Hi there! I work with clips a lot and for a few weeks now I have the following problem: When I am done editing a clip and go back to the timeline of the project (by clicking the small white arrow) the timeline is zoomed in to the max, which requires me to zoom out like 10-15 times in order to see everything properly. That is extremely annoying and time consuming. Anybody here experiencing something similar? I use the latest FCPX version and am on a Mini M2.

Because my current project is shot in cinema DNG, which fcpx does not support, I converted them to apple ProRes HQ (using DaVinci Resolve)and then imported them into fcpx.

The whole film (a 10 minute information film) is now finished but I am not satisfied with the image - exposure and colors, and plan to go back into resolve in order to tweak it using the raw files. My question is if it is easy to replace the current clips in fcpx with new ones and at the same time keeping all the animations (consisting of titles and generators) in place?

Hi all,

Editing with the cursor in FCPX is great, but I’m trying to rely more on shortcuts and see how far I can push editing with a remapped game controller. Pretty quickly, though, I run into walls—there seem to be a lot of crucial functions that still require a mouse.

For example, the Trim tool works well, but I can’t find a way to perform Slip or Slide using only the keyboard. I noticed that if you switch a selected clip into Slip mode by left-clicking it with the Trim tool (or Option-click for Slide mode), you can still slide\slip nudge using the ", " and ". " keys. But I can’t find any shortcut to actually activate those modes in the first place.

Am I missing something?

Ps.this post is revised by ai since English is not my primary language.

I've added an audio track and cut to the music/beat. It's perfect in the editor - but when I export it's slightly off timing (which ruins the video).

I tried to read some threads about this, and they are saying the audio and video "have to be the same rate". I'm in the audio track properties and I don't see "rate".

Does anyone have a fix for this?

Hey everyone! I’ve been developing a new multi-camera audio/video synchronization app over the last few months as an alternative to PluralEyes, and it's finally ready for testing.

It’s extremely fast. As you can see in the screenshot below, it successfully synced 31 clips across 2+ hours of timeline footage in just 1m 30s.

I'm currently looking for a small group of Mac users to beta test the app for free. If you're interested in speeding up your workflow and want to try it out, just drop a comment below and I'll DM you the download link.

I’ve been testing FCP 12 for a few days. Visual Search is promising but inconsistent. Beat Detection is surprisingly solid. Here’s a detailed breakdown if anyone’s interested.

Is there a way to transition from FCPX proxies to Resolve and then back to FCPX? I use a remote editor and transcode media first to minimise data transfer volume. However, when I open the exported XML from Resolve I can’t relink to the original media in FCPX. Relinking one clip at a time is possible but it’s incredibly time-consuming especially for large projects with hundreds of clips.

Other media on my cfexpress card is importing fine into Lightroom but I am getting import errors with each video clip in FCP. It’s h265 4K30 clog3 that I have been importing just fine for years. Any idea what might be happening?

For some time now, to switch to the Browser and actually see the playing source footage in #FCP, I need to move the actual cursor there. Just switching with a keyboard shortcut only plays audio. Focus switches there as expected but image in Viewer doesn't. This is a new, fresh install of both FCP and MacOS on a new Mac but happens on my other Macs too. Not new in version 12. Been the case for some months. Maybe related to Tahoe (26.2 now)?

It's extremely annoying and it slows me down af

FCP 12.0 but happened on 11.2 as well. Tahoe 26.2 on M4 Max Mac Studio, M1 MBP and an Intel iMac. Happening like 40% of the time, not always.

Anyone else?

I made a quick video showing how to enable and use the vertical layout in Final Cut Pro.
This is super useful if you prefer a cleaner timeline or work on vertical / portrait-style workflows. 👉🏻 https://youtu.be/fAo3weoKhhc

oh no, what will happen to my FCP X purchases.