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
Snap to items in the timeline in Final Cut Pro for Mac
The snapping feature in Final Cut Pro makes it easier and quicker to do things like line up a video clip with an audio clip or align the playhead to a particular marker. When snapping is turned on, items you move in the timeline appear to jump, or “snap,” directly to certain points. This can help you quickly line up edits with other items in the project.
Snapping affects the functions of many of the editing tools in Final Cut Pro, including the Select tool, the Trim tool, the Position tool, the Range Selection tool, and the Blade tool. Several elements trigger snapping in the timeline:
Clip boundaries (start and end points)
The playhead and the skimmer
Markers
You can turn snapping on or off, even while you’re dragging a clip. For example, if you’re trying to move a clip only a few frames among a series of markers and clip boundaries, you can turn off snapping so that the clip doesn’t snap to any of these points.
Turn snapping on or off
In Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
Choose View > Snapping (or press N).
A checkmark next to the menu item indicates that snapping is on.
Click the Snapping button in the top-right corner of the timeline.
When snapping is on, the Snapping button is highlighted.
Tip: To turn snapping on or off temporarily, hold down the N key. When you release the N key, snapping reverts to its previous state.
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