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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- What’s new
- What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.5.3
- What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.5
- What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4.9
- What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4.7
- What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4.6
- What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4.4
- What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4.1
- What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4
- What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.3
- What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.2
- What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.1.2
- What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.1
- What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.0.6
- What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.0.3
- What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.0.1
- Final Cut Pro basics
- Import and analyze media
- Intro to importing media in Final Cut Pro
- If it’s your first import into Final Cut Pro
- Import from connected cameras
- Import from devices
- Organize files during import into Final Cut Pro
- Import from other apps
- Import into Final Cut Pro from iMovie for macOS
- Import into Final Cut Pro from iMovie for iOS or iPadOS
- Import into Final Cut Pro from Photos
- Import into Final Cut Pro from Music
- Import Motion content into Final Cut Pro
- Import into Final Cut Pro from GarageBand and Logic Pro
- Import into Final Cut Pro using workflow extensions
- Record video into Final Cut Pro
- Memory cards and cables used with Final Cut Pro
- Media formats supported in Final Cut Pro
- Adjust ProRes RAW camera settings in Final Cut Pro
- Import REDCODE RAW files into Final Cut Pro
- Import Canon Cinema RAW Light files into Final Cut Pro
- Analyze media
- Play back and organize media
- Play back and skim media
- Intro to playback in Final Cut Pro
- Play media in Final Cut Pro
- Skim media in Final Cut Pro
- Play media in the Final Cut Pro event viewer
- Compare two video frames in Final Cut Pro
- Play media on an external display in Final Cut Pro
- Control playback quality in Final Cut Pro
- Show overlays in the Final Cut Pro viewer
- Background rendering in Final Cut Pro
- Play back slow-motion clips in Final Cut Pro
- Organize your library
- Play back and skim media
- Edit your project
- Intro to editing in Final Cut Pro
- Create and manage projects
- Create a new project in Final Cut Pro
- Open and close projects in Final Cut Pro
- Modify a project’s settings in Final Cut Pro
- Create square or vertical versions of a project in Final Cut Pro
- Final Cut Pro project settings
- Save and back up projects in Final Cut Pro
- Copy a Final Cut Pro project to another Mac
- Select clips and ranges
- Add and remove clips
- Intro to adding clips in Final Cut Pro
- Drag clips to the timeline in Final Cut Pro
- Append clips to your project in Final Cut Pro
- Insert clips in Final Cut Pro
- Connect clips in Final Cut Pro
- Overwrite clips in Final Cut Pro
- Replace clips in Final Cut Pro
- Add still images in Final Cut Pro
- Create freeze frames in Final Cut Pro
- Add only a clip’s video or audio in Final Cut Pro
- Remove clips from projects in Final Cut Pro
- Solo or disable clips in Final Cut Pro
- Find a project clip’s source clip in Final Cut Pro
- Make three-point edits
- Arrange clips in the Final Cut Pro timeline
- Cut and trim clips
- View and navigate
- Zoom and scroll in the Final Cut Pro timeline
- Adjust timeline clip appearance in Final Cut Pro
- Snap to items in the Final Cut Pro timeline
- Navigate within your Final Cut Pro project
- Navigate using timecode in Final Cut Pro
- View source and project timecode in Final Cut Pro
- Show a list-based view of your Final Cut Pro project
- Work with markers
- Correct shaky video in Final Cut Pro
- Edit audio
- Intro to audio in Final Cut Pro
- Audio editing basics
- Add audio
- Edit audio clips or audio components
- Add and adjust audio effects
- Audio tools and techniques
- Add titles
- Add and adjust titles
- Add and adjust 3D titles
- Intro to 3D titles in Final Cut Pro
- Final Cut Pro 3D titles workflow
- Add 3D titles to a project
- Rotate and move 3D titles
- Modify basic 3D text attributes
- Modify surface appearance
- Intro to 3D text materials in Final Cut Pro
- Add preset materials to 3D text in Final Cut Pro
- Modify 3D text materials in Final Cut Pro
- Work with 3D text material layers in Final Cut Pro
- Add a light-emitting material to 3D text in Final Cut Pro
- Save modified 3D text materials in Final Cut Pro
- Add materials to 3D text facets in Final Cut Pro
- Material controls
- Change lighting style
- Add 3D text glows or shadows in Final Cut Pro
- Add effects
- Intro to effects in Final Cut Pro
- Add and adjust transitions
- Intro to transitions in Final Cut Pro
- How transitions are created in Final Cut Pro
- Add transitions in Final Cut Pro
- Set the default transition in Final Cut Pro
- Delete transitions in Final Cut Pro
- Adjust transitions in the Final Cut Pro timeline
- Adjust transitions in the Final Cut Pro inspector and viewer
- Merge jump cuts with the Flow transition in Final Cut Pro
- Adjust transitions with multiple images in Final Cut Pro
- Modify Final Cut Pro transitions in Motion
- Adjust built-in effects
- Intro to built-in effects in Final Cut Pro
- Resize, move, and rotate clips in Final Cut Pro
- Adjust framing with Smart Conform in Final Cut Pro
- Trim the edges of the video frame in Final Cut Pro
- Crop clips in Final Cut Pro
- Pan and zoom clips in Final Cut Pro
- Skew a clip’s perspective in Final Cut Pro
- Work with built-in effects in Final Cut Pro
- Remove built-in effects in Final Cut Pro
- Add and adjust clip effects
- Intro to clip effects in Final Cut Pro
- Add video effects in Final Cut Pro
- Add the default video effect in Final Cut Pro
- Adjust effects in Final Cut Pro
- Use masks to define the shape of a video effect
- Change clip effect order in Final Cut Pro
- Copy effects between clips in Final Cut Pro
- Save video effects presets in Final Cut Pro
- Copy and paste keyframes in Final Cut Pro
- Reduce video noise in Final Cut Pro
- Remove or turn off effects in Final Cut Pro
- Modify Final Cut Pro effects in Motion
- Add generators
- Use onscreen controls
- Animate video effects
- Advanced editing
- Use roles to manage clips and organize the timeline
- Intro to roles in Final Cut Pro
- Guidelines for using roles in Final Cut Pro
- View and reassign roles in Final Cut Pro
- Create custom roles in Final Cut Pro
- Assign audio roles during import in Final Cut Pro
- Change role colors or names in Final Cut Pro
- Organize the timeline with roles and subroles
- Export roles with Final Cut Pro
- Add, adjust, and share captions
- Intro to captions in Final Cut Pro
- Final Cut Pro captions workflow
- Create captions in Final Cut Pro
- Import captions into Final Cut Pro
- Show or hide captions in Final Cut Pro
- Edit caption text in Final Cut Pro
- Adjust and arrange captions in Final Cut Pro
- Format caption text in Final Cut Pro
- Create multilingual captions in Final Cut Pro
- Convert captions to another format
- Export captions with Final Cut Pro
- Group clips with compound clips
- Edit with multicam clips
- Intro to multicam editing in Final Cut Pro
- Final Cut Pro multicam editing workflow
- Step 1: Shoot an event with multiple cameras and record appropriate sync information
- Step 2: Import media into Final Cut Pro for a multicam edit
- Step 3: Assign camera names and multicam angles
- Step 4: Create multicam clips
- Step 5: Cut and switch between angles in the angle viewer
- Step 6: Sync and adjust angles in the angle editor
- Step 7: Edit multicam clips in the timeline
- Import media for multicam edits in Final Cut Pro
- Add camera names and angles in Final Cut Pro
- Create multicam clips in Final Cut Pro
- Cut and switch camera angles in Final Cut Pro
- Sync and adjust camera angles in Final Cut Pro
- Edit multicam clips in Final Cut Pro
- Multicam editing tips in Final Cut Pro
- Add storylines in Final Cut Pro
- Use the precision editor in Final Cut Pro
- Try out clips using auditions
- Retime clips to create speed effects
- Intro to retiming clips in Final Cut Pro
- Change clip speed in Final Cut Pro
- Create variable speed effects in Final Cut Pro
- Add speed transitions in Final Cut Pro
- Reverse or rewind clips in Final Cut Pro
- Create instant replays in Final Cut Pro
- Speed up a clip with jump cuts in Final Cut Pro
- Create hold segments in Final Cut Pro
- Reset speed changes in Final Cut Pro
- Conform frame sizes and rates in Final Cut Pro
- Use XML to transfer projects in Final Cut Pro
- Edit 360-degree video
- Intro to 360° video in Final Cut Pro
- Import 360° video into Final Cut Pro
- 360° video settings in Final Cut Pro
- Create 360° projects in Final Cut Pro
- View and navigate 360° video in Final Cut Pro
- Edit a 360-degree project
- Add 360° clips to standard Final Cut Pro projects
- Add the 360° Patch effect in Final Cut Pro
- Add the Tiny Planet effect in Final Cut Pro
- Share 360° clips and projects in Final Cut Pro
- 360º video tips in Final Cut Pro
- Use roles to manage clips and organize the timeline
- Keying, masking, and compositing
- Color correction
- Intro to color correction in Final Cut Pro
- Quickly balance and match color
- Make advanced color corrections with color correction effects
- Intro to color correction effects in Final Cut Pro
- Final Cut Pro manual color correction workflow
- Step 1: Color correction starts during your shoot
- Step 2: Pick a reference shot from a scene to use as the basis for color correction
- Step 3: Add a color correction effect and perform primary color correction
- Step 4: Add additional color corrections as needed
- Step 5: Add other effects to address specific needs
- Step 6: Match the rest of the scene to the reference shot
- Add color corrections in Final Cut Pro
- Remove color corrections in Final Cut Pro
- Use the Color Board in Final Cut Pro
- Use color wheels in Final Cut Pro
- Use color curves in Final Cut Pro
- Use hue and saturation curves in Final Cut Pro
- Add color masks and shape masks
- Wide color gamut and HDR
- Intro to wide color gamut and HDR in Final Cut Pro
- Use wide-gamut HDR color processing in Final Cut Pro
- Color correct HDR video with Pro Display XDR and Final Cut Pro
- View HDR video in the Final Cut Pro viewer
- Convert or adjust HDR clips in Final Cut Pro
- Export HDR files with Final Cut Pro
- Wide-gamut HDR tips in Final Cut Pro
- Color correct ProRes RAW in Final Cut Pro
- Apply LUTs in Final Cut Pro
- Color correction tools and techniques
- Share your project
- Intro to sharing projects in Final Cut Pro
- Share to Apple devices with Final Cut Pro
- Export files
- Share on the web with Final Cut Pro
- Create optical discs and disk images in Final Cut Pro
- Share in email with Final Cut Pro
- Batch sharing in Final Cut Pro
- Share from Final Cut Pro using Compressor
- Create share destinations in Final Cut Pro
- Change metadata for shared items in Final Cut Pro
- View the status of shared items in Final Cut Pro
- Manage media, libraries, and archives
- Intro to media management in Final Cut Pro
- Manage your media files
- View a clip’s information in Final Cut Pro
- Override a clip’s metadata in Final Cut Pro
- Locate source media files in Final Cut Pro
- Relink clips to media files in Final Cut Pro
- Consolidate projects and libraries in Final Cut Pro
- Back up projects and libraries in Final Cut Pro
- Create optimized and proxy files in Final Cut Pro
- Create a proxy-only project in Final Cut Pro
- Manage render files in Final Cut Pro
- View background tasks in Final Cut Pro
- Manage libraries
- Create camera archives in Final Cut Pro
- Common media management issues
- Work smarter
- Final Cut Pro preferences
- Intro to Final Cut Pro preferences
- Change Final Cut Pro preference settings
- General preferences in Final Cut Pro
- Editing preferences in Final Cut Pro
- Playback preferences in Final Cut Pro
- Import preferences in Final Cut Pro
- Destinations preferences
- Intro to Destinations preferences in Final Cut Pro
- DVD and Blu-ray / AVCHD destinations in Final Cut Pro
- Email destination in Final Cut Pro
- YouTube & Facebook destination in Final Cut Pro
- Still-image destinations in Final Cut Pro
- Export File and Apple Devices destinations in Final Cut Pro
- Compressor Settings destination in Final Cut Pro
- HTTP Live Streaming destination in Final Cut Pro
- Bundle destination in Final Cut Pro
- Keyboard shortcuts and gestures
- Customize the Final Cut Pro interface
- Work with metadata
- Use color and gradient controls
- Download Final Cut Pro sound effects and Pro Video Formats
- Final Cut Pro preferences
- Glossary
24Final Cut Pro User Guide
Final Cut Pro basics
What is Final Cut Pro?
Final Cut Pro is a revolutionary app for creating, editing, and producing the highest-quality
video.
Edit everything
• Import and edit everything from standard-definition to 8K video—including ProRes,
ProRes RAW, and all major professional camera formats.
• Import and edit immersive 360° video with 360° titles, graphics, and effects, as well as
VR headset playback.
• Play and skim high-definition media in up to 8K resolution (and beyond), in full screen or
on a second display.
• Edit and color correct vibrant high-dynamic-range (HDR) video using your Pro Display
XDR
as a professional HDR reference monitor. Or apply Final Cut Pro tone mapping to
see your HDR content on a Mac display. Use high-resolution video scopes to gauge
HDR brightness levels as you edit.