Apple Logic Pro X and Final Cut Pro X go free to use for 90 days

Apple is giving creative pros and others the opportunity to use the full versions of Final Cut Pro X and Logic Pro X to users for 90 days. Final Cut Pro X had previously been available for a 1-month trial period while this is the first time users have ever been able to give Logic Pro X a trial before buying.

Apple is making its professional music and video editing apps Final Cut Pro X and Logic Pro X available for free for the next 90 days due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Final Cut Pro X, used by professional production companies and experienced amateurs alike, is the first of the apps to have its free trial extended from 30 days.

Users will still have to pay £300 to use the app once the three month trial period expires, but will have access to all of its features during the trial.

To take advantage of the free trial users have to go to the Apple website, enter their name and email address and agree to the terms and conditions.

Apple indicated that it hopes customers who are stuck at home and looking for something new to master will take advantage of the free trials.

If you have already started a 30 day trial of the software you can download the new version and get another 90 days from Apple.

Final Pro X is only available for macOS and requires Mojave or later with at least 4GB of RAM and a graphics card with at least 1GB of video ram available.

Before the coronavirus outbreak the free trial lasted for 30 days, similar to other creative apps from companies like Adobe.

Adobe already make 30 day trials available of their creative suite products including Photoshop and Premiere.

Adobe are also making the Creative Cloud Suite available for free to students during the lockdown in place of classroom licences while schools are closed.

Apple is also making its music editing app Logic Pro X available for 90 days instead of the usually 30 but it isn't listed on the website yet.

Logic Pro X costs £199 and users will have to pay that to continue using it after the 90 day trial but will have all normal features during the trial period.

The 90 day free trial of Logic and Final Cut Pro will be available worldwide.

Avid, who make professional audio application Pro Tools is making it available free for 90-days and Fender is giving 100,000 people three months of free guitar lessons on the Fender Play app.

Synthesiser maker Korg has made its loop app Kaossilator free for iOs and Android until the end of March and Moog is making its Minimoog Model D iOS app free.