Final Cut Pro on iPad is Disappointing, Too Little Too Late?

As an avid video editor and Apple user, I was excited to hear that Final Cut Pro was finally coming to the iPad after eight long years of waiting. However, I must admit that the version we're getting is a bit underwhelming, especially considering that it doesn't offer external hard drive support or plug-in support. While multi-cam editing and Apple Pencil support are exciting features, the limitations of the software may not be worth the $4.99 monthly $49.99 yearly fee. Overall, I appreciate Apple's effort, but I wish they had gone further in developing a more full-featured Final Cut Pro for the iPad.

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[TheAppleBias]

What's your thoughts on the feature set Final Cut is getting on the iPad?

[MeganHousehold]

6 months later and it’s still not much better!

God bless, man

[robertgasparovic]

What bothers me about the negative reports is that the youtubers always talk about too few pro features, as if they were regularly shooting a Netflix series. Honestly, a video like this needs a maximum of three video tracks and two to three audio tracks, which can easily be edited with iMovie. Now get back down to earth and be glad you're getting anything at all.

[MovieCaveDave]

Little clickbait-ey kinda as your thumbnail showed you had it on your iPad but still informative, thank you

[robcuijpers]

I really don't understand your message. What's your point? Maybe Final Cut on iPad is just not for you but for the kids in your neighborhood who vlog and make skate movies or whatever movies.

[yohannsphotographyvideogra]

luma fusion will do the trick to transfer the finale edited product via ssd ! biggest problem with iMac is that the software is heavy and old and its very hard to change the interface and the future is in iPad iPhone apps that are newer and faster

[dawgcanjumphigh]

Yikes can't edit off the external drive on the iPad using Final Cut Pro? These 4K60 video files are crazy huge. Thing is around 40 GB of storage eaten up on the storage on the iPad. Thats for a 20 minute clip at 200mbps bitrate shot on a Panasonic GH6. You need to use external storage for those. What is Apple thinking here? I would use the iPad, run business, and creating content all in one device, put then, can't because of apple purposely putting limitations on the device. Ok, still have to use an expensive $3, 000 + MacBook Pro to do everything. Great, I'll just run everything on the MacBook Pro. Apple wants you to buy the MacBook Pro, thats why they put limitations on things on purpose. Its a business model they want to do.p

[pablor]

No external hard drive is intentional so you are forced to buy larger capacity iPads, same goes for proxy media or online sync like Lightroom. Nothing is available. Besides No Apple pencil gestures, no keyboard customization. On top of that you have to pay a monthly fee? Honestly it should be free and you could pay for cloud sync if you want. Im going back to davinci resolve.

[macgamer]

People stop saying that “ it’s coming to ipad” no it’s only coming to m1. Not every iPad. We should to sue apple, iPad Pro means pro apps, we only have the name and no apps my iPad Pro is 4th gen

[frugalfilmmakers]

They KILLED It before it was released. From Apple: "Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad will each be available on the App Store for $4.99 (US) per month or $49 (US) per year with a one-month free trial".

$50 a year! No Way!!!! I just canceled my Adobe subscription because I was tired of paying over $60 a month for software I only used for one client who I no longer work fore. All the others, I use FCP or Resolve Studio. Both of which I have paid $300, ONCE.

I will stick for travel FCP using my trusty MacBook Air M1 which I already own. Even though I have a iPad Pro M2, I can always use Resolve on the iPad if I need editing as it was a free download. Hope it stays that way.

BTW, I just edited 46 video from NAB in FCP. Nothing is faster.

[ABAYT]

How can you possibly formulate an opinion before you even use it? I beta tested FCP for iPad for a few weeks. and I still don't have a final opinion on it. Final cut for Mac is getting a major release soon and both applications will work seamlessly and you will able to use external drives. It's going to be the same set up as logic pro which already was updated and has those capabilities. Pay attention.

[celestethoms]

I don't know that I see the workflow for cinema cameras that are shooting RAW 4K, 6K, and 8K footage. I don't think that's Apples market. Why do that kind of work on an iPad? It tips too far into the computer territory. For a ZV-1, go pro, iPhone, or even animation/motion graphics in Procreate and ToonSquid, there's a lot of possiblity. I'm also looking foward to the objects feature. Maybe that'll open it up to 3D and AR. It's has a lot of features for being on an iPad that are exciting. They do need to open it up to hard drives or maybe they'll have a pro level cloud solution down the line.

[UrbaneVisions]

I haven't seen any video on it yet, but it seems as though Davinci Resolve on iPad blows FCP on iPad out the water. External hard drive support, plugin support... resembles desktop version. Obviously it's early but that seems to be the feel. I guess we'll really see in two weeks.

[Deep-Travel]

And that’s why I switched to Davinci Resolve. Apple… too little too late.

[timscott]

I think the point you made about no external hard drive support is a deal breaker and is an obvious push to force people into the higher priced iPad Pro, then a subscription based service on top of that. Pure greed. Sad as this could be a game changer.

[tyron]

Complain complain complain lol. I think its great and external HD support will come down the line.

[HuguesMulenga]

Third party ... coming soon .... this makes sense as this is dependent on third party developement we might want to wait WWDC and see what resources, development kits and frameworks will be made available for FCP on iPadOS and developers

[bjornjansen]

I think all the points you made might be included at the release unexpected, or will be soon after al the negative feedback the get when it doesn’t. It is never to late te release a good app (and even if, they are not far behind DR, which is just a direct port of the desktop version’s cut and color page, with with very minimal UI optimisation). Knowing Apple that did a crazy amount of work on optimising UI. I think we’ll have to see after the release before we’ll jump into conclusions. I Expect it to be a great NLE for most video creators. I see to many creators claiming they are missing features in software that not many people use or need (themselves included). If FCP on iPad will be a streamlined version of the desktop version with more or less the same functions of Lumafusion with perfected UI, I think we’ll be amazed by how many creators will benefit. Most will just have to confess they don’t need a Hollywood toolbox for creating there 4 minute Youtube vids (no disrespect!). I’d love to use it for my projects while traveling on my 11” iPad Pro and transfer to FCP on Mac if needed. Overall I’m excited! (But Apple, please to include external drive support before release).

[gogogee]

Great vid, look forward you testing FCP on iPad

[chrisbogart]

Definitely - too little, too late. They are treating this as a stand-alone app instead of an integrated tool with the Mac. Davinci is so far ahead of FCP in interoperability, external drive support, and let's not forget the Cloud. They made it a professional tool while Apple came up way short of producing an app that appeals to pros as part of an integrated work environment. Sorry, but at the end of the day, you really have to stop and ask, who is this version of FCP is targeted at or for and how did Apple expect someone to use it? I cannot figure that out. Can you????