Apple acquires popular video editing software company MotionVFX

Apple's latest acquisition could be a hint towards improvements for Final Cut Pro. The tech giant acquired MotionVFX, as seen on the company's website and first reported by MacRumors, which is known for providing plugins, templates, visual effects and more to video editors. MotionVFX currently offers its software for a handful of video-editing apps, like DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere, but is also listed as a trusted Apple partner and found in the Final Cut Pro ecosystem of third-party products.

Apple has confirmed the news to Engadget, but hasn't revealed an acquisition price nor details of the deal. On its website announcement, MotionVFX wrote that it's "thrilled to embrace" similar values seen with Apple products and that it's the "beginning of something wonderful."

Considering a lot of MotionVFX's tools are designed for Final Cut Pro and Apple's Motion app, we could see ...