Final Cut Pro User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Intro to importing media
- If it’s your first import
- Organize files during import
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- Import from Image Playground
- Import from iMovie for macOS
- Import from iMovie for iOS or iPadOS
- Import from Final Cut Pro for iPad
- Import from Final Cut Camera
- Import from Photos
- Import from Music
- Import from Apple TV
- Import from Motion
- Import from GarageBand and Logic Pro
- Import using workflow extensions
- Record into Final Cut Pro
- Memory cards and cables
- Supported media formats
- Import third-party formats with media extensions
- Adjust ProRes RAW camera settings
- Import REDCODE RAW files
- Import Canon Cinema RAW Light files
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- Intro to effects
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- Intro to transitions
- How transitions are created
- Add transitions and fades
- Quickly add a transition with a keyboard shortcut
- Set the default duration for transitions
- Delete transitions
- Adjust transitions in the timeline
- Adjust transitions in the inspector and viewer
- Merge jump cuts with the Flow transition
- Adjust transitions with multiple images
- Modify transitions in Motion
- Add adjustment clips
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- Add storylines
- Use the precision editor
- Conform frame sizes and rates
- Use XML to transfer projects
- Glossary
- Copyright and trademarks

Compressor Presets destination in Final Cut Pro for Mac
Use this destination to export a project or clip using presets from Compressor, the professional transcoding app designed to work directly with Final Cut Pro.
Note: The Compressor Presets destination does not appear by default. To add it to the Destinations list, see Create share destinations in Final Cut Pro for Mac.
Exporting a project with a Compressor preset provides many of the benefits of Compressor without requiring you to open your project in Compressor. You can use Compressor to create multiple output files in one share operation, or create custom presets that modify your output file (for example, to add a watermark to the video). If you have Compressor installed on your system, you can use any of your Compressor presets with Final Cut Pro.
If you don’t have Compressor installed on your system and you receive a Compressor preset from someone else, put the preset in this location so that Final Cut Pro and Compressor can access it:
/Users/username/Library/Group Containers/PTN9T2S29T.com.apple.videoProApps/Library/Application Support/Compressor/Settings
You may need to create the Compressor and Settings folders using the Finder.
Tip: In Mac OS X 10.7 and later, the Library folder within your home folder is hidden by default. To access it in the Finder, press and hold the Option key, then choose Go > Library. See the Mac User Guide, available from the Help menu when the Finder is active.
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