New Features in Apple Final Cut Pro 12, Logic 12, Motion 6 & Compressor 6

Apple just released new versions for all their media applications, along with the launch of Apple Creator Studio, providing subscription-based access to a variety of creator apps.

NOTE: This article details what’s in Apple Creator Studio.

Here’s what’s new.

Apple Final Cut Pro 12.0

• Use Transcript Search to quickly find spoken words or phrases in your footage by searching for exact matches or using natural language descriptions. (Requires a Mac with Apple silicon.)
• Discover Visual Search, a fast and easy way to locate moments in your footage, including objects and actions, using natural language. (Requires a Mac with Apple silicon.)
• Let Beat Detection analyze any song to reveal its bars and beats, enabling you to easily align your video edits to the music’s rhythm.
• Accelerate your next edit with in-app guides on how to create a new library, import media, and add clips to a new timeline.
• Use the new toolbar menu to quickly create new projects, events, and libraries.
• Dive into editing with a special demo project featuring the talented singer-songwriter Allie Sherlock, and explore the exciting new features of Final Cut Pro firsthand.
• Fixes an issue that could cause an adjustment clip to disappear when using Overwrite to Primary Storyline to move a connected clip to the primary storyline.
• Resolves an issue that could cause role colors to change when upgrading a library from a previous version.
• Addresses an issue that could cause Paste Attributes to not allow pasting spatial conform on a single clip.
• Updates FCPXML to version 1.14.

Minimum system requirement is macOS 15.6.

Here’s a link to learn more: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102825

Apple Motion 6.0

• Expand your creative freedom with the AI-powered Magnetic Mask, isolating people, objects and shapes in any footage without a green screen or time-consuming manual rotoscoping.
• 3D text is now dramatically faster on Apple silicon, with Metal-powered improvements to playback and rendering.
• Improves performance with FxPlug plug-ins that store large amounts of data.
• Resolves an issue in the Keyframe Editor that caused Bezier handles to become misaligned when Command-dragging multiple selected keyframes.
• Fixes an issue that could cause Motion to become unresponsive when using text scroll behaviors.
• Resolves an issue in which the Library browser did not consistently respect the “Show scroll bars” setting in System Settings.
• Resolves an issue in which the text ruler background did not appear for vertical text using the ‘Scroll’ layout method.
• Fixes a rendering issue with the Concentric Polka Dots generator that occurred on some Mac models.
• Addresses an issue that caused some controls and labels in the HUD to appear too dark.

Here’s a link to learn more: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102746

Apple Compressor 5.0

• Create files for an Apple Immersive Video package for playback and HTTP live streaming on Apple Vision Pro.
• Stability and performance improvements.

Here’s a link to learn more: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102745

Apple Logic Pro 12.0

AI Session Players

• Transform your tracks with the all-new Synth Player, and create keyboard and bass performances with intuitive controls.
• Generate dynamic synth performances that play notes and manipulate instruments.
• Use Simple Pad to add lush harmonic layers to your song, and add movement and dynamics with Modulated Pad and Rhythmic Chords.
• Explore popular synth bass styles including 808 Bass, Pump Bass, and Sequenced Bass to dial in the low end.
• Use Chord ID to identify chords from any part of your song and Session Players will automatically follow along.

Sound Library

• Explore a free, expanding collection of premium sound packs with the brand new Sound Library.
• Listen to audio previews of any sound packs and install your favorites,
• Free up storage space by easily deleting packs you are no longer using.

Plus, over 200 bugs were also fixed in Logic, this lists everything new: https://support.apple.com/en-us/109503