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24th September 2025
This is slightly old news now (apologies - it's been a crazy month), however last week Apple updated all of the ProApps! 🥳
For developers, FCPXML remains on v1.13, FxPlug remains on v4.3.3, Workflow Extensions remains on v1.0.3.
Interestingly, Compressor now includes a Apple ProRes RAW Processor Media Extension plugin.
As far as I'm aware, this is the first shipping Media Extension on the Mac App Store.
The MediaExtension Framework provides a means for developers to create format readers, video decoders, and RAW processors for media that the system doesn’t natively support.
Now that Apple has a Media Extension in the wild of their own - it's really only a matter of time until Blackmagic finally releases their Media Extension for Blackmagic RAW - as announced at last year's Final Cut Pro Creative Summit.
Until then though, BRAW Toolbox still remains the best way to access BRAW directly/natively in Final Cut Pro.
These ProApp's updates were mainly focussed on macOS Tahoe and ProRes RAW on iPhone support - with a few bug fixes thrown in.
The official release notes are as follows:
Final Cut Pro v11.2 includes the following enhancements, changes, and bug fixes:
- Unlock even more controls for ProRes RAW video shot on iPhone, so you can adjust exposure, color temperature, tint, and demosaicing. (ProRes RAW capture requires supported iPhone models.)
- Edit and play back your Apple Log 2 footage with the vibrancy of the original scene by applying the Apple Log 2 LUT.
- Fixes an issue that caused recordings made with the Voiceover tool to not be saved when media storage was set to a location outside the library.
- Improves stability when adjusting sliders in the ProRes RAW Settings window.
- Fixes an issue that caused Final Cut Pro to quit when RED RAW clips were selected in the timeline while the RED RAW Settings window was open.
- Removes support for FireWire-connected devices on macOS Tahoe. (On macOS Sequoia, FireWire capture is supported, but the playback controls for FireWire-connected devices are no longer available.)
- Includes stability and performance improvements.
Final Cut Pro for iPad v2.3 includes the following features and enhancements:
- Unlock even more controls for ProRes RAW video shot on iPhone, so you can adjust exposure, color temperature, tint, and demosaicing. (ProRes RAW capture requires supported iPhone models.)
- Edit and play back your Apple Log 2 footage with the vibrancy of the original scene by applying the Apple Log 2 LUT.
- Easily access app commands and shortcuts from the new menu bar by swiping down from the top edge of iPad or moving your pointer to the top when using a trackpad. (Requires iPadOS 26.)
- Improves reliability when using a multichannel audio source in pro camera mode or with Live Multicam.
- Improves reliability when using VoiceOver while adjusting volume keyframes.
- Includes stability and performance improvements.
Compressor v4.11 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
- Use the new RAW inspector for easy access to RAW video settings such as ISO, exposure bias, and color temperature for ProRes RAW and other RAW formats.
- Take advantage of the flexibility and even wider color gamut of Apple Log 2 video.
- Improve ProRes RAW video captured on iPhone with denoising powered by machine learning with Apple silicon.
- Customize third-party RAW video Media Extensions with the new RAW Processing inspector.
- Fixes an issue where selecting additional Compressor instances in Settings would not enable additional instances.
- Includes stability and performance improvements.
Motion v5.11 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
- Take advantage of the dynamic range and even wider color gamut of Apple Log 2 video.
- Fixes an issue that caused Motion to sometimes quit when the HUD was displayed.
- Improves stability and performance improvements.
Final Cut Camera v2.0 includes the following features and enhancements:
- Capture ProRes RAW in open gate for full-frame resolution and incredible editing performance.
- Record in high dynamic range and an even wider color gamut with Apple Log 2 in ProRes or HEVC.
- Easily enable timecode options including Time of Day, Record Run, or external timecode for precise identification of your footage. (Requires iOS 26.)
- Genlock multiple video sources with precise frame alignment using a compatible sync generator.
- Quickly switch to the 200mm (8x) telephoto lens to capture the perfect shot.
- Dynamically adjust the video orientation to vertical or horizontal with the front-facing camera, regardless of how you hold your iPhone.
- Adds support for 29.97 fps recording.
- Adds support for constant frame rates at 24 fps, 25 fps, 29.97 fps, 30 fps, 50 fps, and 60 fps on supported iPhone models.
- Adds stabilization support for recording 4K at 120 fps and 100 fps on supported iPhone models.
- Adds Dolby Vision support for recording 4K at 120 fps and 100 fps on supported iPhone models.
- Enable or disable the LUT Preview directly from the format settings menu.
- Fixes an issue that caused video recordings with stabilization enabled to sometimes stutter.
- Improves reliability when recording with Spatial Audio and stabilization enabled.
- Improves reliability when using a multichannel audio source.
- Addresses an issue that sometimes caused the thumbnail image to not appear when an external SSD was connected.
- Fixes an issue that sometimes caused videos saved to an external SSD to not appear in the media browser.
- Addresses an issue that sometimes caused the LUT Preview menu to appear unexpectedly in the media browser.
- Fixes an issue that sometimes caused the Record button to appear dimmed after a Live Multicam session ended.
- Includes stability and performance improvements.