Apple brings some of its most popular creative software packages to the iPad.
On Tuesday, the company launched Final Cut Pro, a video editing app, and Logic Pro, a music creation app for the iPad.
Both apps’ interfaces have been overhauled to be more touch-friendly and better suited for the iPad. For example, Final Cut Pro has a new jog wheel to help with editing. A live drawing feature allows users to draw directly over the video using his Apple Pencil, and multi-touch his gestures are also supported.
Another cool iPad-specific new feature is the Pro Camera Mode. This allows the creator to capture video on her iPad, edit on the go, and publish instantly. All from one device.
Logic Pro for iPad also supports multi-touch gestures and Apple Pencil, allowing you to use the iPad Pro’s five microphones to capture audio for editing on the go.
New features include a new Sound Browser that displays instrument patches, audio patches, samples, loops, and plug-in presets in one place. The Pro Mixer feature takes advantage of the iPad’s multi-touch gestures to allow users to move multiple faders at once. A new feature called Beat Breaker takes advantage of swipe and pinch gestures to let creators reshape and shuffle sounds.
However, it doesn’t have to be completely keyboardless. Both apps work well if you have the Magic Keyboard or Smart Keyboard Folio for iPad.
The availability of these apps for the iPad is another move by Apple aimed at putting its most powerful iPad models on par with the company’s laptops.
Both apps will be available on Apple’s App Store on Tuesday, May 23rd. Each app is priced at $4.99/month or $49/year with a 1-month free trial.
However, the compatibility of these apps is not exactly the same. Final Cut Pro requires iPad models with the M1 chip (or newer), while Logic Pro can be used on iPads with the A12 Bionic chip (or newer). Both apps require iPadOS 16.4.
