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HomeVideoFinal Cut Pro

Final Cut Pro for Mac

Professional video editing solution.

$299.99
In English
Version 12.2
3.6
Based on 94 user rates

Final Cut Pro overview

Redesigned from the ground up, Final Cut Pro combines revolutionary video editing with a powerful media organization and incredible performance to let you create at the speed of thought.

Revolutionary Video Editing
  • The Magnetic Timeline uses advanced metadata for faster, easier editing
  • Enhanced Timeline Index lets you drag and drop audio roles to rearrange the layout of your timeline
  • Use Clip Connections to attach B-roll, sound effects, and music to the timeline
  • Reduce clutter by grouping clips into a Compound Clip
  • Edit multicamera projects with automatic syncing and support for up to 64 camera angles
  • Automatically transform projects for square or vertical delivery with Smart Conform
  • Import and edit 360° equirectangular video in a wide range of formats and frame sizes
  • Create, edit, and deliver closed captions from within Final Cut Pro
  • Extend the capabilities of Final Cut Pro with third-party workflow extensions
Powerful Media Organization
  • Organize your work within libraries for efficient media management and collaboration
  • Create proxy copies of your media for portability and performance
  • Content Auto-Analysis captures camera metadata and analyzes shots in the background
  • Create and apply custom keywords or favorites on the fly as you select clip ranges
  • Smart Collections dynamically organize content for you to quickly find any shot in a few clicks
Incredible Performance
  • Improved performance and efficiency on Mac computers with Apple silicon
  • Harness the power of the Mac Pro and Afterburner for realtime 8K editing
  • Modern Metal engine improves playback, rendering, and compositing on all Macs
  • Final Cut Pro uses all the GPUs in your Mac for superior real-time playback performance and fast background rendering
  • Work with a broad range of formats including ProRes, RED, XAVC, AVCHD, Avid DNxHR®, Avid DNxHD®, H.264, HEVC, and more
Compelling, Customizable Effects
  • Beautifully animated, easily customizable 2D and 3D titles
  • Change the look of titles, transitions, and effects using intuitive controls
  • Choose from an ecosystem of third-party FxPlug plug-ins with custom interfaces
Integrated Audio Editing
  • Assign roles - including dialogue, music, effects, and custom choices - during import to easily track and organize your project
  • Expand and edit multichannel audio files directly in the timeline
  • Sync video with separate audio in a single step with instant audio waveform matching
Intuitive Color Grading
  • Import, edit, and deliver video in standard color spaces, or in wide Rec. 2020 color space
  • Use Pro Display XDR to accurately view HDR video
  • Powerful color wheels and curves for precise adjustments with keying and masks
One-Step, Optimized Output
  • Incredibly fast export for playback on Apple devices and upload to websites such as Vimeo and YouTube
  • Export audio stems and multiple versions of a finished video using roles metadata
  • Import and export XML for third-party workflows like color grading and sound mixing

What's new in version 12.2

  • Powerful Intelligence
  • Use Transcript Search to quickly find spoken words or phrases in your footage by searching for exact matches or using natural language descriptions*
  • Discover Visual Search, a fast and easy way to locate moments in your footage, including objects and actions, using natural language*
  • Let Beat Detection analyze any song to reveal its bars and beats, enabling you to easily align your video edits to the music’s rhythm
  • Get Started Fast
  • Dive into editing with a special demo project featuring the talented singer-songwriter Allie Sherlock, and explore the exciting new features of Final Cut Pro firsthand
  • Accelerate your next edit with in-app guides on how to create a new library, import media, and add clips to a new timeline
  • Requires a Mac with Apple silicon

Final Cut Pro for Mac

$299.99
In English
Version 12.2
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3.6

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Jayaben
Jayaben
Nov 16, 2024
11.0
0.0
Nov 16, 2024
0.0
Version: 11.0
After updating to v11.0 along with the latest version of Compressor, I can't directly send to Compressor. The only way I found to render files is to export a file from FCPX and then use Compressor to import that *ginormous* file. I'm operating under Sonoma 14.7, holding back on Sequoia until certain audio plugin developers catch up with it. I hope this problem is fixed soon, as the workaround is really a pain.
ERNEST UNGUREANU
ERNEST UNGUREANU
Mar 1, 2021
10.5.1
0.0
Mar 1, 2021
0.0
Version: 10.5.1
Apple a inventé l'inteface sombre. Il justifie cette « invention » par son souci de permettre aux utilisateurs de se concentrer. Mais tous les logiciels devraient permettre l'affichage clair — on n'est pas en Chine de Mao... C'est pour cette raison que je ne vais pas utiliser cette application : je ne veux pas qu'on m'impose quoi que ce soit. Allo, Apple !
limies
limies
Dec 17, 2020
10.5.1
5.0
Dec 17, 2020
5.0
Version: 10.5.1
Excellent !!
Frodo-life
Frodo-life
Dec 15, 2020
10.5
2.0
Dec 15, 2020
2.0
Version: 10.5
I like FCPX, it it just was more reliable, so many small nagging bugs which are there forever and every updated introduces a few new one, Apples QA is non existent anymore and Beta testing is preformed on the final version by it's users. Feature wise it's also lagging I'm not far from moving over to Davinci
Swo
Swo
Dec 14, 2019
10.4.8
4.0
Dec 14, 2019
4.0
Version: 10.4.8
I learned video editing in Final Cut Pro 7 and I hated Final Cut Pro X for quite awhile–it was too much like iMovie on steroids for my liking–but it's grown in my esteem since then. Light years better than Adobe Premiere Pro (and also cheaper in that you might be paying thirty or forty dollars for your Adobe subscription, but if you want to access those files you have to keep paying. And paying, making Final Cut Pro X a genuine bargain). It's a great application and like most Apple software, way more intuitive than it has any right to be.
Alien Ellen
Alien Ellen
Jan 5, 2024
10.7.1
5.0
Jan 5, 2024
5.0
Version: 10.7.1
digitallbath
digitallbath
Jul 31, 2023
10.6.7
4.0
Jul 31, 2023
4.0
Version: 10.6.7
Satcomer
Satcomer
Oct 27, 2022
10.6.5
5.0
Oct 27, 2022
5.0
Version: 10.6.5
limies
limies
Dec 17, 2020
5.0
Dec 17, 2020
5.0
Version: null
Frodo-life
Frodo-life
Dec 15, 2020
2.0
Dec 15, 2020
2.0
Version: null
Swo
Swo
Dec 14, 2019
4.0
Dec 14, 2019
4.0
Version: null
atalibrandi
atalibrandi
Oct 29, 2019
1.0
Oct 29, 2019
1.0
Version: null
iGMX
iGMX
Sep 24, 2019
5.0
Sep 24, 2019
5.0
Version: null
PRjohnson
PRjohnson
Apr 25, 2019
5.0
Apr 25, 2019
5.0
Version: null
makareim
makareim
Jan 19, 2019
5.0
Jan 19, 2019
5.0
Version: null
Wanted4000
Wanted4000
Jan 19, 2019
5.0
Jan 19, 2019
5.0
Version: null
kamilkurbanov
kamilkurbanov
Aug 11, 2018
5.0
Aug 11, 2018
5.0
Version: null
chris-com
chris-com
Aug 1, 2018
3.0
Aug 1, 2018
3.0
Version: null
JohnnyFave
JohnnyFave
Jun 30, 2018
5.0
Jun 30, 2018
5.0
Version: null
mrsidoric
mrsidoric
May 1, 2018
0.5
May 1, 2018
0.5
Version: null
distreszed
distreszed
May 1, 2018
5.0
May 1, 2018
5.0
Version: null
Ervins Strauhmanis
Ervins Strauhmanis
Apr 10, 2018
5.0
Apr 10, 2018
5.0
Version: null
sharkylion111
sharkylion111
Feb 12, 2018
3.0
Feb 12, 2018
3.0
Version: null
Liliannaw9135
Liliannaw9135
Jun 6, 2017
3.0
Jun 6, 2017
3.0
Version: null
rphartle
rphartle
Feb 22, 2017
4.0
Feb 22, 2017
4.0
Version: null
StpsPatrick
StpsPatrick
Feb 22, 2017
5.0
Feb 22, 2017
5.0
Version: null
Polak
Polak
Oct 31, 2016
5.0
Oct 31, 2016
5.0
Version: null
Baccaroeja
Baccaroeja
May 9, 2016
5.0
May 9, 2016
5.0
Version: null
Cookie08
Cookie08
Feb 7, 2016
5.0
Feb 7, 2016
5.0
Version: null
Shooters
Shooters
Feb 6, 2016
5.0
Feb 6, 2016
5.0
Version: null
anonymous-lynx-5545
anonymous-lynx-5545
Feb 5, 2016
5.0
Feb 5, 2016
5.0
Version: null
Twisterella
Twisterella
Jan 23, 2016
5.0
Jan 23, 2016
5.0
Version: null
Bart-Pans
Bart-Pans
Sep 6, 2015
5.0
Sep 6, 2015
5.0
Version: null
Michael-Sebrecht
Michael-Sebrecht
Aug 30, 2015
5.0
Aug 30, 2015
5.0
Version: null
OsloX
OsloX
Jun 5, 2015
5.0
Jun 5, 2015
5.0
Version: null
DirkTheMenace
DirkTheMenace
May 16, 2015
4.5
May 16, 2015
4.5
Version: null
PauloFut
PauloFut
Aug 20, 2014
5.0
Aug 20, 2014
5.0
Version: null
Bento de Espinosa
Bento de Espinosa
Feb 20, 2014
5.0
Feb 20, 2014
5.0
Version: null
keith-davies
keith-davies
Feb 12, 2014
3.5
Feb 12, 2014
3.5
Version: null
22duke
22duke
Jan 27, 2014
3.0
Jan 27, 2014
3.0
Version: null
Edeerly
Edeerly
Jan 19, 2014
4.5
Jan 19, 2014
4.5
Version: null
JohnV2458
JohnV2458
Jan 18, 2014
0.5
Jan 18, 2014
0.5
Version: null
Spike Jones
Spike Jones
Jan 17, 2014
5.0
Jan 17, 2014
5.0
Version: null
Thomas1977
Thomas1977
Dec 22, 2013
5.0
Dec 22, 2013
5.0
Version: null
kaifou
kaifou
Sep 30, 2013
3.0
Sep 30, 2013
3.0
Version: null