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
Choose a blend mode in Final Cut Pro for Mac
You can choose a blend mode to control how two or more images are combined.
Position the playhead in the Final Cut Pro timeline where you want to add a clip above the primary storyline.
Select the clip to add in the browser, then choose Edit > Connect to Primary Storyline (or press Q).
To see the composited clips in the viewer, position the playhead within the clip that was just added.
By default, the new clip completely obscures the clip in the primary storyline.
Click the Blend Mode pop-up menu in the Compositing section of the Video inspector, then choose an option.
There are many blend mode settings to choose from—the correct one to use depends on the video content and the look you’re aiming for. See Types of blend modes. You can also adjust the Opacity control to make the blend mode setting more subtle. See Change a clip’s opacity.
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