Alongside a new marketing push from Apple to promote its professional-grade video editing software, the company also pushed out a trio of software updates on Thursday for Final Cut Pro X, Motion, and Compressor.



From Apple Insider:

The new updates are free for those who have already purchased the applications, bringing the version numbers up to Final Cut Pro X 10.0.8, Motion 5.0.7, and Compressor 4.0.7. While the updates for the latter to are comprised mostly of bug fixes, the additions to Final Cut Pro X are more substantial:

Support for Sony XAVC codec up to 4K resolution
Option to display ProRes Log C files from ARRI ALEXA cameras with standard Rec. 709 color and contrast levels
Resolves an issue where some third-party effects generated green frames during render
Resolves performance issues that could occur with certain titles and effects
Time reversed clips render in the background
Ability to use key commands to adjust Clip Appearance settings in the timeline
Ability to view reel number metadata located in the timecode track of video files
Mono audio files in a surround project export with correct volume levels
Drop zones no longer reset to the first frame of video after application restart
Fixes a performance issue which resulted from selecting multiple ranges on a single clip
Fixes an issue where the Play Around function did not work properly on certain clips when viewed through external video devices

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