Final Cut Pro 10.6 New Features
Full dot releases for both Final Cut Pro and Motion today with a few new and interesting features. First, if you import footage shot on an iPhone 13 in Cinematic mode into Final Cut Pro or Motion, you...
View ArticleFaster Editing in Final Cut Pro with “Press & Hold”
Experienced editors know the value of minimizing clicking and keystrokes: they can edit faster and focus more on crafting a story instead of getting caught up in a lot of button-pushing. If you are...
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GeekTip™: Use an adjustment layer for a 2x vectorscope in FCPX
Behold the vectorscope in Final Cut Pro X, and glory in its limited options: You can set it up for 100% for 100% electronic colorbars, or 133% for 75% electronic colorbars, and… that’s about it. Sure,...
View ArticleLearn Final Cut Pro in Under 60 Minutes
Our regular MacBreak Studio episodes are 5 to 10 minute tips, usually focused on post-production, and often covering Final Cut Pro, Motion, or DaVinci Resolve. Today however, I’m posting about...
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Dupe Detection is coming to Final Cut Pro and this is how it works
The recent release of the Mac Studio has everyone in the video editing world wondering about Final Cut Pro, when and where we might get an update. Other Apple Pro Apps got an update but Final Cut Pro...
View ArticleThe Magic of Motion
Recently Iain Anderson posted a great article about Motion being every editor’s secret weapon. I agree whole-heartedly. If you use Final Cut Pro you need to be using Motion. That’s the premise of the...
View ArticleColor Grading in Final Cut Pro with the Monogram Creative Console
I’ve avoided control surfaces for years. I’m not sure why: part of it has to do with the fact that I have edited in so many different locations, on so many different systems for clients and for...
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Final Cut Pro for the iPad
Introduction So this is what the FCP team have been up to all this time! It’s certainly been rumored for a while. True to form, Apple have reinvented the UI, keeping as many pro features as possible...
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Final Cut Pro 10.6.6 (for Mac)
Introduction While the new iPad edition of FCP is very welcome, it’s been over a year since the last feature update to Final Cut Pro for Mac, so it’s great to see some progress. While I don’t think...
View ArticleCombining Video & Generative AI in Photoshop
Now that Generative AI in Photoshop has moved out of beta and into the current shipping version, here’s a quick tutorial on how to create a simple “set extension” or “scene replacement” on a video...
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