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693Final Cut Pro User Guide
Export HDR files with Final Cut Pro
Directly within Final Cut Pro, you can create high-dynamic-range (HDR) files suitable for
certain HDR televisions and displays. Specifically, you can use Final Cut Pro to create
HDR10 and HLG movie files.
• HDR10 is most commonly used for streaming and for output on Blu-ray discs.
• HLG is useful for broadcast and live TV. An advantage of HLG is that you don’t need an
HDR TV to view the content. You can view it on a legacy standard-dynamic-range (SDR)
TV that isn’t designed to work with HLG or HDR, and the image will have acceptable
quality. However, if an HDR-capable TV detects the relevant metadata in the HLG file, it
will play back the file in HDR.
Export an HDR10 file
1. In the Final Cut Pro browser, select the project you want to export.
2. If the inspector isn’t already shown, do one of the following:
• Choose Window > Show in Workspace > Inspector (or press Command-4).
• Click the Inspector button on the right side of the toolbar.
3. Set the color processing for the library to Wide Gamut HDR.
4. Set the project color space to Wide Gamut HDR - Rec. 2020 PQ.
5. With the project still selected in the browser, click the Share button at the top of the
inspector.
The Share inspector appears.