duclearcMay 9, 2023
Christopher Lawley

$5 a month or $50 a year for Logic or Final Cut is really reasonable to me. If you figure Final Cut on the Mac is $300 divide that by 50 and you get 6 years for the same cost.

I’m hoping with a subscription model Apple will release more and bigger updates for the two apps. It’s been a while since Final Cut got a major update. Since the last one a lot has changed in the video editing world and they have started to fall behind.

May 9, 2023 at 3:01pmIvory for iOS
Show threadJohn InfanteMay 9, 2023
@ChrisLawley My question is if you aren’t familiar with FCP and want to get into video editing on an iPad, how does $50/year complete with DiVinci Resolve (free to start, $100 for everything) or Lumafusion ($30)?
Show threadChristopher LawleyMay 9, 2023
@johninfante In that case I would say spend $5 and see if it’s worth it. I also wouldn’t be surprised if there is a free trial like there is on the Mac.
Show threadJohn InfanteMay 9, 2023
@ChrisLawley Fine print says one month free trial. I guess that makes sense, give it a couple months on each and you are out a total of $35 over 6 months or so to find which one works for you before committing. That seems fair.
Show threadChristopher LawleyMay 9, 2023

@johninfante Yeah totally! Also if your going to spend more than 6 months using it that is probably because you are working on multiple projects and making some money from them. I know when I started off I used the trial to learn it and then bought it and then started making money from the projects I produced with it.

To me, and I know this isn’t everyone, but for me Final Cut pays for itself.

Show threadMichael HughesMay 9, 2023
@ChrisLawley hope it eventually gets rolled into Apple One
Show threadRich AestheticMay 10, 2023
@michael8684 … you can’t seriously be thinking that will happen. If it does, the subscription of Apple One will go way up and most people it will never even need or want to use Final Cut Pro.
Show threadColin DevroeMay 9, 2023
@ChrisLawley Seems incredibly cheap to me. No competitor could build a comparable app and sell it at that price I don’t think.
Show threadJorge ArangoMay 9, 2023
@ChrisLawley I thought of you when I saw the news. Just yesterday I saw the video where you said this was one of your top WWDC wishes. 😅
Show threadThomas Vander WalMay 10, 2023

@ChrisLawley The iPad FinalCut Pro doesn’t round trip to desktop FCP. You can start on iPad and move to desktop, but not desktop to iPad.

Sort of makes sense (with FCP and Logic) on the desktop often getting many layers that iPad is going to have a tough time with (as far as screen real estate, at least) dealing with it.

With Resolve it is really tough, but they let you do it.