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
What’s new in Final Cut Pro for Mac
Final Cut Pro 11.1 introduces new features and enhancements, detailed below.
Adjustment clips
Apply color corrections and effects to an adjustment clip above the timeline to automatically apply them to a range of clips at once. See Add adjustment clips in Final Cut Pro for Mac.
Image Playground integration
With Apple Intelligence, get inspired to create custom images in seconds by combining concepts, text descriptions, and people from your photo library. (Requires macOS 15.2 or later on Mac models with M1 or later.) See Import into Final Cut Pro for Mac from Image Playground.
Quantec Room Simulator effect
Use the Quantec QRS (Quantum Room Simulator) effect to create natural and transparent audio reverbs that simulate real acoustic spaces. See Intro to Quantec Room Simulator in Final Cut Pro Logic Effects for Mac.
Workflow improvements
Move markers in the timeline by dragging them in a clip. See Edit and move markers in Final Cut Pro for Mac.
Rename audio effects in the inspector See Rename effects in Final Cut Pro for Mac.
Use a new keyboard shortcut to show or hide the Magnetic Mask editor. See Edit Magnetic Masks in the timeline.
Reveal the source of a multicam angle or a synced clip in the browser. See Find the source clip of a multicam angle or a synced clip.
System requirements
The minimum system requirement is macOS 14.6. Image Playground requires macOS 15.2 or later on Mac models with M1 or later. For more information, go to the Final Cut Pro Tech Specs webpage.
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