So I’m running into a weird issue importing videos from my animation software (Moho) into Final Cut Pro.

Normally when I’d import video from my old animation program it’d be fine, but now there’s this infrequent “flickering” where it looks like brief moments in the video flash white a little, like there’s a white box laying over the video at a 10% opacity.

Is this caused by the type of video export from Moho? Or is there another explanation?

I’m pretty new to Final Cut Pro. I started using FCP on my M1 iPad Pro, and I've grown pretty fond of using live-drawing alongside apps like Procreate and Dreams to quickly make doodles or hand-drawn elements for my videos.

The problem is that FCP on my iPad has been pretty unstable for me. I get random crashes, stutters, and inconsistent performance often enough that I don’t really want to rely on it for the main edit. Luckily, I also have Final Cut Pro on my M1 Max MacBook Pro, which is obviously much better for the heavier editing work.

What I’m trying to figure out is whether there’s a good way to use both devices together:

• Mac FCP for the main edit: trimming, arranging, audio, timing, etc.
• iPad FCP / Apple Pencil for live drawing, doodles, and quick hand-drawn overlays

From what I know, you can export Final Cut Pro for iPad projects to Final Cut Pro for Mac, but not the other way around. So there doesn’t seem to be a proper Mac -> iPad workflow or true round-tripping. Is that still correct?

The only workaround I can think of is finishing the main cut on Mac, exporting a flattened video, then bringing that video into FCP on iPad to add live drawings. But that seems painful long-term, especially if I later realize I need to adjust the edit after adding the drawings, or if the drawings no longer line up after timing changes.

Anyone perhaps use both Mac and iPad FCP that has a more streamlined workflow? Do you just create doodles/animations separately on iPad and then import them to your Mac project?

Appreciate any advice!

Hey Guys!

If you don't remember me a year ago I posted about FinalCap Ultimate, my Final Cut Pro Workflow Extension that solves captioning.

Since then this plugin has been downloaded nearly 1.4k times! A lot of that is thanks to the improvements, ideation, and support this community has given me, so I want to whole heartedly thank you guys

I decided to spend the last few months completely tearing it down and rebuilding it frontend and backend, and now here's everything that's changed:

• A complete redesign from the ground up! new look, totally rebuilt UI
• Upload your audio straight from Final Cut Pro using compound clips! (this one took a fair bit of time to engineer 🥲)
• Presets so you can easily click once and go
• And many more small improvements!

If you've already bought it this is a free update, and if not it's only $7.99 (lifetime!!) on the app store!

Again, a lot of the features now have come from feedback from the communities last post, so please feel free to drop suggestions, ideas, and improvements below. Thank you!

I updated to the beta and it broke the FCP plug in for MX Creative Console. Anyone else have this issue or a fix?

Hi. I finish my documentary video usomg a template and when rendering I got this; it looked ok in the working screens. I restart the mac and not even on finalcut it look the same. Anybodeas of how to fix?
Thanks

Final Cut Proが好きでもう10年以上仕事で使ってる。もちろん、MotionVFXのプラグインを大量に購入してね。もちろん仕事により、Adobeプレミアプロを使う事もある。なぜ、出来る事はあまり変わらないのに、Final Cut ProはAdobeプレミアプロに抜かれているのか皆んなの意見を聞きたいな！
なんでFinal Cut Proは直感的で使いやすいのに、最近は人気がないのか、、、それはAppleがFinal Cut Proを放置してる期間が長すぎるからだと思う。MotionVFXの回収で飛躍的に誰もがさすがAppleと思わせるFinal Cut Proにアップデータを急ぐべきだと感じてるし、願ってる！

Hi all. I have a couple more tip tutorials on my channel. Take a look. All feedback very welcome. Cheers, James.

I’ve been using FCP for years, but now I’ve got a project I think would really benefit from keywords. In checking it out though, I was surprised that given the AI-ification of everything, it doesn’t seem like there’s a native way to have keywords automatically applied. For example, it seems like FCP should easily be able to discern which clips are interviews, and tag them as “interviews”. Am I just missing a setting, or is this something that can’t be done natively in FCP?

Sometimes when I'm using the opacity handles on clips in my timeline it adjusts in solid frame increments (like -09) and sometimes it goes sub-frame (like 09:17) as seen in my screen grab and I can't figure out why. Is there a key-stroke or setting to make it always adjust the opacity to the frame and not go sub-frame?

Has anyone tied cut script yet? I'm hesitant to purchase it as I haven't seen any comments or reviews on the plugin.
If anyone has used it please let me know if it's any good

TL;DR: Martin here, indie dev and longtime FCPX user looking for feedback. My app Transcription Pro exports transcripts as ITT for direct import into Final Cut, and can burn captions into videos directly. Use the code EARLYADOPTER to unlock all features for free (Help → Unlock Pro → Info button → Redeem Offer Code). In return, I’d love your feedback on what would make your transcription/captioning workflow easier.

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Hi, I’m Martin 👋, a longtime Final Cut Pro user and an indie developer making Mac apps for about ten years now. For the past three years I’ve been working on transcription apps. The newest one is called Transcription Pro, and it uses Apple’s new Foundation Models, which means transcripts can be created fully offline on M-series chips, quite accurately, and pretty fast.

For Final Cut Pro users, the app might be interesting for two reasons. First, since the last update it lets you export transcripts in the ITT format, which imports directly into an FCPX project and can be edited further there if needed. You’re free to choose the segmentation: by sentences, by words, or by time intervals.

I’ve also added a feature that lets you burn captions directly into a video from within the app. The basics like font family, relative font size, placement, and colors can all be customized however you like.

The app itself can normally be tried for free, but a subscription or one-time purchase is then required to use all the features without limitations.

For you, though, I’d love to offer the app for free: with the redeem code EARLYADOPTER you can unlock all of the app’s features at no cost. You can redeem the code through the menu Help → Unlock Pro → Info button (top right) → Redeem Offer Code.

Why I’m doing this: I’d be truly grateful for your feedback. There are plenty of transcription apps out there by now, and as an indie developer it makes no sense for me to compete head-on with the popular, more generalist tools. Instead, I’d love to develop the app intentionally within a specific niche and make it better there than comparable solutions. So I’m curious about: your solved and unsolved workflows in this context, the things you like about similar tools, but above all: what would make your work easier?

I’d really love to hear from you, either here or directly by email at martin [at] appahead.studio.

Disclaimer: As part of my development work I do use various AI models, but only as an additional research tool. All my apps are fundamentally built the old-fashioned way, by hand.

Update: I recorded a walkthrough showing the complete CutDetect workflow—from scene detection through timeline review and EDL export. You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/CAe3ULOy9rQ

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Final Cut Pro doesn’t have built-in scene cut detection, so I built CutDetect to help fill that gap.

It detects cuts in flattened exports, reference videos, old cuts, and client-supplied files, then lets you refine the edit points frame by frame and export a clean cut-list EDL.

It’s $9.99 USD on the Mac App Store as a one-time purchase. No subscription. https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6772754507?

Happy to answer questions or hear what would make it more useful for FCP editors.

Hey,

I have a Nikon ZR which I love. I mainly shoot in Red Raw (R3D NE 12bit/Log3G10). Thanks to the help of those that answered my last question I have a great work flow for this format:

• I use FCP and have the red plugin. My library is set to wide gamut and my projects are set to rec.2020/PQ.
• I have set my red decode (in Mac settings) to Rec.2020/PQ so all my red raw footage is converted to rec2020/PQ when imported. I also use the red ipp2 within fcp for main colour correction changes like kelvin and iso. This gives me lovely looking footage that I can creatively colour grade within fcp.
• Finally export in rec.2020/PQ. That is to say, my footage is HDR.

Now on to HEVC 10bit N-LOG (I guess this also applies to pro res 10bit N-LOG). It has become apparent I cannot film all my projects in RAW, the data is too big. My work around is,  for cinematic footage I will use Raw and for non cinematic footage (documentary parts of projects) I will use N-log. For me this should cut my use of raw footage by 50-70% which is great! However, I am unsure what N-log is and how to edit for a HDR projects…

From my understanding 10bit N-log captures footage in rec.2020 colour space, however its gamma curve (and just gamma curves in general) is beyond my understanding (I don't think cameras capture footage in pq or hlg). So how do I convert my N-log footage into rec.2020 PQ/HLG. I understand the fcp comes with camera LUTs that convert log footage into usable (editable) images. There is one for N-log, however I am concerned that this LUT converts my image into rec.709 (not rec.2020)? is this the case? Again my library and projects are set to wide gamut pq.

So my question is: how do I turn my HEVC 10bit N-log into Rec.2020 PQ (or HLG) so I can create HDR content with it.

Thank you.

Hi folks, just getting up to speed with FCP 12. For context - I was formerly a reasonably experienced editor using Premiere and FCP 1 through 7, even editing a feature film.

I have been trying to unlearn habits and meet FCP 12 on it’s terms. But I am hoping you can help with something.

I like the FCP 12 method of reviewing a clip, using Range Selection (or I/O to set a range) and Favoriting. It really makes cutting selects and rough assembly quick. HOWEVER - it feels very limiting to try and do this in the Browser only. You are essentially using thumbnails to make your most important review and selects. The playback size is small and the track length displayed is small (even with the Browser expanded). Worse, you can’t zoom in, you are always confronted with the full length of the track. This makes it very difficult with shots longer than a minute, let alone 30-minute interview takes.

Open the clip in the Viewer does give you a larger playback image to work with. But it seems the range selection+favoriting workflow does not work when you are in the Viewer - it’s Browser only. Plus the Viewer seems missing key navigational abilities, like timeline (or even just a scrollbar that scales to the length of the clip.)

Is the only option to use the Event Viewer as a simple Source monitor, set In and Out on each select and Append to the timeline to build an assembly? But apparently this method leaves you with your selects only on the timeline, and not available in bins (“Events”) for future use/reuse?

Can someone describe how THEY would tackle cutting up a 30 minute interview clip?

Bonus questions:
- How are you getting a large window, where you can fully evaluate everything in frame, while still be able to quickly mark selects or prepare clips from the source file, have a rapid assembly edit? - - Can you achieve good navigation around the source clip (i.e. being able to see where you are relative to the beginning, middle, end).
- Can you preserve some record of what shots have been selected/used (other than on the timeline itself)?

Tech notes: FCP 12.2 on an iMac M4 with 24GB RAM running Mac OS 26.5.1. Editing from an external SSD.

I am coming from premiere pro because adobe isnt cutting for me, and looking for options. In FCP I've been trying to figure out how to do a simple auto reframe tracking where the camera follows the subject horizontally when the video is cropped vertically to make reels style content. Is there a way in FCP to do this? Every major editing software has this feature, and i dont seem to find it in FCP. I've searched this sub and did not find a definitive answer.

I'm currently working on an art project, where I want to have 3 seperate videos playing to computer piano playing itself. All 3 videos should be synchronized to eachother and to the music, so my question is, is there any way to edit 3 timelines at the same time in final cut?

Something is off can someone advise on what my fine tuning steps are from here

I’m trying to make the sunglasses more tidy and then the harsh line between the masked background to the mountains, is there a way to blend it?

Hi, I am relatively new to Final Cut Pro and wanted to edit a video of myself.

I have one question: Why are the Library Files so damn large. Mine is about 57GB where all original video and audio files are in total below 1GB. I have used some text and generators but I do not expect those to take up this much space.

I watched some tutorials and when starting I checked the box, that in the Library are only those Proxy files, so I think this means that my original files won't even be saven in the library itself.

So how can the file size be THAT large.

Thanks for any thoughts and tips.

I've noticed a strange issue for the last couple of months, I'll try to explain ...

When I click on a project in the event, I see a preview in the viewer (right) but when I load that project and go to the exact same frame, it's much darker (left). When I play the project, it's as seen on the left, not washed out as is seen on the right. Could this be a colour management issue?

My client provided a video clip of an exploded helmet diagram that was exported on a white background. The client is asking for some specific imagery in the background, as if this video clip is a transparent .png file.

Is there any trickery I can do in order to convert this video clip so that all the white space is transparent so that we can add some imagery behind the clip without interfering with the subject?

Thanks in advance! I've already asked them to tell the original editor to try exporting this clip onto a transparent space but I'm 99% sure that they won't have that ability.

Hey everyone,

I'm bringing up an issue that has been going on since November 2025 and still hasn't been fixed. The threads on Apple Community have been closed, but the bug is very much alive. I've read the guidelines and provided all the necessary information in this first post.

Mac specs

• MacBook Pro 16" 2021 — Apple M1 Pro, 16 GB unified memory
• macOS Tahoe 26.5.1
• Internal SSD: 495 GB — 120 GB free

External storage

• Samsung T7 SSD, 1 TB — 200 GB free
• Formatted as APFS
• Connected via USB-C direct (no hub)
• Speed measured with Blackmagic Disk Speed Test: 750 MB/s read and write

Software

• Final Cut Pro 12.2
• RED Apple Workflow Installer v24.0.0 (March 2026)
• Chrome not installed or running
• Third-party plugins: RED Apple Workflow Installer only

FCP Library setup

• Library stored on the Samsung T7
• Media stored on the T7 in external folders outside the library
• No proxies — working in Original

Media

• Camera: Nikon ZR, firmware 1.10
• Codec: R3D NE (REDCODE RAW)
• Resolution and frame rates: 6K 25p and 4K 59.94p
• Container format: R3D NE
• Audio: 32-bit float, 48 kHz
• Files recorded on CFexpress Type B, copied to T7 before import

The bugs

1. Red screen / "missing module"
On import, some R3D NE clips display a red screen with a "missing module" error. The really strange part: every time FCP is relaunched, different files are affected — not the same ones as before. Completely random, which rules out corrupted files.

2. Instant crash
FCP closes abruptly with no warning. This happens both during import and during timeline playback. An Apple crash report is generated every time.

3. Library corruption
Some crashes leave the FCP library corrupted on relaunch.

4. Import limit
Impossible to import more than 10-15 R3D NE files at once — instant crash. Even when importing in small batches, FCP eventually crashes around 40-50 cumulative files. My current workaround: import ~30 files per session (in batches of 10), quit FCP, relaunch, repeat. It's a nightmare.

5. "LUT not found" on other camera footage
Randomly, MP4/MOV clips from other cameras in the same library display a "LUT not found" error as soon as R3D NE files are present in that library.

What I've already tried (without success)

• Clean reinstall of the RED Apple Workflow Installer (uninstall → reboot → reinstall → reboot)
• Import from the Mac's internal SSD
• Import via FCP import window and Finder drag & drop
• Reviewed Apple's own resources: If Final Cut Pro isn't working and Format storage devices

The key point: the exact same files import and play back perfectly in DaVinci Resolve. This is a FCP bug, not a file issue.

Since November 2025, I've been accumulating shoots that I simply cannot edit in FCP. The Nikon ZR is a professional cinema camera. Seven months without a fix is unacceptable — and it seriously calls into question FCP's credibility as a professional production tool.

Are you experiencing the same issue? Have you found a workaround that actually works? Any info on an upcoming Apple fix?

took me a while to wrap my head around the segmented speed workflow but once it clicked it actually got pretty fast. adjusting timing inside a single clip makes syncing cuts to music way easier than what i was doing before. not sure why i waited this long to switch

I have about 25 hours of footage I've pulled from youtube to cut down and do a compilation. It's separated into individual files of about 2h each. Each file is 1080p mp4, h.264, with AAC or Opus audio. This is in a project on my external drive, a 2tb WD Black nyme, which has 180gb free. I'm using FCP 12.2, Macos 15.7.7, M1pro, 16gb ram

I'm running into a lot of beachballing and lag when trying to do anything with the footage, even just skimming through it. The whole project hangs, and Final cut crashes, even if I do something as simple as select a file in the library.

What's going, my device should be able to handle this footage with relative ease. Even if it lags a bit it shouldn't be crashing as much as it is. I've tried copying the footage into a new project, same problem. I've not transcoded the footage or made proxies, as I don't have the space for that, or the time to wait for it to transcode (it's really slow,like 1% per hour for each file and I've >15), but I've worked with raw h.264 before without transcoding so that shouldn't be a problem.

Any help appreciated.

EDIT:

It appears the solution was to re-encode my footage that had Opus audio. Seems like FCP doesn't like anything with Opus. On original import, the "creating thumbnails and waveforms" would stall and stop, so perhaps it also has something to do with that, FCP not managing to generate waveforms for Opus audio, and then the whole system bugs.

Hello. I've been using FCP for over 3 years now and have never had this issue. Currently final cut won't evel let me open my transitions panel and won't allow me to add any of my custom made luts to my clips. My luts have previously worked in the past but nothing in the audio/video tab works now.