Final Cut Pro User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new
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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
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- Add storylines
- Use the precision editor
- Conform frame sizes and rates
- Use XML to transfer projects
- Glossary
- Copyright
Intro to Cinematic mode video in Final Cut Pro for Mac
In Final Cut Pro, you can change the focus of video clips recorded in Cinematic mode on iPhone 13 and later. Cinematic mode creates clips with a simulated depth-of-field effect that keeps your subjects—people, pets, and more—in sharp focus while applying a pleasing blur to the background (or foreground). As you record, the camera uses machine learning to automatically detect and focus on subjects in the scene. You can also tap the screen while recording to manually focus on a subject.
These automatic and manual focus decisions are called focus points. Focus points, as well as depth-of-field data, are saved with the Cinematic mode clip.
When you import a Cinematic mode clip into Final Cut Pro, you can:
Add focus points and switch the focus between different subjects
Lock the focus on a moving object or a person
Lock the focus on a point in the scene at a specific distance from the camera
Delete manual focus points (added during recording or added in Final Cut Pro)
Adjust or animate the depth of field, creating a rack focus effect
Note: To edit Cinematic mode video shot on an iPhone with a recent version of iOS, you may need to update to the latest version of macOS.
For information on recording in Cinematic mode, see Record video in Cinematic mode with your iPhone camera in the iPhone User Guide.
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