A more powerful take on post-production.

Editing, audio, motion graphics and delivery.
360° video editing and VR headset playback.
Advanced colour grading, HDR support and ProRes RAW.
Built-in controls to create, edit and deliver closed captions.
The tools you need. From start to finishing.
With great new features and an intuitive design, Final Cut Pro accelerates post-production. So editors can create and deliver at the speed of thought.

Video Editing

Organising Tools

Motion Graphics

Audio

Delivery
The Magnetic Timeline allows you to easily experiment with story ideas by moving and trimming clips without collisions or sync problems. Use Compound Clips to bundle separate video and audio clips into a single movable package, create Auditions to try out multiple takes in the timeline and use Synchronized Clips to align video with second-source audio automatically. Colour coding makes it easy to identify different types of content, with the ability to customise the look of your timeline while you edit.

Final Cut Pro offers the most advanced organising tools of any professional video editing system. Easily tag entire clips or clip ranges with metadata for searching and create Smart Collections that automatically collect content according to a set of custom criteria. Skimming lets you efficiently browse hours of material in a more visual way, so you can identify what you want in seconds.

Create 2D and 3D titles right in Final Cut Pro, apply and modify filters, and use the built-in chroma key for high-quality green- and blue-screen effects. Expand on the built-in effects with thousands of third-party tools and templates. And for even more control, use Motion to create stunning titles, transitions, generators and effects you can access from Final Cut Pro.

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Final Cut Pro lets you edit multichannel audio using built-in tools for removing background noise and optimising levels. Adjust multichannel audio files in the timeline or open the inspector for more information and options. Choose from dozens of bundled plug-ins for audio compression, EQ and more — or send to a professional audio application like Logic Pro X for advanced audio mixing.

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Quickly encode video using the power of multicore CPUs and high-performance GPUs. Take advantage of presets to deliver files for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV; websites like YouTube and Vimeo; and DVD and
Blu-ray discs. And batch exporting makes it fast to deliver multiple files or projects in multiple formats. You can also use Compressor to create custom export settings that appear directly in Final Cut Pro.

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Performance
Final Cut Pro is built on a powerful 64-bit architecture, which allows you to work with complex projects, larger frame sizes, higher frame rates and more effects. It’s optimised for the high-performance CPU and graphics card in your Mac — including iMac Pro.

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Video noise reduction
Improve the look of archival and low-light images with powerful noise reduction tools that reduce or eliminate grain and video noise. Simple controls let you quickly adjust intensity, and it’s easy to change processing order by dragging the effect in the inspector.

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Timecode window
View project and source media timecode from anywhere in the room. Open the floating window to display a colour-coded list of clip names, timecodes and roles for all clips at the playhead. It’s simple to resize and reposition the window or move it to a second display.

Multicam
The industry’s most advanced multicam editing lets you automatically sync up to 64 angles of video with different formats, frame sizes and frame rates. View up to 16 angles at once in the Angle Viewer. And open the Angle Editor timeline to move, sync, trim, add effects or colour grade individual clips.

Motion and Compressor
Create stunning effects and sweeping graphics with Motion, including studio-quality 2D and 3D titles you can open and adjust in Final Cut Pro. Use Compressor to create custom export settings and streamline delivery of your movie to the iTunes Store.

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Workflow extensions.
Extend the power of Final Cut Pro.
Now you can work directly with powerful third-party applications — without leaving Final Cut Pro.

Collaboration

Stock media

Asset management
Use the Frame.io extension to simplify review and approval. Drag and drop clips and timelines, jump between markers, and review comments and annotations in real time from your Frame.io collaborators.

The Shutterstock extension lets you browse stock photos, videos and music while you edit. Drag and drop watermarked files into the timeline, and later easily replace them with licensed, high-resolution versions.

Connect directly to CatDV and KeyFlow Pro media asset management systems so you can browse, mark and transfer files from within the Final Cut Pro interface.

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360° video. Take your work further. In every direction.
Final Cut Pro includes a complete toolset for importing, editing and delivering both monoscopic and stereoscopic 360° video.

360° editing
Import and edit 360° equirectangular footage in Final Cut Pro. Open the 360° viewer to see a headset view of your footage, and take advantage of simple tools for changing orientation, straightening the horizon, removing camera rigs and more.

360° graphics and effects
Easily add 2D and 3D titles to your 360° video and apply blurs, glows and other 360° effects. Or create more advanced 360° motion graphics in Motion, then add them directly to your Final Cut Pro project. You can even add 360° video to non-360° projects, using the Tiny Planet effect to create interesting spherical looks and animations.

VR headset playback
Watch your 360° video in real time with a VR headset like the HTC Vive. Choose to mirror the headset view in Final Cut Pro or turn off mirroring to watch video in the headset while independently controlling a separate view on your monitor.

Advanced colour grading.
Every pixel closer to perfection.
Professional colour grading tools are built into Final Cut Pro, including a dedicated colour inspector with colour wheels, colour curves, hue/saturation curves and keyframes to adjust corrections over time. Open the Comparison Viewer to see reference images while grading, and apply camera and creative Look Up Tables (LUTs) for a consistent appearance across your project. All colour correction tools and scopes support High Dynamic Range (HDR) video.

Colour Wheels

Colour Curves

Hue/Saturation Curves
Unique colour wheels improve on traditional controls by combining hue, saturation and brightness into a single, simple interface.

Colour and luminance curves allow ultra-fine level adjustments with multiple control points to target specific colour and brightness ranges.

Sample a colour with an eyedropper and change just the hue, saturation or luminance of a specific colour within the image.

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Unify your colour story with the Comparison Viewer.
The Comparison Viewer gives you a reference image while you’re grading clips in the timeline to ensure accurate, consistent colour throughout your project.

LUTs. Preset colour with a click.
Final Cut Pro automatically applies the correct transform Look Up Table (LUT) when importing LOG footage recorded with supported cameras from ARRI, Canon, Sony and more. Use the Custom LUT effect to audition and apply creative effects in the timeline.

Image simulates the effect of HDR.
Shed new light with High Dynamic Range video.
Now you can import, edit, grade and deliver incredibly realistic images by using HDR video with Final Cut Pro. Scopes automatically adjust to reflect HDR brightness levels and tone mapping lets you easily convert HDR to Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) output for broadcast.

ProRes RAW.The flexibility of RAW with the performance of ProRes.
Import, edit and grade pristine video with RAW data straight from your camera sensor — without slowing down your edit. Create native ProRes RAW files using Atomos recorders or the DJI Inspire 2 drone and experience all the creative advantages of RAW with the real-time performance of ProRes.

ProRes performance
Remarkably smooth playback and multistream, real-time editing are part of the ProRes RAW package. The format is optimised for macOS and the latest Mac computers, allowing you to render and export faster than with other RAW formats. And since ProRes RAW files are smaller than standard formats, you can fit more footage on every card.

View the Apple ProRes RAW White Paper
RAW flexibility
Work with untouched image data directly from your camera sensor. RAW files provide maximum flexibility for adjusting the look of your video while extending brightness and shadows — an ideal combination for HDR workflows. And ProRes RAW preserves more of the original image data, making it a great format for archiving.

Closed captions. Open to all.
Final Cut Pro now includes an intuitive, comprehensive set of tools for closed captioning in a variety of formats, without the need for expensive third-party software or services. You can create, view and edit captions within Final Cut Pro and deliver them as part of your video or as a separate file.

Import

Create

Edit

Deliver
Add an existing caption file to your project and Final Cut Pro automatically connects each caption to the corresponding video or audio clip in your timeline.

Type captions from scratch — in multiple languages and formats — and watch the text play back in real time directly in the viewer.

Attach captions to connected audio or video clips in the timeline so they move in sync with your edit. It’s easy to adjust text, colour, location and timing in the captions inspector. And the enhanced Timeline Index lets you quickly search and select captions, or use captions roles to instantly switch between different versions.

Export captions in the industry-standard CEA-608, iTT or SRT formats. Or burn them directly into your video. When delivering, you can choose to embed captions’ metadata in your video file or create a separate sidecar file. Captioned videos can be shared directly to YouTube and Vimeo. And you can send your project to Compressor to include captions in a batch or an iTunes Store package.

Step up from iMovie to Final Cut Pro.
iMovie is the easiest way to start making movies. And when you’re ready to ramp up production, it’s effortless to switch to Final Cut Pro from iMovie for iOS or iMovie for Mac. You’ll cut faster and more precisely with advanced editing tools, improve the look of your projects with third-party plug-ins and find it easy to integrate video recorded with professional cameras from RED, Sony, Canon and more. You can import your iMovie projects right into Final Cut Pro, so you won’t miss a beat — or a cut — when you upgrade.

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Third-party tools to make your workflow flow.
Choose from thousands of custom transitions, titles and motion graphics. Work directly with powerful applications through workflow extensions in Final Cut Pro. And take advantage of other third-party tools for advanced tracking, EDL and AAF interchange, and more.