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

Export formats supported in Final Cut Pro for Mac
You can export to a number of formats natively using the Master File share destination. You can export to additional formats using settings in Compressor.
Note: Depending on your project settings, some of the export formats listed below may not be available.
Export File destination
All of the Export File destination formats below are available for the MOV container format (for supported source resolutions and frame rates). All of the formats below are also available for the MXF container format (with the exception of H.264, HDV, and Uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2).
You can export to the following using the Export File share destination:
For more information, see Export final mastering files in Final Cut Pro for Mac and Export MXF files in Final Cut Pro for Mac.
Compressor preset
You can export to the following using a Compressor preset:
AAC
AIF
AVC-Intra (MXF)
CAF
Dolby Digital (AC3 and EC3)
FLAC
H.264 for Blu-ray streams
Image sequences
MP3
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
QuickTime formats
Third-party plug-ins
WAV
For more information, see Share from Final Cut Pro for Mac using Compressor.
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