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
Intro to stereo and spatial video in Final Cut Pro for Mac
In Final Cut Pro, you can import, edit, and export stereoscopic 3D video, including spatial video intended for viewing on Apple Vision Pro.
Stereoscopic 3D video—also known as stereo video—captures two images of the same scene, each from a slightly different perspective, similar to the way human eyes see the world. When the two images are viewed together, the brain combines them to create the illusion of depth, making the images appear three-dimensional.
Spatial video is stereo video recorded on iPhone 15 Pro or later or Apple Vision Pro, with special metadata that identifies the video as spatial video and enables immersive viewing experiences on Apple Vision Pro:
By default, spatial videos appear in a window with a faint glow around the edges. Different elements of the scene appear at different depths, and you can look around to see more of the scene.
You can also fully immerse yourself in a spatial video by tapping the Immersive button to experience the stereo scene at real-world scale.
A spatial video is a QuickTime movie with a stereoscopic MV-HEVC video track and spatial metadata. The MV-HEVC format is similar to HEVC (H.265), except that it stores the two views (one for each eye) in separate layers within the track.
Note: Working with MV-HEVC video in Final Cut Pro requires a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 14 or later.
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