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18Final Cut Pro User Guide
• Used-clip-range indicators that show you at a glance which clips are already in a
project
• Direct import of photos from iOS and iPadOS devices using the Media Import window
• Support for portrait/landscape metadata in still images
For more information, see Intro to libraries in Final Cut Pro, Intro to media management in
Final Cut Pro, and Intro to editing in Final Cut Pro.
Playback and effects
Significant improvements in the Final Cut Pro playback interface and powerful new effects
features will empower your workflow.
• Improved retiming lets you set custom speeds more easily than ever—by typing
frame rates directly in the interface. You can also create jump cuts at specific frames,
replace and retime in one step, and retime clips without rippling the timeline. For more
information, see
Intro to retiming clips in Final Cut Pro.
• A new stabilization method called InertiaCam has been optimized to smooth video
footage containing camera moves such as pans and zooms. Tripod Mode creates the
effect of a static camera mounted on a tripod. See
Correct shaky video in Final Cut Pro.
• An improved optical flow algorithm makes retiming and frame rate conform speedier
than ever. In addition, for Mac computers with two GPUs, the optical flow algorithm now
makes use of both GPUs, providing a more than 2x speed increase over a single GPU.
• You can now create custom project resolutions for web video, digital signage, and other
nonstandard frame sizes. See
Modify a project’s settings in Final Cut Pro.
• New controls in the Viewer menu let you switch between better playback quality and
better playback performance. You can also switch between proxy media and original or
optimized media. See
Control playback quality in Final Cut Pro.
• You can now view all pixels of a 2K frame on a MacBook Pro with Retina display.
Editing
Improved editing tools give you more creative flexibility than ever.
• Through edits are now supported in all types of clips. The new Join Clips command
removes cuts from bladed timeline clips. See
Cut clips in two in Final Cut Pro.
• You can detach the audio portion of multicam clips in the timeline to manipulate audio
and video separately. You can also make video-only or audio-only edits into the timeline
with multicam clips as sources.
• You can blade audio cuts in J- and L-cuts separately from the video. And you can now
roll the audio in open split edits.
• If no clips are selected in the timeline, a white dot now appears on the playhead to
indicate the clip whose attributes are shown in the inspector.
• Moving clips with transitions is now easier.
For more information, see Intro to editing in Final Cut Pro.