Apple to ship Final Cut Pro X in June for $299

The next major revision of Apple’s video editing software was announced today at the 2011 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas. Called Final Cut Pro X, it’s available sometime in June for US$299 from the Mac App Store.

Apple says Final Cut Pro X has been rewritten from the ground up, with support for 64-bit, a user-interface redesign, and a whole host of new features. The software takes advantage of core Mac OS X features like Cocoa, Core Animation, Open CL, and Grand Central Dispatch to speed up and fine-tune performance.

In addition to a complete UI overhaul, Final Cut Pro X boasts a newly designed floating point linear color system, up-to-4K-resolution-independent playback, a magnetic timeline for keeping audio and video in sync, Compound Clips for easy video nesting, non-destructive color balancing, automatic audio cleanup, and Smart Collections for organizing clips.

For more information, go to Macworld.