Final Cut Pro User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new
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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
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- Add storylines
- Use the precision editor
- Conform frame sizes and rates
- Use XML to transfer projects
- Glossary
- Copyright
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Color correct HDR video with Pro Display XDR and Final Cut Pro for Mac
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 HDR color correction.
The A/V Output feature allows you to send video and audio from your Mac to an external video monitor. Follow the instructions below to set up a color correction system with at least two displays: the Pro Display XDR as the external HDR reference monitor and a display for working with the Final Cut Pro interface.
To color correct HDR video with the Pro Display XDR, you must be using Final Cut Pro 10.4.7 or later and macOS Catalina 10.15 or later.
In Final Cut Pro, position the playhead on an HDR clip in the timeline or browser, so that the clip appears in the viewer.
Connect the Pro Display XDR to the Thunderbolt port on your Mac using a Thunderbolt cable, and make sure the display is connected to power and turned on.
To configure the Pro Display XDR, choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Displays.
In Displays settings for the Pro Display XDR, click the Color Profile pop-up menu and choose HDR Video.
When you choose this preset, Final Cut Pro turns off tone mapping to provide the maximum color and brightness accuracy for HDR video playback on the Pro Display XDR. The color and brightness is accurate for video content measuring up to 1000 nits. For more information about tone mapping, see View HDR video in the viewer in Final Cut Pro for Mac.
Note: The HDR Video preset is intended for use in a dimmed viewing environment.
In Displays settings, set the Pro Display XDR to be an extended display.
To set the Pro Display XDR as the A/V output device, choose Final Cut Pro > Settings (or press Command-Comma), click Playback, then click the A/V Output pop-up menu and choose Pro Display XDR.
In Final Cut Pro, choose Window > A/V Output.
The viewer contents appear on the Pro Display XDR. Viewer features (such as onscreen controls and the title-safe and action-safe overlays) appear only in Final Cut Pro.
Note: Video and audio are synced at the video frame (not audio sample) level.
To turn off A/V Output, choose Window > A/V Output.
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