Apple announced: Final Cut Pro X

Apple has announced Final Cut Pro X at this year's NAB in Vegas. This is an significant update for Apple's "PRO" product.

Let alone the functionality, the latest included enhanced features promised speed improvement.

• 64 bit - allows faster speed when working with multiple clips or large files
• Grand Central Dispatch - it is a Mac OS X feature introduced in Snow Leopard, allows utilised application to use multiple computer cores, this allows speed improvement not only for people who has the highest spec Mac Pros, also the latest MacBook Pro and iMac will also benefit.
• OpenCL - it is also a Mac OS X feature introduced in Snow Leopard, which allows applications to use the processing power of their GPU (Graphic Process Unit), so user can get maximised speed boost for their application

It is nice to see Apple is starting to use their latest and greatest technology to provide speed boost for their latest applications. And hopefully, this is a start for all developer in the community to use such technologies.

Over the next months or so, there will be no surprise to see reviews of Final Cut Pro X and shows the benefit of these speed boosts, I will keep you posted.