Paving the way to the big marketing push for NAB 2013, Apple released today the 8th release of Final Cut Pro X and added once again some significant features. Motion & Compressor join also the party with some updates of their own. The full details after the jump.

FINAL CUT PRO X 10.0.8

Final Cut Pro 10.0.8 gets support for Sony’s F5 & F55 cameras with the new XAVC codec and 4K resolution. ProRes Log C footage from ARRI ALEXA are converted on the fly to Rec. 709 color & contrast levels. No more washed footage in the offline editing suite and no more needs to pre-grading them prior to the indigent.

The full list of improvements as provided by Apple are:

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

This update weight 1.64 GB and requires MacOS X 10.6.8 or later and it is a free download on the Mac AppStore for current users. New customers can purchase Final Cut Pro X for $299.99.

MOTION 5.0.7

The full list of improvements as provided by Apple are:

Resolves an issue where some third-party effects generated green frames during render

Resolves performance issues that could occur with certain titles and effects

Fixes a stability issue when splitting layers in the timeline

Fixes an issue where launching a plug-in with a check box could require multiple clicks

Fixes a stability issue with CoreMelt plug-ins

This update weight 1.08 GB and requires MacOS X 10.6.8 or later and it is a free download on the Mac AppStore for current users. New customers can purchase Motion for $49.99.

COMPRESSOR 4.0.7

The full list of improvements as provided by Apple are:

Removes 1GB file size limit for uploads to Vimeo

Fixes a stability issue when playing back certain MPEG-2 files

Fixes a stability issue in Qmaster when processing multiple jobs

This update requires MacOS X 10.6.8 or later and it is a free download on the Mac AppStore for current users. New customers can purchase Compressor for $49.99.

ProApps Quicktime codec 1.0.2

In addition to the updates for the core Final Cut apps, Apple has also released an updated set of ProApps QuickTime Codecs for Final Cut Pro X users: AIC, ProRes, AVC-Intra, DVCPro HD, HDV, XDCAM HD-EX-HD422, MPEG IMX, Uncompressed 4:2:2 & XAVC.

This update weight 1.14 MB, requires MacOS X 10.6.8 or later and it is a free download for current users of any pro apps.

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