Cheers to FCP 10.6.6. update, release by Apple today. As always out of the blue, although people who follow these kind of things, like Richard Taylor at fcpx.tv, said an update was coming on Tuesday, and there it is.
Like Rich, I wish Apple put more dedication and enthusiasm into developing FCP new features and improvements, instead of branching into a subscription only iPad version. 😩
macOS Monterey 12.6, or more recent. Small update better than no update I suppose. Here is what's new (I'm skipping the iPad blah, because at this point I don't care about it.):
- Automatic HDR/SDR color management with tone mapping. This should be helpful.
- New titles, effects and generators. We'll see how nice they are.
- Color Adjustment effect with presets. Hmmm, kinda like under the previous bullet point isn't it? I hope it's not too gimmicky.
- Again falls under the second bullet point. Scene Removal Mask to remove bkg without green screen. AI powered I assume, we'll see if it's any good.
- ProRes RAW Settings window. That's good. I hope it gives access to all the tweaks available.
- ProRes RAW plug-ins from various camera manufacturers. OK.
- HEVC export up to 8K, hardware accelerated on silicon Macs. I like.
- Export to EXR with Alpha channel. I don't care, but OK.
- Handful of bugs fixed.