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Table of Contents
Final Cut Pro User Guide for Mac
Welcome
What’s new
Final Cut Pro basics
What is Final Cut Pro?
What are libraries?
Final Cut Pro workflow
Final Cut Pro interface
Media files and clips
Import and analyze media
Intro to importing media
If it’s your first import
Import from connected cameras
Import from file-based cameras
Import spanned clips
Import from iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Import from digital still cameras
Import from tape-based cameras
If your camera isn’t recognized
Import from devices
Import from your Mac or storage device
Import from an archive or disk image
Organize files during import
Import from other apps
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
Analyze media
Intro to analyzing media
Video analysis options
Audio analysis options
Analyze your media
View analysis keywords
Play back and organize media
Play back and skim media
Intro to playback
Play media
Skim media
Play media in the event viewer
Compare two video frames
Play media on an external display
Zoom in to the viewer
Control playback quality
Use overlays in the viewer
Background rendering
Play back slow-motion clips
Organize your library
Intro to libraries
Organize your projects, events, and media
Create a new event
Rename items
Merge and split events
Move items between events
Duplicate projects and clips
Delete items from libraries
View and sort items in the browser
Intro to browser views
Customize browser views
Sort and group items in the browser
Hide clips in the browser
Create and share column sets
Organize clips
Rate clips
Add keywords
Add clip and project notes
Organize clips by roles
Lines marking event clips
Find items using search, keywords, and Smart Collections
Find clips and projects
Create Smart Collections
Organize Smart Collections
Restore a library
Edit your project
Intro to editing
Create and manage projects
Create a new project
Open and close projects
Modify a project’s settings
Create square or vertical versions of a project
Final Cut Pro project settings
Save and back up projects
Copy a project to another Mac
Select clips and ranges
Selections and filmstrips
Select clips
Select ranges
Set multiple ranges in the browser
Add and remove clips
Intro to adding clips
Drag clips to the timeline
Append clips to your project
Insert clips
Connect clips
Overwrite clips
Replace clips
Add still images
Create freeze frames
Add only a clip’s video or audio
Remove clips from projects
Solo or disable clips
Find a project clip’s source clip
Make three-point edits
Intro to three-point editing
Three-point editing guidelines
Three-point edit examples
Arrange clips in the timeline
Cut and trim clips
Intro to trimming
Cut clips in two
Extend or shorten clips
Make roll edits
Make slip edits
Make slide edits
Create split edits
Show trimming details in the viewer
View and navigate
Scroll in the timeline
Zoom in to and out of the timeline
Adjust timeline clip appearance
Snap to items in the timeline
Navigate your project
Navigate using timecode
View source and project timecode
View your project in the timeline index
Show clips with duplicate ranges
Work with markers
Intro to markers
Add and remove markers
Edit and move markers
Add chapter markers
Correct shaky video
Edit audio
Intro to audio
Audio editing basics
Audio waveforms
Audio channels and components
Ways to view audio clips
Zoom in to audio waveforms
View and change audio levels
Solo and mute audio clips
Add audio
Add music and sound
Record voiceovers
Access external audio files
Edit audio clips or audio components
Intro to audio editing
Configure audio channels
Adjust volume
Fade audio in and out
Crossfade audio
Pan audio
Multichannel audio editing examples
Add and adjust audio effects
Add audio effects
Remove audio effects
Add the default audio effect
Adjust audio effects
Save audio effects presets
Keyframe audio effects
Audio tools and techniques
Enhance audio
Sync audio and video
Match audio
Preserve pitch in retimed clips
Monitor mono or dual mono audio
Add titles
Add and adjust titles
Intro to titles
Add titles
Add the default title
Adjust titles
Position and animate titles in Final Cut Pro for Mac
Text inspector controls
Apply preset text styles
Modify titles in Motion
Find and replace text
Add and adjust 3D titles
Intro to 3D titles
3D titles workflow
Add 3D titles to a project
Add 3D titles
Convert text to 3D text