Final Cut Pro on iPad: BETTER Than Expected!

Hate the sub, hard pass. Thank God for Black Magic and Resolve

Thanks for the video. Have you found a way to record voiceovers right in the program instead of importing a file for them? I have not seen anyone addressing this question and I can’t find a path to do it within the software.

Always great to get your take on new stuff. I’ve been subscribed and been watching for years but finally just wanted to comment and say thanks for all your good work and spirit Chris.

I can’t find out how to use the fast cut feature anywhere! Does anyone have any tips, this is killing me!

I have used an iPad as my only computer device for ten years now, and I have been hoping that it could be a real pro device. I have been waiting for final cut pro to come to the iPad so I could make videos without having to go to the MacBook. I actually bought an m1 MacBook air and it sat in the box unopened for a year because I just didn't want to be forced to use it. I enrolled in an online university to learn computer animation, I'm getting my bachelors degree over the course of 27 months. The school gave me Microsoft 365 for free and I thought I could do everything on my iPad but I soon learned that the features I needed in word and PowerPoint we're not available for the iPad. I had to break down and open up the mscbook and try to figure out how to use it. The trackpad really gave me a lot of grief until I watched some videos on how to use it. Now I start my work on the iPad and finish them on the MacBook. I'm starting to like the MacBook but I only use it for work. The iPad is my first choice for just about everything and mac apps are really expensive compared to the iPad. My MacBook is only 128 gb of storage whereas my iPad has 1tb and I have over 16,000 photos in it. I just like the whole flow of the ipsd it's simple yet powerful sleek and portable I hate the magic keyboard and really just wasted my money on purchasing it because I have only used it once and was not impressed. I love the apple pencil and use it for everything. Now I find myself trying to touch the screen of the MacBook and not understanding why it isn't working.

Such an apple move to NOT allow external drives. Overcharge for internal storage and not allow an extra external SSD, LumaFusion seems to have this option why not Apple

XXX VOICEOVER XXX. OK, bought new iPad Pro (M2). Entered and edited several travel videos using Final Cut Pro iPad. Now I just need to do the voiceover. OOPS. Can’t find any way to do that from within FCP. My $300 DJI mic does not work with iPad (without using several adapters in series). So - I guess I will have to redo the videos in LumaFusion and do the voiceover directly there. Did I miss somthing?? Yeah, I know I can use the DJI mic on my iPhone, use some third party app to record the audio, save the audio to files. Transfer the files to my iPad, then drag the audio files into FCP and then redo the whole process to make audio edits

Thanks for the tuto! My question is: How can I loop a video clips in Final Cut Pro on iPad ?

I don’t see how to record voiceovers in app which I want. Also working files on SSD is better in my opinion. I work better with my file structure than putting everything on the project. Seems better for short content. It’s as if Apple has made this for people who have a Mac. I do all my content work on iPad. Maybe they will do more updates.

Bro you look great.

I been trying to edit a 8k 30fps on my iPad Pro M2 with FPCX and it doesn’t even playback, but if I open the same Video on the same iPad with Davinci Resolve I have no issues at all, the playback it’s really smooth, If by the end of my trial they don’t fix that I’m gonna cancel it.

No voiceover ability

The subscription model is just a hard no. I already purchased it, I am not going to pay monthly for it.

I wonder which app is going to be the best between resolve and final cut by 2024

Cool demo, its cool that it exists finally and great job breaking it down. I think not being able to load media off an external is an absolute dealbreaker for most people. Honestly considering davinci is on ipad now which is 1000x more capable this app is kinda irrelevant for most.

The only thing they could have done was allow for external storage editing. Nothing imported to the iPad itself. The files are huge coming out of a camera. If you shoot off the iPhone, the files are smaller, so it doesn’t hog so much space on the iPad.

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Can you move back and forth between the Mac and iPad version?

I used to love this guy’s videos but now it seems Apple is sponsoring him. For him Apple is just perfect, there’s never anything bad about them. That sucks. I didn’t even see the video. Decided not to after I read “better than expected!” Come on. You can’t even start a project on the Mac and finish it on the iPad. You can’t edit off of an external drive. To name just two problems for pro users. I get it it’s a market strategy but they don’t deserve being praised for that.

I think it’s a great first version,I agree it’s better than I had anticipated.I would love to see a direct link to Logic Pro.(like in affinity)let’s hope they keep improving and updating it,Apple historically has not been that great at that with FC.

I only dont understund why it dosen't work on my iPad Pro 12.9 from 2018. Its compatible with the 11 inch but not with the 12.9. Same chip same year. :(

Ive would LOVE to ditch my Macbook Pro 14 for a 12.9 iPad Pro for Video Editing. I just need all of my Motion Effects to transfer over, I've spent to much time making some and too much money paying for some to not have them. Also External SSD support.

Compare with InShot FinalCut is still far behind…all this things InShot can do already

No external storage support is garbage. Why does every review brush that off like it’s nothing? We all need the 2Tb ipad now? Even that’s not enough for some projects. 🤦🏽‍♂️

this is not even close to the mac version, a regular app that costs nothing more per month

I got it today and I’m enormously disappointed. Lumafusion kicks it’s tail. Titles and overlays are cheesy and not customizable. If plugins come it will be slightly better but I’m still not satisfied

Among all available reviews what you mentioned in the vid are the most useful to me. I've noticed some iPad unique features from other reviewers but without such specific explain as you do. Thanks a lot!

What annoys me is it's only subscription based and not a one-time fee.

For that reason, I'm out.

I’m glad it does work. I use a grip with the first gen pencil

I didn’t think the grip would work with the second gen pencil to recharge?

Thanks

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Amazing that Apple won’t let me install this on my iPad Mini 6 or my iPad Pro 10.5”. Not enough horsepower I guess as far as Apple is concerned yet I edit 4k videos all day long on both devices with LumaFusion.

I have iPad Pro M2 with 512GB storage so not being able to edit from an external drive is a show stopper for me. I am confused. If I am editing a new Project (Project 1) then I will need to import ALL the footage I need to edit the timeline. Then export the project and delete all the footage from the iPad to work on a new Project (Project 2). Now, I want to I make more edits to Project 1 so I do WHAT. Export Project 2, delete all of its media then reload Project 1 and reimport all of its media into the exact same structure that it was originally imported to? Does not seem possible.

I’m guessing the external hard drive is an update away of some kind.

Yes, ideally we can have both iPad and Mac, but if I can’t afford to get both (definitely not all in one shot).

This and especially Logic Pro means I might just go for iPad Pro next year

Your video made me think Xcode on iPad won't be 100% but the iPad version would be very unique that could make you miss the iPad version when using Mac,And vice versa

This reminds me more like Final Cut Express (remember that!) I’ve seen so many people complain about a subscription. It’s 5 bucks. A latte.

videos must be imported to ipad an cannot stay on an external drive, right?

QUESTION: Should the Final Cut I purchased for my Mac be free to use on my iPad or a one-time purchase instead of a monthly payment

Feels like not being able to use an external drive is a deal breaker. You will have to offload files from finished projects even with the largest memory capacity iPad. Which means re-linking anytime you want to to open the project on a different device. I suppose if it is saved in the cloud you can open it, assuming you connection to the internet. Then of course it becomes an issue of having enough cloud storage, which translates into more money for Apple. Lol

Too bad it's subscription based and not a one time buy deal like it is on the Mac. Worth mentioning, as that's a deal breaker for a lot of people.

My 4th gen iPad Pro didn’t make the cut so app won’t work for me.

Can you please explain how to make a custom focus into a widget from your previous productivity workflow video?

Nice one Chris so 50 a year not so bad great content as always. Pity I’m still using the 2018 model 😂👏😎🇮🇪

I’m confused how Logic is supported on the 2nd gen iPad Pro but Final Cut is not 😂

How’s life?