Apple releases Final Cut Pro 11 with new AI features, spatial video editing, and more

Apple unveils Final Cut Pro 11 with AI tools, spatial editing, and more.

: Apple has launched Final Cut Pro 11, featuring new AI capabilities like Magnetic Mask and Transcribe to Captions. It offers spatial video editing, optimized for Apple Vision Pro, and compatibility with the iPhone 15 and 16 series. The update is free for existing users and Final Cut Pro for iPad also adds new enhancements. The Final Cut Pro suite includes new pricing options and compatibility requirements.

Apple introduced Final Cut Pro 11, enhancing its video editing software for Mac with AI capabilities such as the Magnetic Mask, allowing easy isolation of objects and people in clips without green screen technology. Another AI feature, Transcribe to Captions, leverages an Apple-trained language model to generate captions, improving accessibility directly in the editing timeline.

This version supports spatial video editing, compatible with Apple Vision Pro and various iPhones, offering immersive capabilities like color correction and depth positioning. New features require devices with Apple Silicon on macOS 15 Sequoia, though the update remains free for existing users, while new users can purchase the software for $299.99 from the Mac App Store.

Final Cut Pro for iPad received an update to version 2.1 with tools like Enhance Light and Color for one-step color correction and support for higher frame rates. Alongside Final Cut Pro updates, Apple released Final Cut Camera 1.1, Logic Pro for Mac 11.1, and Logic Pro for iPad 2.1, each with distinct pricing strategies and requirements, broadening creative tools for the user base.

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