The company behind FiLMiC Pro, one of the few truly professional video apps for smartphones, has announced they’re joining forces with (aka being acquired by) major app developer Bending Spoons from Italy. While the company promises that FiLMiC Pro will benefit from this merger, it also announces a move to a subscription-based model instead of perpetual licenses. You may not be familiar with Bending Spoons but have heard of one of their (quite popular) apps: Splice. This is a mobile app for smartphones and tablets that allows filmmakers to edit their videos right on the spot, wherever they are. So, the company is no newcomer to mobile filmmaking and especially editing. FiLMiC Pro – Dolby Vision HDR on iPhone 12 (Composed with GFX by FiLMiC Inc.) Therefore, it seems only natural that FiLMiC Pro would be a perfect fit for their portfolio and that both Splice and FiLMiC Pro could potentially benefit from the merger. However, there are some concerns among their users and especially the new subscription-based pricing might be a bitter pill to swallow for some. The future of FiLMiC Pro So FiLMiC is becoming a brand instead of remaining a standalone company. While this may be good news for the customer base in terms of future feature upgrades, as the much larger Bending Spoons can offer more workforce and thus development time, things stand differently in terms of the upcoming business model. Sure, the core team of FiLMiC Pro remains the same, all the great men and...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 8 September, 2022