Apple has bought MotionVFX, a firm that makes transitions, effects and plugins for the Final Cut Pro video editing app on Mac ...
For most of its history, Final Cut Pro and the other creative apps were a single purchase that lasted for the length of a version. You bought FCP7, and you got several years of use.
iMovie costs nothing, but the same isn't true for Final Cut Pro. To use the latter, you can either pay a one-time fee of $299.99 or subscribe to Apple Creator Studio ($12.99 per month or $129 per year ...