Their business model is let people use a pretty expansive set of tools for free; if they like the software, they might switch over to the paid version. I think the free limits you to 4K, and paid will do up to 8K.
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Apple Releases Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad
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Their business model is let people use a pretty expansive set of tools for free; if they like the software, they might switch over to the paid version. I think the free limits you to 4K, and paid will do up to 8K.
Running now on an Air 5 64g and Mini 5 256g. Hope it gets opened up to external drives in iPadOS 17. No issues so far. Just getting familiar.
Wow, free 4k is already hella big ! How many professionals truly work with 8k.i wonder
Btw is resolve much better than iMovie? Never rly understood how iMovie,resolve and FCP compare
iMovie’s not even at the same level as the other two. If you’ve done any NLE before, the limitations of iMovie are crashed against almost immediately.
Wait. You got Final Cut Pro to run on an iPad Mini even though its not allowed.
OK. After 6 hours of playing around with Final Cut Pro the iPad. This is my future thoughts.
Future Thoughts of iPad Pro + FCP
The Mac and iPad will always be separate; however, the iPad will transition to a "MacOS" style iPadOS tablet that pros can take on the go with their iPhone. Easy to use. Easy to edit.
Mac will stay where it is for complex tasks.
This will allow the iPad to remain where it, potentially maxing out at 24GB RAM allowing the MacBook's to exceed 128GB RAM.
Future Thoughts of iPad Pro + FCP
- The iPad Pro will transition to the EDC [Everyday carry] with the iPhone and Apple Watch.
- The iPad does not need external HDD/SSD support as the iPhone 15 Pro will gain Thunderbolt 3 port.
- TB3 on the iPhone allows transfer speeds up to 40Gbs/s
- iPadOS 17/iOS 17 will allow Thunderbolt cable transfer of photo/videos from the iPhone directly to the iPad.
- iPadOS 17 will allow the iPhone to act as the external drive.
- The iPad and iPhone are born of the same OS and work best together
- Everything from photos and video editing will be done on the go. Portable power banks are sufficient enough to charge an iPad but not a MacBook.
- 5G support on iPad allows for constant internet connection.
- Apple knows that the vast majority of iPad owners don't have their iPads "glued' to their desks.
- For serious video editing, that's where the Macs come to play
The Mac and iPad will always be separate; however, the iPad will transition to a "MacOS" style iPadOS tablet that pros can take on the go with their iPhone. Easy to use. Easy to edit.
Mac will stay where it is for complex tasks.
This will allow the iPad to remain where it, potentially maxing out at 24GB RAM allowing the MacBook's to exceed 128GB RAM.
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Besides the logo, the software looks good from what I can see!
Will definitely try out Logic soon for the iPad since I can actually use it lol...
Will definitely try out Logic soon for the iPad since I can actually use it lol...
Great to have these apps on iPad. But wish a single one time purchase/payment option was made available.
Uhm, wouldn’t a 3,5 audio out make very much sense now on the iPad? On Macs, BT is useless when working in DAWs or finetuning audio in videos due to latency.
That feature is limited to Final Cut Ultra - for only $9.99/month.
Okay, gave Logic a spin. Works surprisingly well on Mini6, not tested on Pro yet. Best DAW I ever have seen on iPad, remarkably well done, UX feels a bit complex but not more so than the Desktop version, perhaps even a bit more intuitive and playful. Being able to actually touch X-Faders and knobs is fun, might be better with some t/haptic feedback, might be better if the interface weren't as sterile as it is end offered a bit more emulated «studio machinery» look. As it is, it's pretty amazing that this actually works on an iPad, even though given the equipment you need to actually work as a musician I think you might as well work on a MBA/MBP. I used an iRig I/O keyboard and it worked fine, audio worked over the audio interface of the keyboard, it was bus powered, and of course the analog know of the keyboard did not work initially (you have to map them manually, I guess, must find out where to do that on the iPad). With wired headphones, great sound and no perceived latency at all. With AirPodsPro2 it basically does not work at all, you cannot play live with that kind of delay, it's a pain. You need an USB/Audio-Adapter oder an Audio Interface. Apple, bring back the 3,5 to make life easier. No idea if AU works and how to install them, time will tell.
Still, for 50$/y this is a steal compared to what Korg charges. Kudos to the Apple team for pulling this off, probably as a first step to re-working the OSX version (kind of like what happened with Number/Paper/Keynote) for Apple Silicon as well.
And, you basically can tell that this even would work on an iPhone with the modular way the interface is structured. It would be more nested, not as all-in-one, but should be workable. Just imagine playing with you iPhone on the go or plugging a guitar in & using Apples superb Amps and Effects...
Still, for 50$/y this is a steal compared to what Korg charges. Kudos to the Apple team for pulling this off, probably as a first step to re-working the OSX version (kind of like what happened with Number/Paper/Keynote) for Apple Silicon as well.
And, you basically can tell that this even would work on an iPhone with the modular way the interface is structured. It would be more nested, not as all-in-one, but should be workable. Just imagine playing with you iPhone on the go or plugging a guitar in & using Apples superb Amps and Effects...
Some of their products are overpriced, but the pro software tools are pretty competitive (i.e. they're probably already subsidised a bit by Mac sales).
Don't know about FCPx (but, hey, Adobe...) but Logic Pro for Mac is cheap at £200 c.f. e.g. Ableton (£320-£540 for the unrestricted bundles) or £330 for Bitwig etc. and Reaper (which is great) may only cost $60 but that's personal use only - commercial version is $225. Logic comes with a huge bundle of effects, instruments and samples which you'll only get with the higher-priced competing packages, if at all. Then, of course, Apple give away GarageBand which is effectively "Logic Lite" and compares well with the lite versions of other DAWs.
So whatever you think of Apple, $200 is a reasonable price for a pro DAW and a subscription that amounts to paying for that over 4 years is not unreasonable (Logic has seen several substantial upgrades over the last 4 years).
Of course, I'm assuming that Logic for iPad turns out to be comparable with the Mac version - which time will tell.
What is Final Cut Pro for iPad?
Final Cut Pro for iPad is a revolutionary app for shooting, editing, and producing video, at home, in the studio, or on the go.
The table of content has everything.
Cool that is awesome good intro there. I was looking in the software itself and under help it takes you (in slightly different path) to same info. So its readily available in the app:’What is Final Cut Pro for iPad?
Final Cut Pro for iPad is a revolutionary app for shooting, editing, and producing video, at home, in the studio, or on the go.support.apple.com
The table of content has everything.
First do this in app:
Next select the user guide above which takes you (see image below) to this link:https://support.apple.com/guide/fin...ados?cid=ot-ols-final-cut-pro-ug-fcp_ipad-1_0
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Still won’t let me purchase FCP. I AM on the iPadOS beta, though, so it could be a bug 
What is Final Cut Pro for iPad?
Final Cut Pro for iPad is a revolutionary app for shooting, editing, and producing video, at home, in the studio, or on the go.
The table of content has everything.
too much clicking.. I just want to flip pages on my iPad. the Logic Pro iPad people got a nice 900 page pdf..
I would prefer a PDF often when apple has these online guides there is PDF somewhere or eventually there is. I would like one as well that I could use as a book even if electronic PDF. I wonder if there is one?
Same here, although if the iPads had a headphone jack, I would at least try Logic Pro for iPad.
Exactly my thoughts. One of the reasons for purchasing a high end iPad Pro instead of a MacBook were the upcoming Pro apps for this platform. The subscription only approach means I won‘t ever own any of those Pro apps. At some point my iPad will lose support by Apple and the Pro apps won‘t run any longer on the „obsolete“ hardware, essentially forcing me to buy a new iPad.