Software

This Amazing Surf Director Says FCP X Is Final Cut Amateur

Cyrus Sutton is a surfer. And he’s reviewing Final Cut Pro X for Gizmodo. Why? Because he’s one of the best surf flick directors in decades. His movies exude a summertime vibe I wish I could bottle up for winter.


April 19, 2011
Software

Why Final Cut Pro X Is Sending Me Back To Avid

Matt Toder has been editing video professionally for eight years, and currently works at Gawker.TV. These are his thoughts on Apple’s latest Final Cut Pro release.


July 25, 2009
Software

Apple Finally Acknowledges Blu-Ray Exists

Apple has finally acknowledged that Blu-ray exists. Sadly—or fortunately—not in a new Mac, but in the “Create Blu-ray” option in the new Final Cut Pro. [Thanks Frank]


November 25, 2008
Software

Student Writes to Steve Jobs, Gets Free Final Cut Studio 2

Sometimes Xmas comes earlier and when you less expect it: A long-time Gizmodo reader and tipster–who is not John Mayer–told me today one of those cool stories that makes you smile and want to hug Steve Jobs and two hundred kittens at the same time. Cotton candy kittens too. The guy–a Greenwich High School student with a passion for film–wrote a letter directly to Mr. Jobs himself asking politely for an student discount on Final Cut Studio 2. Two weeks later, he got way more than he wanted, shipped directly from One Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, completely free of charge: