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881Final Cut Pro User Guide
Download Final Cut Pro sound effects
and Pro Video Formats
Final Cut Pro includes free supplemental content and advanced video formats for use in
your projects. You can download them after you install Final Cut Pro.
The Final Cut Pro supplemental content includes:
• Over 1300 royalty-free sound effects you can access from the Photos and Audio sidebar
in Final Cut Pro
• Additional preset effects for the Space Designer plug-in
For information about using the Space Designer plug-in included with Final Cut Pro, see
Final Cut Pro Logic Effects.
Pro Video Formats enables Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Compressor to work with a variety of
professional video formats, including Apple ProRes codecs and MXF files.
1. Install Final Cut Pro from the Mac App Store.
Shortly afterward, the additional content becomes available for download.
2. Choose Final Cut Pro > Download Additional Content.
The Software Update pane of System Preferences opens, showing Final Cut Pro
Supplemental Content and Pro Video Formats as available updates.
3. Do one of the following:
• Install all updates available for your Mac: Click Update Now.
• Install selected updates: Click “More info” to see a list of updates, select the
checkboxes for the updates you want, then click Install Now.
If you’re not sure whether Pro Video Formats has been installed, see Verify installation of
Pro Video Formats.
For information about permitted use of the content, see the Final Cut Pro Software
License Agreement.