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123Final Cut Pro User Guide
Modify a project’s settings in Final Cut Pro
As your project evolves, you may decide to change its settings.
In most cases, Final Cut Pro manages project settings automatically based on the
properties of the first clip you add to a project, but you can change almost all settings of
an existing project. If you must modify the project settings, choose video and audio project
settings based on how you intend to share your final movie with your audience.
1. In the Libraries sidebar in Final Cut Pro, select the event that contains the project you
want to modify, then select the project (or double-click it to open it in the timeline).
2. Do one of the following:
• Choose Window > Project Properties (or press Command-J).
• Click the Inspector button in the toolbar.
3. In the Project Properties inspector, click the Modify button in the top-right corner.
4. In the window that appears, change the settings as appropriate.
For a detailed list of all project settings, see Final Cut Pro project settings.
5. Click OK.
Create square or vertical versions of a project in
Final Cut Pro
Popular social media platforms and websites allow for (and sometimes require) video clips
with a variety of aspect ratios—such as square or vertical—for playback in an app or on the
web. A relatively new post-production task is creating multiple versions of a project with
different aspect ratios.
With Final Cut Pro, you can repurpose projects that have standard horizontal aspect ratios,
such as those for film or TV, to create deliverables in all shapes and sizes, including square
or vertical.