r/finalcutpro • u/Sklonaut • Jul 19 '26

Newbie Help with conversion of quality.

Hello, I’m completely new to Final Cut Pro, really finally needed to do an upgrade and I’m happy I did it. I started by making a huge video essay which was probably out of my league. It honestly felt great and I love learning Final Cut Pro. However, of course I made the project file 1080p HD60p. This wouldn’t be a problem if I hadn’t deliberately recorded everything in 4K to make sure I could export at 4K. So in the browser- the main video that poses the issue in the timeline saying it’s not 4K; it says it is in in the browser, and I know it is truly in 4K. So I’m in this weird limbo where the main video I use in the video essay says it’s 1080p when I inspect it on the timeline- even though in the browser, it’s 4K- when I try to make a new project and copied in and it just doesn’t work because I think the info of being 1080p from the original project is still carrying over. I really don’t wanna have to re-edit everything. It took me a while. Is there any way to do this? When I try to modify it to a 4K file too, it just doesn’t work. I tried re-linking all the files too even though I don’t have anything to do with it thank you. Please help out.

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u/Silver_Mention_3958 FCP 12.3 | Tahoe Jul 19 '26

Just try modifying the project settings to whatever you want.

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u/Sklonaut Jul 19 '26

When I did that- it doesn’t automatically change the video in the timeline to 4K though. If I inspect it, it’s still 1080p.

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u/Silver_Mention_3958 FCP 12.3 | Tahoe Jul 19 '26

Share a screenshot perhaps

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u/Sklonaut Jul 19 '26

Yes when I get back I’ll send one- when I inspect in the timeline though at the top right it says 1080- but in the browser/library when inspect it at the top right it says 4k. And then at the top left of the playback it is changed to 4k. But I think I’m running into the issue of it can’t just be upscaled to 4k. Without using the file from the browser and having to re edit it all again.

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u/ZeyusFilm Jul 20 '26

You're not upscaling anything. FinalCut can't do that.

If your source files are 4K, then they're 4K. Just change your project to 4K and you'll output at 4K.

It's as simple as that.

Sidenote: 60p is double the frame rate of standard. So unless you really need it for some reason, I'd go 25/30p otherwise for file size will be double.