white balance using presets or set a custom color temperature • Accurately pull focus and capture sharp footage with focus peaking Speed up workflows with Fast Cut AI features powered by the Apple Neural Engine • Automatically improve the color and brightness of your videos with Enhance Light and Color • Remove the background behind a subject without using a green screen with Scene Removal Mask • Intelligently analyze and adjust footage for vertical, square, and other aspect ratios with Auto Crop • Reduce or remove background noise with Voice Isolation Finish videos with a spectacular library of pro content • Customize your video with dynamic titles, lower thirds, bumpers, and transitions • Apply beautiful color presets to dial in the perfect look • Score your videos with soundtracks that dynamically adjust to the length of your edit Share your final video or send your project to Final Cut Pro for Mac • Send your project to Final Cut Pro for Mac for additional tools including Magnetic Mask, advanced color correction, and third-party content options**** Unlock pro editing tools to take your iMovie for iOS projects to the next level • Import projects created in iMovie for iOS to take advantage of the advanced editing tools in Final Cut Pro for iPad***** Upgrading to the latest iPadOS is recommended * Requires iPad models with M2 chip or later, or iPad mini (A17 Pro) ** Requires iPad Pro (M4 chip) or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation or later) *** Requires iPad Pro (M4 chip), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation or later), or iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation or later) **** Requires Final Cut Pro 11 or later ***** Requires iMovie for iOS 3.0 or later

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Reviews

  • Almost there…Import Music

    4
    By Bryce Krispy01
    I really do like the overall interface. I was very unhappy to find out that you can not import music from iTunes. Usually I don’t write reviews but this was the whole reason I bought an iPad because I love editing on my Mac mini. Will have to go back to Filmora for now

  • Lack of features

    1
    By JonthueM
    No stabilization, can't save cuts, no third-party extensions and when was the last time they had a updates?!

  • Not quite pro yet

    3
    By timn03
    Overall, the interface is fairly intuitive and it has some nice editing options via the Inspector. But when I use files on removable storage, then quit the app, the next time I load the project it can’t find the files despite the removable drive still being plugged in and mounted. Please update Final Cut Pro with full support for removable storage devices

  • Always crashing

    1
    By Cody Braun
    I wanted this to work and is the reason for actually buying an IPad, but it can’t go 20 minutes without crashing

  • Typewriter FX

    2
    By cjal927401
    Why is the typing effect not available on the iPad version?

  • It does the job, but frustratingly

    3
    By jac1828
    It does the job but has many quirks and bugs. In the previous round it would crash randomly which was intolerable but this seems to be fixed now I am waiting to be sure. Unfortunately there are still many quirks that hold it back from being great. This is a skilled middle schooler not a heavy hitting pro. Although its possible to copy and paste your settings, it is not possible to apply them to all the clips in your project so as with many tasks in FCP for iPad you are forced into highly manual and iterative workflows. It does not support timelapse, i.e. setting single frame duration on a photo, as is done on the desktop version. The export process is extremely painful and frequently fails. The export is understandably long. This process needs to be maximized on your ipad screen so if it is 10 minutes or 1 hour that’s the time that your ipad will be locked up and useless for you. If you try to use “multitasking” with stage manager to add another window the export dialog will frequently close on you. In fact the swipe to close on the export dialog is a HORRIBLE misunderstanding of how anyone uses FCP. I don’t want swipe to close after my app has been grinding on a video for 45 minutes. If I bump my ipad and it is interpreted as a swipe I have lost all my work. If the job finishes and it pops the dialog the ipad can go to sleep, then swiping up to wake the ipad will close the export dialog. If the export saving process fails for any reason the popup does not come back it just disappears and your only option is to restart the whole process from scratch. Zero resilience. For a pay app, $60 a year they need to do better. This app should not be competing with the desktop for lesser functionality, it should be as good or better. If I can’t use it like a pro, then it is not pro.

  • Awesome app

    5
    By 1234boymama
    This app is really what you need to create YouTube videos. Im so thankful I found this and it has been very helpful in my journey!

  • Subtitle problem

    4
    By mashide
    When can you add the automatic subtitle function for Final Cut Pro? Just like the other video editing apps.

  • Not reliable

    1
    By 0ny1
    I would recommend staying away from FCP iPad. The app has broke down three of my longer projects in 4 months and won’t fix through troubleshooting(redownloading, restarting, exporting etc.) No video media will play in an important project and the app freezes when I attempt to play any media. Of course it may work after some time as one of my projects came back to life randomly, but it sacrifices my time and throws off my schedule with no known solution. Overall, I like the softwares functionality but it is unreliable and unoptimized. This app can make an ipad really hot and drain battery even when connected to chargers. Additionally it uses too much screen real estate and it has a frustrating timeline even when you used to it. It’s trying to reinvent the timeline but making worse decisions by making grouping, audio editing and multi clip edits much more tedious. I’ve used it as a preference up until now but this app is not worth the hassle or time commitment.

  • Incompatible With Interface

    1
    By Mandolinsonfire
    Final Cut Pro continues to crash when I’m connected to a simple audio interface. This crash happens prior when hitting the record button. Inexcusable for a paid app that gives no insight toward the process of connecting them.

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