1. Final Cut Pro For Windows

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Work at a faster clip.

With its modern Metal engine, Final Cut Pro allows you to edit more complex projects and work with larger frame sizes, higher frame rates, and more effects — all at blazing speeds. And it’s built to harness the extreme power of the new Mac Pro for next-level performance.

Accelerated performance with Metal

Metal dramatically accelerates graphics tasks like rendering, compositing, real-time effects playback, exporting, and more. When you’re working on a system with an eGPU attached, you can select which GPU to use — internal or external — for peak performance.

Optimized for the all-new Mac Pro

For the ultimate editing experience, run Final Cut Pro on the world’s fastest Mac, the new Mac Pro. Final Cut Pro takes advantage of all the GPUs in Mac Pro and uses multithreading to spread tasks across up to 28 cores. And when equipped with the optional Afterburner card, Mac Pro delivers the fastest ProRes performance ever. So you can do things like edit video, create motion graphics, and color grade in groundbreaking 8K resolution. All at maximum velocity.

The tools you need. From start to finishing.

With innovative features and an intuitive design, Final Cut Pro accelerates post-production. So editors can create and deliver at the speed of thought.

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. Color coding makes it easy to identify different types of content, with the ability to customize the look of your timeline while you edit.

Final Cut Pro offers the most advanced organizing tools of any professional video editing application. 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.

Final Cut Pro lets you edit multichannel audio using built-in tools for removing background noise and optimizing 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.

Quickly encode video using the power of multicore CPUs and high-performance GPUs. Take advantage of presets to deliver ultra-high-quality masters or files optimized for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and websites like YouTube and Vimeo. 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 right in Final Cut Pro.

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 color grade individual clips.

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.

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. And because Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Compressor all share the same Metal architecture, you’ll experience blazing performance and consistent rendering across applications.

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Advanced color grading.
Every pixel closer to perfection.

Professional color grading tools are built into Final Cut Pro, including a dedicated color inspector with color wheels, color curves, hue/saturation curves, and keyframes to adjust corrections over time. You can work with High Dynamic Range footage on recent Mac systems that display an extended range of brightness. Or connect the all-new Pro Display XDR for the ultimate HDR experience.

Unique color wheels improve on traditional controls by combining hue, saturation, and brightness into a single, simple interface.

Color and luminance curves allow ultrafine level adjustments with multiple control points to target specific color and brightness ranges.

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

Work closer to reality than ever before with HDR video. Import, edit, grade, and deliver incredibly lifelike images with Final Cut Pro. High-resolution scopes reflect HDR brightness levels as you edit, and tone mapping lets you easily convert HDR to Standard Dynamic Range output for broadcast. You can view beautiful HDR content on a wide range of Mac computers that use the reserve brightness of the display to show an extended range of light levels.

HDR on Pro Display XDR

View High Dynamic Range video the way it was meant to be seen. The gorgeous new Pro Display XDR delivers 6K resolution and 1000 nits of sustained brightness for HDR editing, grading, and delivery with Final Cut Pro. And setup couldn’t be simpler — just connect a single Thunderbolt cable from your Mac to Pro Display XDR to use it as an additional display or video monitor.

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. Work with ProRes RAW files and experience all the creative advantages of RAW with the seamless performance of ProRes. And with Mac Pro and the Afterburner card, you can edit in ProRes RAW faster than ever before.

ProRes performance

Remarkably smooth playback and real-time, multistream editing are part of the ProRes RAW package. The format is optimized 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.

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.

Workflow extensions. Extend the power of Final Cut Pro.

Work directly with powerful third-party applications — without leaving Final Cut Pro.

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 easily replace them later 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.

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 Pro. 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.

Closed captions. Open to all.

Final Cut Pro 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.

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 right 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, color, 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 caption 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 easily 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.

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.

Five amazing apps.
One powerful collection.

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A transition is the visual magic that takes your eyes (and then your mind) to the next clip in a movie. Leonard Bernstein once defined music as “one note after another.” When you get down to it, a movie is like that, too: one frame, one clip after another. The difference between a good movie and one that’s hard to watch often depends on which clip comes next and how the editor made it appear.

Most of the video we see on TV and in the movies is edited by people with an enormous array of expensive tools to make transitions from one clip to another. You may have watched with awe and envy at how they did it — until now. With Final Cut Pro in your hot little hands, you can go from clip to clip like a pro, minus the studio full of expensive equipment.

Transitions are as much about the creative process as anything else in Final Cut. Learning how to use them involves thinking about your movie’s theme, texture, and look. Try to avoid just looking at the details: Keep the “big picture” — the look and feel of your movie — in mind.

Here are some of the important transition types provided in Final Cut and what they do:

• 3D Simulations: As the name implies, these six transitions imitate an action in three dimensions. You can use them to zoom in and out and create spins, cube spins, and swings. They have an action, high-tech feel and are often used in commercials and news shorts.

The transitions under the 3D simulations are Cross Zoom, Cube Spin, Spin 3D, Spinback 3D, Swing, and Zoom.

• Dissolves: A dissolve, the most common transition, is an equal fade out of a clip, over an equal fade in of another. These transitions morph the image into something else by gradually erasing what was there previously.

The dissolves available to you are Additive dissolve, Cross dissolve, Dither dissolve, Fade In, Fade Out, Non-Additive dissolve, and Ripple dissolve.

• Iris: Like looking through a telescope, an iris puts the focus on the center of the frame, and the edges change toward that center. You can manipulate an iris transition in dozens of ways.

Iris transitions include Cross, Diamond, Oval, Point, Rectangle, and Star.

• Map: By selecting or inverting specific channels, dramatic solarizing effects can be created during the transition. Solarizing appears to burn out the edges of images and reminds one of psychedelic effects from the 1960s.

The Map transitions are Channel map and Luminance map.

• Page Peel: The first clip peels away to reveal the second. You can make lots of adjustments to this effect. Add some extra frame handles on this one because they are particularly important. Also, think about the relationship between the two images as one is peeled away. If you peel slowly top to bottom while talking heads are on each screen, you may find your audience laughing at what looks like Mr. Potatohead.

• QuickTime: QuickTime has its own category in the Effects menu of Final Cut’s transitions. You can find the QuickTime transitions (like all the other transitions) under the Video Transitions folder on the Effects tab of your Browser. This array of transitions includes some that are similar to transitions already in Final Cut as well as interesting ones, such as Radial, where the first clip swings out in an arch like the hands of a clock to reveal the second.

The 13 QuickTime transitions are Alpha Compositor, Chroma Key, Cross Fade, Explode, Gradient wipe, Implode, Iris, Matrix wipe, Push, Radial, Slide, Wipe, and Zoom.

• Slide: Your uncle’s old slide projector could never push slides out of the way like this collection. Top, bottom, split — you name it, frames can be made to do just about anything.

The Slide transitions in Final Cut are Band slide, Box slide, Center Split slide, Multi-Spin slide, Push slide, Spin slide, Split slide, and Swap slide.

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• Stretch (and Squeeze): The clips are distorted in ways that makes objects look like they visited with Stretch Armstrong. Be careful: You can make people look weird with this tool.

This set of transitions includes Cross Stretch, Squeeze, Squeeze and Stretch, and just Stretch, for those mellow days!

• Wipe: Wipes differ from dissolves in that they don’t blend. They move one thing out of the way with another, but wipes give you more options than slides. Wipes are fun. It’s a great way to amuse your friends when showing that fishing trip.

The 14 wipes available to you are Band wipe, Center wipe, Checker wipe, Checkerboard wipe, Clock wipe, Edge wipe, Gradient wipe, Inset wipe, Jaws wipe, Random Edge wipe, V wipe, Venetian Blind wipe, Wrap wipe, and Zigzag wipe.