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7Final Cut Pro User Guide
Automatic transcoding when copying or consolidating media
Final Cut Pro can now transcode media automatically when you copy or consolidate a
project, event, or library. See Create a proxy-only project, Copy items to another library,
and Consolidate projects and libraries.
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What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4.9
Final Cut Pro 10.4.9 introduces new features and enhancements, detailed below.
Enhanced proxy workflows
• Create a proxy-only copy of a library, event, or project to reduce size for portability or
performance. See
Create a proxy-only project in Final Cut Pro.
• Create proxy media in a variety of frame sizes from 12.5 percent to 100 percent of the
original, and in either Apple ProRes 422 Proxy or H.264 format. See Create optimized
and proxy files in Final Cut Pro and Import preferences in Final Cut Pro.
• Choose to display and play back original or optimized media if proxy media is not
available for some clips in your project. See Choose the type of playback media.
• Delete optimized or proxy files for individual clips.
Social media tools
• Transform projects for square or vertical delivery for social media. Use the new
Duplicate Project As command to quickly create a new version of an existing project
in a different aspect ratio. See Create square or vertical versions of a project in
Final Cut Pro.
• When you create a version of a project in a different aspect ratio, use Smart Conform to
automatically reframe clips in your new project. See Adjust framing with Smart Conform
in Final Cut Pro.
• Add a custom overlay as an onscreen guide when placing text and graphics in your
project. See
Show overlays in the Final Cut Pro viewer.
• Use a new overscan view to display media outside the viewer boundary when adjusting
a clip’s scale, rotation, and position with the Transform effect. See Resize, move, and
rotate clips in Final Cut Pro.