Apple has released the first update for Final Cut Pro for iPad, along with updates for its professional apps like Logic Pro, Compressor, and Motion.
In May this year, Apple finally launched Mac’s popular professional video editing and music creation tools on iPadOS, the Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro with a new touch interface for a smooth workflow experience and the immediacy and intuitiveness of Multi-Touch.
Although users, who had been requesting for Apple to expand the availability of the tools on iPad, praised the new touch interfaces, they complained about the lack of support for all features available on their macOS versions.
Addressing the criticism, Apple is gradually reducing the gap between Final Cut for Mac and Final Cut for iPad with new keyboard shortcuts.
Final Cut for iPad adds more keyboard shortcuts to turn on/off snapping, view browser clips, and more
In addition to new keyboard shortcuts, Final Cut Pro for iPad 1.1 resolves an issue with custom fonts and features performance improvements. Here are the complete release notes:
Final Cut Pro for iPad 1.1 includes the following enhancements:
- Turn snapping on or off using the keyboard shortcut N.
- Move the playhead backward or forward 10 frames using the keyboard shortcuts Shift-Left Arrow and Shift-Right Arrow.
- Show info for browser clips using the keyboard shortcut Control-I.
- Turn skimming on or off using the keyboard shortcut S.
- Turn audio skimming on or off using the keyboard shortcut Shift-S.
- Split and switch multicam clip angles using the keyboard shortcuts 1, 2, 3, and 4.
- Show or hide the jog wheel using the keyboard shortcut Control-Shift-W; expand or collapse it using Control-W.
- Switch the jog wheel between playhead mode and nudge mode using the keyboard shortcut Shift-W.
- Resolves an issue with custom fonts not appearing in the inspector.
- Fixes bugs that improve overall stability and performance.
Existing subscribers can update their directly from the iPadOS App Store on their devices and new users can download the app from the App Store. It is available for $4.99 per month and is compatible with iPad models running on iPadOS 16.4 or later.
