Jun 21, 2011 13:10 GMT  ·  By

In a media report issued minutes ago, Apple confirmed the International availability of Final Cut Pro X, described by the company as “a revolutionary new version of the world’s most popular Pro video editing software.”

According to the Cupertino tech giant, Final Cut Pro X completely reinvents video editing.

One of the key aspects is the Magnetic Timeline that lets you edit on a flexible, trackless canvas.

Another is the Content Auto-Analysis feature that categorizes your content upon import by shot type, media and people.

Final Cut Pro X also introduces background rendering, lifting a huge weight off creatives’ shoulders, allowing them to work without interruption, even as the program renders video and audio.

The software is immediately available from the Mac App Store as a 64-bit app. It costs $299.99.

To run Final Cut Pro X, producers must use a Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor or better, 2GB of RAM (4GB of RAM recommended), OpenCL-capable graphics card or Intel HD Graphics 3000 or later (256MB of VRAM, a display with 1280-by-768 resolution or higher, Mac OS X v10.6.7 or later, and roughly 2.4GB of disk space.

“Final Cut Pro X is the biggest advance in Pro video editing since the original Final Cut Pro,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “We have shown it to many of the world’s best Pro editors, and their jaws have dropped.”

In tandem with the Final Cut Pro X announcement, Apple also rolled out the two companion apps, Motion 5 (for professional motion graphics) and Compressor 4 (for advanced media encoding), both now available from the Mac App Store for $49.99 each.

Download Final Cut Pro X

Download Compressor 4

Download Motion 5