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
Wide-gamut HDR tips in Final Cut Pro for Mac
The following tips can help you streamline your wide-gamut HDR workflow:
On a system with a Pro Display XDR, Final Cut Pro provides the maximum color and brightness accuracy in HDR video playback. This makes the Pro Display XDR the ideal professional reference monitor for critical work such as color correction. See Color correct HDR video with Pro Display XDR and Final Cut Pro for Mac.
On a system with macOS 10.15 or later, an SDR display, and Final Cut Pro 10.4.7 or later, the HDR image in the Final Cut Pro viewer is tone mapped to fit the properties of the SDR display. See View HDR video in the viewer in Final Cut Pro for Mac.
Important: When using Final Cut Pro on a system with an SDR display, you can use the A/V Output feature with an external reference HDR video monitor to accurately play back the wider range of colors in an HDR project. See Play media on an external display in Final Cut Pro for Mac.
Use the built-in Color Conform effect to manage color space settings automatically, or to manually convert a clip’s color space. You can also use the HDR Tools effect to convert between color spaces and HDR standards, or to limit the brightness of a clip to a specific level. See Use automatic color management and Color Conform in Final Cut Pro for Mac.
You can fix missing or incorrect color space metadata using the Color Space Override pop-up menu in the Info inspector. See Change a clip’s color space metadata.
You can use guides in the waveform monitor to precisely measure and set video levels. Guides are useful as a quick annotation or reference point. To add a horizontal guide, click once anywhere in the waveform monitor. To remove the guide, drag it off the top or bottom of the waveform monitor.
Because the library color-processing setting affects all projects and media in the library, it’s a good idea to create a separate library for each project or deliverable. This prevents accidental color space crossover issues. See Create a new library in Final Cut Pro for Mac.
Dolby Vision 8.4 is a format designed to optimize HDR content for Apple devices. See Share to Apple devices in Final Cut Pro for Mac and this Apple Support article.
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