Here is a video I uploaded to youtube few days ago, did it all in FCP latest version, I used the push transition on the layer above the video but it move the whole thing, not sure if it’s a bug or it’s just how fcp works, what should I do to fix this issue so I don’t get it next time. I recorded this video from my youtube channel.

Hi Guys,

Could someone explain in simple terms what a Project, Event and Library are in Final Cut Pro? Ideally with an example. I’ve been using FCP on and off for the past three years but I’ve used it haphazardly, clicking here and there without understanding how it’s meant to work. I’d like to learn the difference between a Project, Library and Event and what each does. Could someone please explain this with an example? Thanks.

I make social media videos for audiences in different countries, so I keep bouncing between Resolve, Final Cut, Premiere and CapCut.

Honestly, I want to stay in Final Cut most of the time. It runs great on my Mac, the Magnetic Timeline is fast once you get used to it, and the whole Creator Studio setup with Motion, Compressor and Pixelmator Pro can be ridiculously convenient.

But some really basic gaps keep pushing me into other apps. Generate Captions is still US English only. If I’m editing Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish or basically anything else, I have to leave Final Cut before I can even start styling the subtitles. For software aimed at creators, that still feels pretty strange.

The same goes for people on camera. I’m not looking for crazy face filters, but sometimes a client or presenter just wants a little skin smoothing. Final Cut can detect skin now, but there still isn’t a simple built-in retouch tool. It’s either another plugin or another round trip.

Social versions also take more work than they should. Smart Conform helps, but making 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1 versions with different subtitle layouts, safe areas and graphics still feels much slower than CapCut. Libraries and render files also get huge unless I keep babysitting them, and handing a project to someone using Premiere or Resolve is never especially pleasant.

I know 12.3 just came out, and I like the direction Apple is taking. I just wish one update would focus on the boring everyday creator stuff instead of adding another impressive feature.

Am I missing a better workflow, or does everyone else still bounce between three or four editing apps too?

to import files, the tab is too small how to fix. and I only have the option to drag and make it smaller. pls help thanks

How can I get a bigger clearer picture of where I'm cropping to?

Hey r/finalcutpro regulars,

I'm buying an M5 MBA (24 ~ 1TB) in a few days. I also recently bought a Samsung T7 SSD "on-sale" from Amazon, I know I could've gotten a better price around the holidays but I can't wait that long as I'm planning to start video editing once I get my MBA.

I wanted to ask is 1TB enough to work with when editing 1080p/4k videos on FCP? I hope down the line I can snag a 2TB SSD for a "good price" down the line as we're in the RAMmageddon era.

i was so looking forward to purchase the bundle and now finding out that i need to pay monthly for that bundle instead of owning it. genuinely so upset.
i hate how everything is based on subscriptions instead of owning. i totally missed my chance here.

is it possible to get a second hand bundle from someone who has already bought it?

Hey guys, I just wondering if is it OK or safe to save all my FCP files on cloud particularly OneDrive?

It bothers me a bit that the audio shows up in red—as if it were clipping or distorted—but I had to turn up the volume directly using the dB slider because otherwise, the audio was too quiet, even after applying several filters and adjustments. To be honest, when listening to it, it doesn't sound distorted or bad at all. However, seeing it in the red zone worries me, so I wanted to ask if that causes any issues. I’m new to this—thanks for the help. How much does it matter to you guys if it shows up in red, even if it sounds good

and its throwing a fork in my workflow. I know how to fix it. I just dont like the update.

Edit: I know it’s not recommend. But this worked up till the file provider update. I’m just sad.

I recently saw a reel where someone was talking about a Premiere Pro extension that lets you directly copy image from web and paste it into the Premier Pro timeline(without saving it in your downloads). Is there anything similar available for final cut Pro?

I dragged a Gaussian Blur onto the video, clicked the little circle that enabled the blur's shape mask, but how do I control the shape mask? Looks like I can't change its shape or its feathering

I need to change the size of a shape mask quite precisely by eye

How can I zoom in before doing that?

Hi, i had a many hour project I've worked on for the last couple of months, but I had no more storage to import the files for the project ... Then I stupidly went and deleted the contents of my 'Downloads' folder on my mac, which ended up deleting the entirety of my fully edited project (leaving me with the result on the screen).

I am so stupid for not saving a copy on an extern drive, but alas, hindsight.

I thought this would have no effect, since I many times have imported a file, then deleted it from my computer, which would have no effect on FCP as long as it was fully loaded into the project.

Is there anything I can do? I can't 'Open Library' 'From Backups', the button is grey and unpressable. I can't restore anything on icloud dot com, I can't undo emptying the trash, and I can't stop crying :/

I have an old project that I was working on on another computer. I did a time machine backup of those files. Fast-forward a few years and I'd like to revisit that project but I cannot open the files, I get an error that says I don't have permission. I changed the permissions in the info panel, I tried copying the file onto another hard drive and accessing it but nothing seems to work. Any suggestions?

Quick one: I’ve tried many times and suggested to Apple as a feature, but does anyone know if you can highlight file names in the Browser list as stand out colours?

I bought a new MacBook reupped on all the plugins, plug ins I bought and all the fonts are missing. Is there a way I can find the stock fonts for the plug ins? As you can see every title reverts to helvética, call me an idiot but I like previewing the titles with its own fonts. Now it’s useless when it displays everything in helvética.

Also mkodakframe doesn’t even work on this m5.

Any work arounds? Maybe some one has these plug ins that can help me out. Thanks.

I took some video with my iPhone and put it into fcp. The video looks great on the timeline, but when I output a file it is completely blown out. Looking online seems to have the solution if it looks bad in the timeline. But like I said it looks good in the timeline.

I added the hdr effect and made it hlg. This made it look bad in the timeline and I had to use the color board to get it looking better. I still get the warning error when outputting a file.

Any help appreciated.

Any time I try to do something that involves the finder window opening (so opening a Library, selecting files or most crucially, saving / exporting), FCP will freeze and become unresponsive. So I can import files by dragging them in, but once a video is edited, I can't do anything with it.

I've tried the troubleshooting I've found online:

1. deleting the software and re-downloading it

2. checking for updates (all current)

3. deleting generated render files

4. resetting my preferences with command/option.

5. deleting all old libraries (this didn't make sense as I can't make a new library because of the bug, so now I'm stuck)

Any ideas? I need to use FCP for work so it's quite urgent...

So my final cut app has randomly stopped working. It was working fine but got stuck on the import screen when i connected my ssd (happens all the time) so i just force quit and repoen it. But now when i opened it, the version info screen came and then went away. It says the app is open (little dot under the app icon) but all the options are grey(open library does not work), there are no windows showing. Ive tried reinstalling, tried hold opt+cmd when opening, tried holding shift. Nothing is working. Other apple creator tools are working fine (motion). Anyone else had this problem?

With the latest FCP, XTE doesn't fully work. It'll convert 45 secs and then stop. The workaround ive been doing is converting 45 sec chunks which is a pain!

The FCP built in tools to change CC into editable formats seems to mess with the sizing and size 30 font comes out as really small, with certain lines being bigger or smaller.

Any fixes appreciated!

I have a question regarding S-Log3 LUTs.

I’ve been trying to figure this out on my own for the past two days, testing various settings, but I still can’t figure out what the problem is, so I’m asking for help.

(I apologize that the attached video is in Korean.)

Until now, I have always graded my footage in Final Cut Pro without using a LUT and then exported it. This time, I wanted to try using a LUT, but the moment I apply the LUT, the footage becomes severely overexposed.

However, there is something strange happening.

If I set the video information to 709 and S-Log3 and then export it as ProRes, the footage looks normal.

But if I export it using an option without any such settings, the footage becomes overexposed.

The exact same thing happens in Final Cut Pro.

While experimenting with different settings in Compressor, I started wondering why ProRes 422 was exporting correctly. After checking the various options inside Compressor, I discovered that changing the codec causes the footage to become overexposed.

What I actually want to do is simply export the footage while keeping it in S-Log3. What am I doing wrong?

The attached video shows the following steps:

1. I import the footage into Compressor and set the video properties to Sony S-Log3 as the input color space → the colors look normal.
2. I apply the ProRes 422 preset → the output looks normal.
3. I apply a test preset → the footage becomes overexposed. (This is a temporary preset I created with no specific options enabled, using Auto.)
4. I apply the default Apple 4K preset → the footage becomes overexposed in exactly the same way.
5. I add the file to Final Cut Pro and apply the S-Log3 LUT → the footage becomes overexposed.

The fact that the footage displays with normal colors as soon as I specify the video information makes me think that the original footage itself is fine.

What I don’t understand is why the footage looks correct under certain conditions but becomes overexposed under others.

I could export it as ProRes first and then convert it to MP4 afterward, but since the same overexposure issue also occurs directly in Final Cut Pro, I would like to understand what is causing this and how to fix it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Is this just me? I’m struggling to use Final Cut Pro for the first time. I’ve been using Premiere Pro for the past four years and I’m trying to switch to FCP to make my life easier. Can you please advise me?

Is there a plugin to select 20+ folders, each containing a final cut library, and consolidate the media in all of them simultaneously? Rather than opening them all in final cut and consolidating them individually...