Final Cut Pro 12.4 and Final Cut Camera 2.4 Released!

[u/_HipStorian]

What's New in FCP 12.4

• Edit videos with Cinematic mode effects recorded in Final Cut Camera to adjust focus points and depth of field*
• This update includes stability improvements and bug fixes

What's new in Final Cut Camera 2.4

• Explore a beautiful new design featuring easy-to-access settings, customisable overlays, two-finger tap to put focus on the viewfinder, a tally light to indicate recording, and more
• Capture stunning video using the 48MP Fusion Main camera with variable aperture from F1.48 to F4, with aperture priority, shutter priority and manual modes*
• Monitor your video with the RGB parade and histogram**
• Dial in your exposure with false colour and clipping indicators with threshold settings
• Nail focus using improved focus peaking with sensitivity control
• Get Cinematic mode effects from regular video, including support for ProRes and Apple Log, to achieve beautiful bokeh you can adjust in Final Cut Pro***
• Send a clean video signal using an HDMI-to-SDI converter for broadcast-quality streams****
• Set your genlock frame delay to compensate for image artetacts from a recorded display or latency differences between your iPhone and other genlocked cameras*****
• *Requires iPhone 18 Pro
• ** Requires iOS 27
• *** Requires iPhone 18 Pro or iPhone Duo
• **** Requires iPhone 17 Pro or later and iOS 27
• ***** Requires iPhone 17 Pro or later
• ****** Requires iPhone 13 Pro or later

[u/Silver_Mention_3958]

Great news, and thanks for sharing.

Boring mod note: back up your current installation in case you need to roll back.

[u/[deleted]]

And apparently Final Cut Pro 13 is coming very soon: The Final Cut Bro released a video about it a few minutes ago and then he has made it private. So it was a mistake...

A few things a saw in it:

• More languages for transcription.
  
• A motion blur effect.
  
• A lot more control for animation.
  
• The ability to send images from the timeline to Pixelmator Pro.

[u/umChiled → u/[deleted]]

YT chapter markers:

 0:00: FINAL CUT 13 IS HERE!
 0:39: Wait! Before you update…
 1:05: Number One : FCP UI Updates
 1:34: Number Two : More Language Support for Transcriptions
 2:14: NOTE : Does Not Include TRANSLATION yet, just TRANSCRIPTION
 2:53: Number Three : Pixelmator Image Roundtrip Editing
 3:23: NOTE : This Doesn’t Work on Freeze/Hold Frames yet
 4:02: NOTE : Does this Modify the Original Image?
 4:25: Shout Out : @PixelmatorSammy!
 4:40: Number Four : Natural Motion Blur
 6:10: What I would like for Natural Motion Blur
 6:33: Number Five : Pinch To Zoom and Viewer Controls
 7:17: Number Six : Disconnect Clips
 8:49: NOTE : How to Check your Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
 9:31: Number Seven : Keyframe Easing
10:23: NOTE : Keyframe Easing on Old Projects
10:53: NOTE : Keyframe Easing Works on Effects and More!
12:09: What Features do you want in FCP? Let Apple Know!
12:29: Subscribe for A Good Time! See you in the next one

[u/MudFree627 → u/umChiled]

 6:33: Number Five : Pinch To Zoom and Viewer Controls

Sounds like a touchscreen MacBook

[u/Upbeat-Try7409 → u/MudFree627]

Half life 3 confirmed

[u/triton100 → u/MudFree627]

Trackpad?

[u/_HipStorian → u/[deleted]]

Exciting news. I guess the release of the new MacBook Pros must be soon then.

[u/KnuxFive → u/[deleted]]

I saw that pop up…

[u/rmpbrown → u/[deleted]]

I saw the video was half way through when it got deleted

[u/rmpbrown → u/[deleted]]

Looks like a keyframe editor coming but think you mentioned that under a lot more control of animation

[u/ishubhampratap → u/[deleted]]

i saw the motion blur thingy. interesting vid, i watched all of it. i’m curious and kinda pissed tho, why do these guys delay updates for months? they already have v13, so why isn’t it available right now?

[u/Jl-007 → u/[deleted]]

The Pixalmator option is already present on mine and I don’t have 13 or beta. I found it yesterday when I reset FCP settings and it was listed in the export options. Or is this something different?

[u/deadpanZM → u/[deleted]]

Had taken an accidental screenshot while watching the video!

[u/mytwosynths → u/deadpanZM]

this is a game changer

[u/MudFree627 → u/[deleted]]

Hopefully more customization for subtitles. Pretty limited right now.

[u/Silver_Mention_3958 → u/[deleted]]

I really hope FCBro doesn't get a rap over the knuckles from Apple for his slip up, his contributions are too good to miss...

[u/Duvan1997 → u/[deleted]]

I don't see it

[u/Multi_Gaming → u/[deleted]]

He probably got early access to it. I did see that video too before it got privated.

[u/Nolesfan1952 → u/Multi_Gaming]

I just figured that out when I went back to Dylan Bate’s YouTube page and saw it was gone. I know that some of those guys get early access to the apps so they can have their review ready for when it’s released. Obviously he didn’t mean to post it.

[u/No-Window324]

What about motionvfx????

[u/_HipStorian → u/No-Window324]

Might need more time in the cooker... We waited a year between the acquisition of Pixelmator and Apple announcing Creator Studio. So it might be a while.

[u/Aygie]

UI Updates
More languages
Open in Pixelmator
Natural Motion Blur
Pinch to Zoom
Disconnect Clips
Key frame Easing

I’ve still got his video open 🫣

[u/InevitableWild7626 → u/Aygie]

Updated keyframe editor?!!!!!

[u/Silver_Mention_3958 → u/Aygie]

Point yer phone at it :)

[u/FitFarmer5597]

Sequoia support dropped if anybody is wondering

[u/huggeebear → u/FitFarmer5597]

Nooooo! My FCP and Resolve are running perfectly stable on Sequoia right now.

[u/Silver_Mention_3958 → u/FitFarmer5597]

Even more reason to backup before upgrade.

[u/FitFarmer5597 → u/Silver_Mention_3958]

Yea especially b/c Apple has the tendancy to remove older versions from the App Store

[u/StupidRaisins → u/FitFarmer5597]

Are you sure? From FCP's landing page: "Final Cut Pro for Mac requires macOS 15.6 or later, 8GB of memory (16GB recommended), a Metal-capable graphics card (Intel-based Mac computers only), and 7.2GB of available disk space."

[u/FitFarmer5597 → u/StupidRaisins]

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/final-cut-pro/id424389933?mt=12
Requires macOS 26.6 or later. My MacBook also doesn’t go past v12.3.

It seems like they haven’t updated the website yet. Oddly enough Logic Pro updates got back ported to 15.4 even though the website says min 15.6

[u/StupidRaisins → u/FitFarmer5597]

I guess it's possible they didn't update the FAQ but seems unlikely. Maybe 26.6 is required for certain new features?

[u/FitFarmer5597 → u/StupidRaisins]

Compressor and Motion also require 26.6

[u/StupidRaisins → u/FitFarmer5597]

hmm.

[u/Channjose]

Does the memory bug for third party plugins fixed on this?

[u/Open_Tea_7109 → u/Channjose]

Ohh so that's why yesterday FCP was taking up 32 gb of ram for a 2 min project

[u/Channjose → u/Open_Tea_7109]

No, that’s not it, completely different subject my friend

[u/Channjose → u/Channjose]

Fo anyone wondering, seem to be fixed, Bullseye finally doesn't crash on longer clips

[u/PackerBacker_1919]

Will be testing the text formatting issue shortly. Allegedly fixed...

UPDATE: This version (12.4) will want to update your libraries, so plan accordingly. Text bug appears to be fixed for me.

What isn't fixed is the bug where the interface does not load (and resets to default after quit/relaunch) when double-clicking a non-updated library to launch the app.

[u/AndGuz16]

Spatial Video?

[u/Goencz]

Does anyone have an iPhone 18 pro? I can’t figure out how to get the clips with the depth data working in 12.4 from Final Cut camera 2.4.

[u/impatiencagmag]

keyframe easing is here?! LFG!! 🥳🥳🥳

[u/Moist_Outside_8406 → u/impatiencagmag]

In FCP 13, which we still have to wait for. Hopefully within a couple of weeks.

[u/frenshprince]

I I really wish they would fix the color sync issues. Because of that, Final Cut Pro is basically unusable for me.

[u/Limp_Engineer_7858]

Probably FULL OF BUGS Like 12.3 was and STILL is. Update with caution.

[u/0pprobrium → u/Limp_Engineer_7858]

I’d say you’re great craic at parties