Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.4 User manual

Final Cut Pro

User Guide

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Contents

What’s new 6

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.5.3 6

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.5 6

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4.9 7

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4.7 8

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4.6 9

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4.4 9

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4.1 10

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4 10

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.3 12

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.2 14

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.1.2 16

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.1 17

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.0.6 19

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.0.3 21

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.0.1 22

Final Cut Pro basics 24

What is Final Cut Pro? 24

What are libraries in Final Cut Pro? 26

Final Cut Pro workflow 27

Final Cut Pro interface 28

Media files and clips in Final Cut Pro 31

Import and analyze media 32

Intro to importing media in Final Cut Pro 32

If it’s your first import into Final Cut Pro 33

Import from connected cameras 34

Import from devices 47

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Organize files during import into Final Cut Pro 52

Import from other apps 54

Record video into Final Cut Pro 59

Memory cards and cables used with Final Cut Pro 60

Media formats supported in Final Cut Pro 62

Adjust ProRes RAW camera settings in Final Cut Pro 64

Import REDCODE RAW files into Final Cut Pro 65

Import Canon Cinema RAW Light files into Final Cut Pro 67

Analyze media 68

Play back and organize media 74

Play back and skim media 74

Organize your library 90

Edit your project 120

Intro to editing in Final Cut Pro 120

Create and manage projects 121

Select clips and ranges 129

Add and remove clips 137

Make three-point edits 158

Arrange clips in the Final Cut Pro timeline 164

Cut and trim clips 170

View and navigate 190

Work with markers 204

Correct shaky video in Final Cut Pro 210

Edit audio 213

Intro to audio in Final Cut Pro 213

Audio editing basics 215

Add audio 224

Edit audio clips or audio components 231

Add and adjust audio effects 255

Audio tools and techniques 272

Add titles 281

Add and adjust titles 281

Add and adjust 3D titles 299

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Add effects 352

Intro to effects in Final Cut Pro 352

Add and adjust transitions 353

Adjust built-in effects 364

Add and adjust clip effects 381

Add generators 408

Use onscreen controls 416

Animate video effects 424

Advanced editing 436

Use roles to manage clips and organize the timeline 436

Add, adjust, and share captions 464

Group clips with compound clips 492

Edit with multicam clips 500

Add storylines in Final Cut Pro 529

Use the precision editor in Final Cut Pro 532

Try out clips using auditions 536

Retime clips to create speed effects 543

Conform frame sizes and rates in Final Cut Pro 560

Use XML to transfer projects in Final Cut Pro 564

Edit 360-degree video 565

Keying, masking, and compositing 589

Keying 589

Masking 609

Compositing 632

Color correction 636

Intro to color correction in Final Cut Pro 636

Quickly balance and match color 637

Make advanced color corrections with color correction effects 643

Add color masks and shape masks 672

Wide color gamut and HDR 684

Apply LUTs in Final Cut Pro 702

Color correction tools and techniques 709

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Share your project 724

Intro to sharing projects in Final Cut Pro 724

Share to Apple devices with Final Cut Pro 726

Export files 729

Share on the web with Final Cut Pro 745

Create optical discs and disk images in Final Cut Pro 747

Share in email with Final Cut Pro 754

Batch sharing in Final Cut Pro 756

Share from Final Cut Pro using Compressor 757

Create share destinations in Final Cut Pro 761

Change metadata for shared items in Final Cut Pro 767

View the status of shared items in Final Cut Pro 770

Manage media, libraries, and archives 772

Intro to media management in Final Cut Pro 772

Manage your media files 773

Manage libraries 791

Create camera archives in Final Cut Pro 800

Common media management issues 803

Work smarter 808

Final Cut Pro preferences 808

Keyboard shortcuts and gestures 823

Customize the Final Cut Pro interface 856

Work with metadata 863

Use color and gradient controls 871

Download Final Cut Pro sound effects and Pro Video Formats 881

Glossary 882

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What’s new

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.5.3

Final Cut Pro 10.5.3 introduces new features and enhancements, detailed below.

Custom column sets

Create and save custom column arrangements in the browser, and edit them with the

Column Set Editor. See Create and share column sets in Final Cut Pro.

Enhanced browser search

• Search for media using expanded criteria, including clip text, markers, and notes. See

Search for clips or projects by text in notes, names, or markers.

• Quickly search for clips by media type. You can search for original, proxy, or optimized

media, as well as missing media. See Search for clips and projects by a combination of

criteria.

System requirements

The recommended system requirement for Final Cut Pro 10.5.3 is macOS Big Sur. The

minimum system requirement is macOS 10.15.6. For more information, go to the

Final Cut Pro Tech Specs website.

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.5

Final Cut Pro 10.5 introduces new features and enhancements, detailed below.

System requirements

The recommended system requirement for Final Cut Pro 10.5 is macOS Big Sur. The

minimum system requirement is macOS 10.15.6. For more information, go to the

Final Cut Pro Tech Specs website.

Apple silicon

Final Cut Pro now runs natively on Apple silicon and Intel-based Mac computers.

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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.

Searchable Final Cut Pro User Guide

Search the online Final Cut Pro User Guide by entering your query in the search field at the

top of any page, then pressing Return.

Downloadable Final Cut Pro User Guide PDF

To read the user guide offline, click Download the PDF at the bottom of the Final Cut Pro

User Guide Welcome page.

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.

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360° video features

• View and edit stereoscopic 360° video with simultaneous left-eye and right-eye views in

the 360° viewer. See View and navigate 360° video in Final Cut Pro.

• When patching a portion of a 360° clip with the 360° Patch effect, create a separate

connected clip with just the patch image. See Create a separate clip with only the 360°

Patch image.

• Video stabilization as well as 5.7K and 8K project resolutions are now available for 360°

video.

Other notable features

• Crossfade audio on adjacent clips in one step using a menu command or keyboard

shortcut. See Crossfade audio in Final Cut Pro.

• Adjust ProRes RAW camera settings such as ISO, color temperature, and exposure

offset using new controls in the inspector.

• Use a new pop-up menu above the timeline to close the project open in the timeline or

clear the project history. See Open and close projects in Final Cut Pro.

• Sort clips and projects by last modified date in the browser in list view.

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4.7

Final Cut Pro 10.4.7 introduces new features and enhancements, detailed below.

Improved HDR support

Use your Pro Display XDR as a professional HDR reference monitor. You can now also view

beautiful HDR content on a wide range of displays. The HDR image in the Final Cut Pro

viewer is tone mapped to fit the properties of an SDR display. See View HDR video in the

Final Cut Pro viewer and Wide-gamut HDR tips in Final Cut Pro.

High-resolution video scopes reflect HDR brightness levels as you edit. See Waveform

monitor display options in Final Cut Pro.

GPU selection options

Choose which GPU to use when rendering or sharing. See Playback preferences in

Final Cut Pro.

Masking improvements

View the color contents of a color or shape mask in the viewer. See Ways to view masks in

Final Cut Pro.

Select the range of color in a color mask with greater precision using HSL controls, which

let you adjust hue, saturation, and luma values independently. See Edit color masks in

Final Cut Pro.

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Support for fragmented MP4 format in HTTP live streaming

Fragmented MP4 files are now an option for HTTP live streaming workflows. See Export

live-streaming files with Final Cut Pro and HTTP Live Streaming destination in Final Cut Pro.

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4.6

Final Cut Pro 10.4.6 introduces new features and enhancements, detailed below.

Detect and convert incompatible media

Some media formats will not be compatible with versions of macOS after macOS Mojave.

Final Cut Pro 10.4.6 automatically scans your libraries for incompatible media files and

allows you to easily convert them to a compatible format.

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4.4

Final Cut Pro 10.4.4 introduces new features and enhancements, detailed below.

Workflow extensions

Extend the capabilities of Final Cut Pro with powerful third-party apps that are integrated

directly into the interface. See Use workflow extensions in Final Cut Pro and Import into

Final Cut Pro using workflow extensions.

Batch share

Export multiple clips or projects in one step. See Batch sharing in Final Cut Pro.

Video noise reduction

Remove video noise from your video clips using high-quality noise reduction. See Reduce

video noise in Final Cut Pro.

Timecode window

View source and project timecode in a resizable floating window. See View source and

project timecode in Final Cut Pro.

Comparison viewer

With the comparison viewer, compare any two frames of video side by side, and save up

to 30 images for future comparisons. See Compare two video frames in Final Cut Pro and

Compare color corrections in Final Cut Pro.

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Captions enhancements

In addition to the CEA-608 and iTT caption formats, you can now add SRT captions to your

projects for translation, closed-captioning, and more. When exporting, you can now burn in

captions so they’re permanently visible in your output media files. See Intro to captions in

Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Pro captions workflow.

Tiny planet effect

Use the Tiny Planet setting to create the effect of a tiny planet (or an inverted tiny planet)

from a 360° clip. See Add the Tiny Planet effect in Final Cut Pro.

Enhanced selection of secondary storylines

Easily select one or more secondary storylines (or clips within storylines) by dragging. See

Select and move storylines.

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4.1

Final Cut Pro 10.4.1 introduces new features and enhancements, detailed below.

Captions

You can now add captions to your projects for translation, closed-captioning, and more.

You can create captions in the CEA-608 and iTT caption formats. See Intro to captions in

Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Pro captions workflow.

Enhanced share options

• You now have enhanced control over including and excluding roles in output media files.

See Turn roles on or off in Final Cut Pro.

• You can export captions as separate files along with an output media file or embed

them in the output media file. You can also send captions to Compressor in a standard

batch or as an iTunes Store package. See Export captions with Final Cut Pro and Share

from Final Cut Pro using Compressor.

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.4

Final Cut Pro 10.4 introduces new features and enhancements, detailed below.

360 VR editing

• Create and deliver immersive 360° video with titles, effects, and live output to a VR

headset. See Intro to 360° video in Final Cut Pro.

• Apply 360°-compatible titles, effects, and generators to 360° clips and projects without

creating seams, unwanted distortions, or other artifacts. See Add 360° video effects in

Final Cut Pro and Add 360° titles and generators in Final Cut Pro.

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Advanced color correction

• Color grade with powerful new color wheels, color curves, and hue and saturation

curves. See Intro to color correction effects in Final Cut Pro.

• Use built-in camera LUTs to automatically process log footage and preserve its full

dynamic range. Apply looks with custom LUTs to suit your creative needs. See Apply

color lookup tables (LUTs).

• Animate your color corrections using keyframes. See Keyframe color corrections in

Final Cut Pro.

• Correct a clip’s white balance. See Manually white-balance clips in Final Cut Pro.

High-dynamic-range video

• Edit, grade, and deliver high-dynamic-range (HDR) video with live output to an HDR

monitor. See Intro to wide color gamut and HDR in Final Cut Pro and Configure library

and project settings for wide gamut HDR.

• Export HDR files suitable for certain HDR televisions and displays. See Export HDR files

with Final Cut Pro.

Import projects created in iMovie for iOS or iPadOS

Start your project with iMovie on an iOS or iPadOS device, then send it directly to

Final Cut Pro to finish editing. See Import into Final Cut Pro from iMovie for iOS or iPadOS.

More video formats

• MXF-wrapped Apple ProRes provides a flexible new standard for broadcast delivery.

• MXF file export uses audio roles to configure industry-standard channel layouts. See

Export MXF files with Final Cut Pro.

• The following formats are now supported:

• Sony XAVC-L at 4K for the Sony PXW-FS7 and PXW-X70 cameras

• Panasonic AVC-Intra LT playback

• Export of AVC-Intra files

See Media formats supported in Final Cut Pro and Export formats supported in

Final Cut Pro.

Other notable features

• The Remove Effects and Remove Attributes commands let you delete specific effects

from clips. See Remove or turn off effects in Final Cut Pro and Remove built-in effects in

Final Cut Pro.

• SMB 3 network support allows you to access libraries on network-attached storage

devices. See Create a new library in Final Cut Pro.

• You can consolidate custom Motion projects into individual Final Cut Pro libraries. This

includes effects, transitions, titles, or generators created or customized in Motion. See

Manage Motion content in Final Cut Pro, Set storage locations in Final Cut Pro, and

Consolidate projects and libraries in Final Cut Pro.

• Larger media and content browsers let you view photo libraries, sound effects, music,

titles, and generators at a glance. For example, you can access music and sound effects

in the Photos and Audio sidebar and then select ranges of audio clips in the browser.

See Import into Final Cut Pro from Photos, Add music and sound in Final Cut Pro, Add

titles in Final Cut Pro, and Intro to generators in Final Cut Pro.

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• New XML support lets you update clips, projects, and events by dragging them directly

between Final Cut Pro and supported apps. See Use XML to transfer projects in

Final Cut Pro.

• You can now set continuous playback of clips in the browser. See Play back video and

audio clips.

• You can apply fades to one or more audio clips using the Modify menu. See Apply fades

using the Modify menu.

• You can now roll adjacent audio components. See Example: Perform a roll edit on

adjacent audio components.

• You can copy and paste timecode to speed up timeline navigation and numerical entry

from text documents and spreadsheets. See Navigate using timecode in Final Cut Pro.

• You can search the timeline index for auditions, compound clips, multicam clips, and

synced clips.

• New effects, transitions, and generators: The Timecode effect displays the clip name

and source clip timecode in the viewer and in exported files. The Flow transition

seamlessly merges jump cuts to remove pauses or mistakes in on-camera interviews.

The new Broadcast Safe filter supports both standard and wide-gamut color spaces in

SDR (standard dynamic range) video media. For information about adding effects and

transitions to your projects, see Add video effects in Final Cut Pro and Add transitions in

Final Cut Pro.

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.2

Final Cut Pro 10.2 introduces new features and enhancements, detailed below.

3D titles

Final Cut Pro 10.2 introduces 3D titles with intuitive controls for look, lighting, and

animation. See Intro to 3D titles in Final Cut Pro.

• Access a large collection of text styles to create stunning looks with one click. See Add

3D titles in Final Cut Pro.

• Use simple surface material presets and lighting presets to get started quickly. See

Intro to 3D text materials in Final Cut Pro and Intro to 3D text lighting in Final Cut Pro.

• Customize your titles with hundreds of combinations of text styles, materials, lighting,

and edges.

• Instantly convert any 2D title to 3D. See Convert text to 3D text in Final Cut Pro.

• Open any title in Motion to add multiple lights, cameras, and tracking. See Modify

Final Cut Pro titles in Motion.

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Advanced effects

Final Cut Pro 10.2 offers powerful new tools for creating visual effects and superb video

quality in your projects.

• Use the flexible Shape Mask and Draw Mask effects to create areas of transparency

in your video clips. The Draw Mask effect lets you create complex custom masks and

provides options for linear, Bezier, or B-Spline smoothing. See Intro to masking in

Final Cut Pro and Create complex masks in Final Cut Pro.

• Define the shape of video effects and color corrections using the shape mask and color

mask controls built into almost every video effect. You can instantly display the alpha

channel for any effect mask. See Intro to effect masking in Final Cut Pro.

• Create and save custom video and audio effects as presets for quick access. See Save

video effects presets in Final Cut Pro and Save audio effects presets.

• Take advantage of the flexible color correction workflow, which allows you to add and

rearrange instances of the new Color Correction effect just as you would any other clip

effect. See Intro to color correction in Final Cut Pro.

• Display up to four video scopes simultaneously. See Display video scopes in

Final Cut Pro.

• Create beautiful slow motion on a wider range of content with improved optical flow.

See “Smooth out a slow-motion clip with video quality presets” in Change clip speed in

Final Cut Pro.

Camera formats

Final Cut Pro 10.2 adds support for the following formats. For a complete list, see Media

formats supported in Final Cut Pro.

• Panasonic AVC-Ultra codec family

• Sony XAVC-S

• JVC H.264 Long GOP

• GPU-accelerated RED RAW processing with support for dual GPUs

• RED RAW anamorphic formats

Additionally, you can now import Sony XAVC and XDCAM formats without a separate plug-

in.

Other notable features

• The Media Import window now contains all options in a single sidebar. See Intro to

importing media in Final Cut Pro.

• You can create Smart Collections across entire libraries. See Create Smart Collections

in Final Cut Pro and Organize Smart Collections in Final Cut Pro.

• Final Cut Pro 10.2 supports XML 1.5. See Use XML to transfer projects in Final Cut Pro.

• When you export a project using Compressor, the process now employs GPU rendering.

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What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.1.2

Final Cut Pro 10.1.2 introduces new features and enhancements, detailed below.

Media management improvements

New features provide you with more flexibility and control over media management.

• Store optimized, proxy, and rendered media outside the library, at the location you

choose.

• Easily delete optimized, proxy, and render files from within Final Cut Pro.

• View and set storage locations for media, cache files, and library backup files using the

Library Properties inspector.

For more information, see Set storage locations in Final Cut Pro, Create optimized and

proxy files in Final Cut Pro, and Manage render files in Final Cut Pro.

Organization enhancements

Final Cut Pro 10.1.2 provides streamlined organizing tools.

• You now have the option to show only unused media in the browser.

• Used-media indicators now work with compound clips, multicam clips, and synced clips.

• You can now sort events in the Libraries sidebar by date or name.

For more information, see Find clips and projects in Final Cut Pro, Lines marking event clips

in Final Cut Pro, and Merge and split events in Final Cut Pro.

Support for wide-dynamic-range imagery from professional

4K cameras

• The new Apple ProRes 4444 XQ codec is the highest-quality version of Apple ProRes

for 4:4:4:4 image sources (including alpha channels), with a very high data rate to

preserve the detail from today’s highest-quality digital image sensors. See Media

formats supported in Final Cut Pro and Export formats supported in Final Cut Pro.

• You can apply a standard broadcast color space (Rec. 709) look in real time to high-

dynamic-range and wide-color-gamut video shot on ARRI, Blackmagic Design, Canon,

and Sony cameras. See Apply LUTs in Final Cut Pro.

Audio workflow improvements

Speed up your audio workflow with these enhancements:

• You can now adjust the relative or absolute volume of a clip or range selection by

entering a specific dB value. See Adjust volume in Final Cut Pro.

• Final Cut Pro 10.1.2 provides improved speed and accuracy when syncing clips. See

Sync audio and video in Final Cut Pro.

• New live audio recording features include an automatic countdown and automatic

grouping of multiple takes into auditions. See Record voiceovers in Final Cut Pro.

• The new Basic Surround preset simplifies panning for surround sound audio. See Pan

audio in Final Cut Pro.

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Import and export features

• Import and export entire libraries as single XML files using XML 1.4. See Use XML to

transfer projects in Final Cut Pro.

• Create keywords from Finder tags when you import media from a storage device. See

Import into Final Cut Pro from your Mac or storage device and Organize files during

import into Final Cut Pro.

• Quickly export cuts-only projects containing XDCAM media.

Other notable features

• You can now import media by dragging it from the Finder to the browser (rather than

to the event in the Libraries sidebar). See Import into Final Cut Pro from your Mac or

storage device.

• Nudging a clip in the timeline now works like a slide edit. See Arrange clips in the

Final Cut Pro timeline.

• You can now break apart an audition. See Create auditions in Final Cut Pro.

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.1

Final Cut Pro 10.1 introduces numerous new features and enhancements, detailed below.

Performance and Mac Pro optimizations

Final Cut Pro 10.1 brings the following performance improvements:

• Optimization to take advantage of multiple GPUs in the new Mac Pro

• HDMI and Thunderbolt output at frame sizes up to 4K (UltraHD and DCI 4K)

• Better playback and rendering performance, plus faster opening of the app and projects

• Improved performance when modifying or keywording large numbers of clips at the

same time

• Selected titles, effects, and other media content scaled for 4K projects

Project and media management

Project and media management tools have been enhanced to deliver:

• Improved media management with the introduction of libraries, a new way to organize

multiple events and multiple projects in a single container

• Project snapshots: on-demand backups that allow you to quickly return to an earlier

version of a particular project

• Media file storage at locations outside the Final Cut Pro library, making your media

accessible in specific folders on a wide range of SANs

• Direct import of MTS/M2TS files into Final Cut Pro

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• 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.

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Share

When it’s time to export your project, you can use several new share options:

• Share videos directly to the Chinese video-sharing websites Youku and Tudou.

• Receive notifications on the status of items you shared.

For more information, see Intro to sharing projects in Final Cut Pro.

Audio

Audio fade handles have been added to individual audio channels in the timeline. For more

information, see Fade audio in and out in Final Cut Pro.

Third-party support

Final Cut Pro 10.1 also features several new third-party support options:

• Developers can use a new API for customizing share operations.

• FXPlug 3 has been updated to include the ability to design custom effects interfaces.

• Effect parameters, fonts, and text size information are now preserved in XML files.

General

You can now hide the browser to free up more screen area for color grading and other

operations that are easier with larger video images.

What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.0.6

Final Cut Pro 10.0.6 includes numerous new features and enhancements, detailed below.

Advanced multichannel audio editing

Final Cut Pro automatically groups audio channels into audio components according to how

the channels are configured for the clip. You can now expand the audio portion of clips to

view and edit audio components down to the individual channel level. You can edit audio

components in a variety of ways, including any of the following:

• Adjust volume or pan.

• Disable or delete ranges within an audio component to quickly edit out unwanted

sounds.

• Apply and adjust audio effects.

• Enable or disable audio components in a multicam clip.

For more information, see Intro to audio editing in Final Cut Pro.

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Streamlined sharing and export

Sharing your finished work is easier and more flexible in Final Cut Pro 10.0.6. Destinations—

sets of preconfigured export settings—allow you to quickly publish a project or clip to a

sharing website, export it for viewing on iPad or iPhone, or burn it to a disc. Final Cut Pro

comes with a variety of destinations, and you can also modify destinations and create new

destinations.

The simplified and streamlined sharing workflow includes these enhancements:

• Simplified and consolidated menus that you can easily populate with customized

destinations

• Reusable destination bundles that allow you to share to multiple output formats and

locations at once

• Automatic sharing of project and clip metadata, with the ability to customize the

metadata that is shared

• Support for multiple accounts at video-sharing websites such as YouTube

• Faster sharing and export using the GPU and background processing

• Ability to share a selected range in a project in the timeline or in a clip in the browser

For more information, see Intro to sharing projects in Final Cut Pro.

Unified import

Simplified and easier to use, the new unified Media Import window provides one place to

go for all your importing needs. Final Cut Pro 10.0.6 offers dedicated areas for connected

cameras and devices, both file-based and tape-based, as well as a new Favorites section,

where you can add frequently used folders for file import from your Mac or an external

storage device. Other new import features include list view to see multiple columns of

metadata, multiple range selections within individual clips from file-based cameras, and

complete archive-management tools.

For more information, see Intro to importing media in Final Cut Pro.

Dual viewers

The event viewer is a separate video display that appears next to the main viewer so

you can compare shots to match action and color. With the event viewer and the viewer

open, you can display two clips at the same time: one from the browser and one from the

timeline, each with its own video scopes display.

For more information, see Play media in the Final Cut Pro event viewer.

Native REDCODE RAW (R3D) support

Final Cut Pro 10.0.6 provides native support for REDCODE RAW (R3D) files. You can now

import RED files directly, make nondestructive RAW settings adjustments, and save those

adjustments as metadata, all within Final Cut Pro. This allows you to take advantage of the

full latitude and dynamic range contained in the REDCODE RAW source files.

For more information, see Import REDCODE RAW files into Final Cut Pro.

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