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

Change clip effect order in Final Cut Pro for Mac
You can apply multiple clip effects to a timeline clip. The order in which you apply them can affect the final output. For example, if you apply the Artifacts effect—which by default adds random white circles to the video—before the Aged Paper effect, the white circles are also aged; if you apply Artifacts after Aged Paper, the circles remain white.
You can easily change the order of the clip effects in the Video or Audio inspector, or in the Video Animation or Audio Animation editor.
Note: You can’t change the order of the built-in effects.
Change video and audio clip effect order using the Video or Audio inspector
Select a clip in the Final Cut Pro timeline that has multiple video or audio clip effects applied, then do one of the following:
View the video effects: Open the Video inspector.
View the audio effects: Open the Audio inspector.
In the Video inspector or Audio inspector, drag the clip effects to change their order.
Change video and audio clip effect order using the Video Animation or Audio Animation editor
Select a clip in the Final Cut Pro timeline that has multiple video or audio clip effects applied, then do one of the following:
View the video effects: Choose Clip > Show Video Animation (or press Control-V).
View the audio effects: Choose Clip > Show Audio Animation (or press Control-A).
In the Video Animation editor or Audio Animation editor, drag the effects to change their order.
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