Apple has released Final Cut Pro 12.0, which is the biggest update in quite some time. While there are some new and useful features, this isn’t as big an overhaul as a lot of Final Cut Pro users would be hoping for.
As we previously reported, Final Cut Pro is now part of the Apple Creator Studio, which includes Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, etc. You don’t have to sign up for Creator Studio to use Final Cut Pro. As it is also available as a one-time purchase on the App Store, however, access to some of the premium content is only available to Apple Creator Studio subscribers. If you already own Final Cut Pro, it will continue to be updated.
What’s New in Final Cut Pro 12.0
Final Cut Pro 12.0 includes the following features, enhancements, and fixes:
- Use Transcript Search to quickly find spoken words or phrases in your footage by searching for exact matches or using natural language descriptions. (Requires a Mac with Apple silicon.)
- Discover Visual Search, a fast and easy way to locate moments in your footage, including objects and actions, using natural language. (Requires a Mac with Apple silicon.)
- Let Beat Detection analyze any song to reveal its bars and beats, enabling you to easily align your video edits to the music’s rhythm.
- Accelerate your next edit with in-app guides on how to create a new library, import media, and add clips to a new timeline.
- Use the new toolbar menu to quickly create new projects, events, and libraries.
- Dive into editing with a special demo project featuring the talented singer-songwriter Allie Sherlock, and explore the exciting new features of Final Cut Pro firsthand.
- Fixes an issue that could cause an adjustment clip to disappear when using Overwrite to Primary Storyline to move a connected clip to the primary storyline.
- Resolves an issue that could cause role colors to change when upgrading a library from a previous version.
- Addresses an issue that could cause Paste Attributes to not allow pasting spatial conform on a single clip.
- Updates FCPXML to version 1.14.
