The Browser, where source media files (clips) are listed, replicates the editor's traditional film 'bins' or stacks of videotapes. non-computerized) editing work-flows, with four main windows that replicate tried-and-trusted methods of organizing, viewing and editing physical tape or film media. The Final Cut (Pro and Express) interface was designed around traditional (i.e.
Interfaceįinal Cut Pro (pre X) in use, showing the Viewer, Browser, Timeline, and Canvas windows. Final Cut Pro also supports mixed video formats (both resolution and framerate) in the Timeline with real time support. For example, when there are a large number of video streams playing simultaneously it will, in real time, switch to a mode that reduces the quality of the playback so that all of them can be seen in real time when the computer is capable it will automatically return playback to native quality (that is, when there are fewer simultaneous video streams). DynamicRT allows a real-time multistream effects architecture, which can be set to automatically adjust image quality and frame rate during playback to maintain real time effects. A technology called DynamicRT built on the RT Extreme technology was released with Final Cut Pro 4.
It also has a manual 3-way color correction filter, videoscopes and a selection of generators, such as slugs, test cards and noise.įinal Cut Pro 7 claims better integration with Apple's other professional applications and improved codec support for editing HD, DV and SD video formats, including encoding presets for devices such as iPod, Apple TV, and Blu-ray discs.
It comes with a range of video transitions and a range of video and audio filters such as keying tools, mattes and vocal de-poppers and de-essers.
It supports a number of simultaneously composited video tracks (limited mainly by video format and hardware capability) up to 99 audio tracks multi-camera editing for combining video from multiple camera sources as well as standard ripple, roll, slip, slide, scrub, razor blade and time remapping edit functions. 5 Major films edited with Final Cut Proįinal Cut Pro provides non-linear, non-destructive editing of any QuickTime-compatible video format including DV, HDV, P2 MXF (DVCProHD), XDCAM (via plug-in), and 2K film formats.A published survey in 2008 by the American Cinema Editors Guild placed their users at 21% FCP (and growing from previous surveys of this group), while all others were still on an Avid system of some kind. According to a 2007 SCRI study, Final Cut Pro made up 49% of the US professional editing market, with Avid at 22%. It had also made inroads with film and television editors who have traditionally used Avid Technology's Media Composer. Since the early 2000s, Final Cut Pro has developed a large and expanding user base, mainly video hobbyists and independent filmmakers. The software allows users to log and transfer video onto a hard drive (internal or external), where it can be edited, processed, and output to a wide variety of formats.
The most recent version, Final Cut Pro X, runs on Intel-based Mac OS computers powered by OS X version 10.6.8 or later. Final Cut Pro X - 10.0.7 / December 6, 2012 3 months ago ( )įinal Cut Pro is a non-linear video editing software developed by Macromedia Inc.