With optimisations for Apple silicon and the power of its 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 incredible speeds. And it’s built to harness the extreme power of Mac Pro, Mac Studio or MacBook Pro for next-level performance.
Final Cut Pro features breathtaking performance and efficiency on Mac computers with Apple silicon. Tap into superfast unified memory shared across the CPU, the GPU and the Apple Neural Engine to play back more high-resolution video streams and render your movie in record time.
With AI-enhanced features and an intuitive design, Final Cut Pro 11 accelerates post-production. So editors can create and deliver at the speed of thought.
Use the revolutionary new Magnetic Mask to isolate people and objects from the background without a green screen or complicated rotoscoping. With a simple drag and drop onto your video, Magnetic Mask uses AI to automatically detect shapes and track their movement with precision. Combine Magnetic Mask with colour correction and visual effects to create professional stylised content.
Automatically create closed captions in your timeline by analysing spoken audio with an Apple-trained AI language model. Transcribe to Captions leverages macOS Sequoia and the Apple Neural Engine for lightning-fast and accurate results.
Import and edit stereoscopic video captured on Apple Vision Pro or iPhone 15 Pro or later. Add effects, colour correction and titles to enhance your work, and make adjustments to the left- and right-eye views of your spatial clips. Export directly to Photos and immediately view your spatial edit on Apple Vision Pro, or upload your video to Vimeo for others to experience.
Professional colour grading tools are built into Final Cut Pro, including a dedicated colour inspector with colour wheels, colour curves and hue/saturation curves. Use keyframes to adjust corrections over time, and apply camera and creative Look Up Tables (LUTs) for the perfect look. All colour grading tools and scopes support High Dynamic Range (HDR) video.
Work closer to reality than ever before with HDR video. Import, edit, grade and deliver incredibly lifelike images with Final Cut Pro. Shoot on industry-standard cinema cameras, or in stunning Dolby Vision with the latest iPhone models. High-resolution scopes reflect HDR brightness levels as you edit. And the new Automatic Colour Conform feature lets you instantly tone-map video, still images, generators and Motion titles — from SDR to HDR or from HDR to SDR.
The industry-leading Liquid Retina XDR display delivers 1000 nits of sustained brightness and 1600 nits of peak brightness, amazing contrast and vivid colours — perfect for HDR editing, grading and delivery with Final Cut Pro. Or connect the Pro Display XDR to your Mac for a full 6K HDR playback and finishing solution.
Import, edit and grade original, untouched footage with RAW data straight from your camera sensor — without sacrificing any speed or smoothness. Create native ProRes RAW files using Atomos recorders and the DJI Inspire 2 drone, and experience all the creative advantages of RAW with the real-time performance of ProRes.
Remarkably smooth playback and real-time, multistream 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 if you’re working on Mac Studio or MacBook Pro, the M1 Ultra, M2 Pro, and M2 Max chips further accelerate ProRes RAW performance. Since ProRes RAW files are smaller than standard formats, you can fit more footage on every card.
View the Apple ProRes RAW White PaperWork 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. The new ProRes RAW Settings window in Final Cut Pro provides enhanced options for ISO, colour temperature and exposure offset from supported devices for an even deeper level of control. And now camera makers can enable their native colour processing with the new ProRes RAW plug-in architecture.
Final Cut Pro includes a complete toolset for importing, editing and delivering both monoscopic and stereoscopic 360° video.
Import and edit 360° equirectangular footage in Final Cut Pro. Open the 360° viewer to visualise a headset view of your footage, and take advantage of simple tools for changing orientation, straightening the horizon, removing camera rigs and more.
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 standard projects, using the Tiny Planet effect to create spherical looks and animations.
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.
The extensive third-party ecosystem for Final Cut Pro delivers best-in-class media asset management, review and approval, effects, graphic templates and much more — right there at your fingertips while you edit.
Extend your workflow with powerful third-party applications inside Final Cut Pro. Browse and select stock photos, video and music for your edit with services like Shutterstock and APM Music, or use Frame.io to simplify review and approval. You can even browse and preview hundreds of text styles at once with Font Audition, all without leaving your edit.
Learn more about workflow extensionsCreate amazing visuals with simple drag-and-drop effects. Enhance your project with incredible lighting filters from Boris FX Continuum FCP 2021, or create beautiful abstract particle universes with Yanobox Nodes. Use ProAnimation from Pixel Film Studios to easily create kinetic logos without keyframing, or browse a rich ecosystem of plug-ins with the FxFactory app.
Learn more about third-party effectsAdd professionally designed, customisable motion graphics to your project without the need for additional software. Adjust colours, fonts and animation styles right there in the timeline, and see the changes instantly. Create beautiful visualisations of your data with mInfographics from MotionVFX, or easily add social media branding with Instagram Stories from LenoFX. Take your creativity even further by making your own customised graphics using Motion.
Learn more about third-party templatesWhether you’re a social media creator, a film and television editor, or a post-production expert, the pro video training and certification program — developed by Future Media Concepts in partnership with Apple — covers everything from editing basics to advanced colour correction. You can get certified and demonstrate your Final Cut Pro capabilities while gaining a competitive edge in an ever-changing industry.
Learn more about pro video training and certificationFinal Cut Pro for iPad lets you record, edit, finish and deliver professional video directly on iPad. It’s everything you need to create vlogs, social content, music videos, shorts and more — anywhere you go.
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