FPCX - 90 days of free trial
FPCX - 90 days of free trial

Apple is Extending Final Cut Pro X Free Trial to 90 Days

2020-03-27
1 min read

Apple follows Adobe and AVID to make things easier to lockdown editors, by extending the trial period of Final Cut Pro X to 90 days. Read below how to get it. 

Apple FCPX (Final Cut Pro X)
Apple FCPX (Final Cut Pro X)

COVID-19 benefits to editors and filmmakers

Recently, companies like Adobe and AVID have been offering decent benefits to editors and filmmakers that found themselves working from home separately under social distancing regulation-driven from COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The first company to jump on the wagon was Avid, which offered 90-days licenses of creative tools to customers at no charge. Furthermore, Avid has taken seriously the students that use its product by allowing them the privilege of free 90-day licenses as well. 

AVID and the Coronavirus
AVID and the Coronavirus

Adobe was the second to offer students free at-home access to Creative Cloud Apps. Furthermore, bloggers have found that for Creative Cloud subscribers, there is a possibility/workaround to get two months for free. However, users have reported that you can get three months for free if you call customer services. Anyway, this benefit is most probably not connected to COVID-19 response by Adobe.

Two months free of Creative Cloud
Two months free of Creative Cloud

Apple extends free-trial of FCPX to 90 days

Today, Apple has announced that Final Cut Pro X (FCPX) free trial will be extended form 1-month to 3-months. Furthermore, according to Apple, If you’re using a previous version of the Final Cut Pro trial, you’ll be able to use this version free for an additional 90 days. Just be aware that most probably, this offer will be limited in time. To get the free trial of Final Cut Pro version 10.4.8 for your Mac, go here to enter your name and email address in the box, then click Download.

HDR on Apple Pro Display XDR
HDR on Apple Pro Display XDR

If you’re using a previous version of the Final Cut Pro trial, you’ll be able to use this version free for an additional 90 days

Apple

Summary

Until now, these are the COVID-19 “benefits” offered by Apple, Avid and Adobe and the links to get them:

  1. AVID: Temporary licenses of Creative Tools for qualified customers. Get it here.
  2. Adobe: Two months free for subscribers (instructions). Plus students’ benefits (get it here). 
  3. Apple: FPCX 90-days free trial. Get it here

Stay tuned so we can keep you posted regarding more benefits to our industry due to the COVID-19 situation.

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