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Final Cut Pro for Mac

Professional video editing solution.

$299.99
In English
Version 10.8.1
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 10.8.1

  • Fixes an issue that prevented audio playback when stepping through timeline clips with the left and right arrow keys.
  • Fixes an issue that could cause some MTS files to play back without audio.
  • Fixes an issue that could cause Final Cut Pro to stop responding when three-finger gestures were used on a trackpad.

Final Cut Pro for Mac

$299.99
In English
Version 10.8.1
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3.6

(91 Reviews of Final Cut Pro)

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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.
atalibrandi
atalibrandi
Oct 29 2019
10.4.7
1.0
Oct 29 2019
1.0
Version: 10.4.7
The program was great before the new update 10.4.7 now it eats all my RAM and crashes constantly... Also doesn't finish exporting. Stops at 85%
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