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
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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
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- Intro to sharing projects
- Share to Apple devices
- Share on the web
- Send a video frame to Pixelmator Pro
- Share in email
- Share stereo or spatial video
- Batch sharing
- Share using Compressor
- Create share destinations
- Change metadata for shared items
- View the status of shared items
- Speed up exports with simultaneous processing
- Glossary
- Copyright and trademarks
Open and close projects in Final Cut Pro for Mac
Open a project
In the Libraries sidebar in Final Cut Pro, select the event containing the project you want to open.
Locate the project you want to open and double-click it.
Note: You may have to scroll up to the top of the event to see the project.
The project appears in the timeline.
Close a project
In Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
Choose File > Close [project].
Click the down arrow at the top of the timeline, then choose Close [project].
Close all projects in the timeline history
During the course of an editing session, you might open multiple projects and switch between them using the arrow buttons at the top of the timeline. Or you might navigate compound clip levels using the arrow buttons. You can close all projects in the timeline history other than the currently visible one.
In Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
Choose File > Close Other Timelines.
Click the down arrow at the top of the timeline, then choose Close Other Timelines.
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