Final Cut Pro X Guru: New Features

Explore new features designed to help video editors unlock the power of Final Cut Pro X (version 10.4) and its sidekicks Motion and Compressor.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course

1. Workflow Improvements

• Role-based forward and back clip selection
• Logic Pro X effects interface update
• High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) support and export
• Looping status, improved optical flow, and Canon Cinema RAW Light support
• iOS iMovie projects
• High dynamic range (HDR) support and export
• Camera RAW support
• Import closed captions
• Create closed captions
• Export closed captions
• SRT caption support and burn-in
• Batch exporting clips and presets
• Comic effect
• Comparison viewer
• Noise reduction effects
• Source and project timecode windows

2. Color Workflow Additions

• The Color Inspector
• Color correction shortcuts
• Color Wheels
• Color Curves
• Hue and Saturation curves
• White balance color picker
• Lookup table (LUT) support
• Motion color correction effects

3. Virtual Reality Improvements

• Configuring and editing with a head-mounted display
• Importing 360 footage and creating a 360 project
• Using the Reorient tool
• VR effects
• VR titles
• Motion improvements: Part one
• Motion improvements: Part two
• Exporting 360 video with Compressor
• Tiny planet

3. 10.4.9 Updates

• Importing proxy options
• Copying a proxy only library
• Preparing a project for vertical or square delivery
• Using custom overlays and transform overscan
• Using Duplicate Project As
• Adjusting ProRes RAW camera settings
• Crossfade audio and sort clips
• Closing projects
• Working with stereoscopic clips
• Stabilize 360 clips
• Working with USDZ files in Motion
• The new Stroke filter in Motion
• Compressor updates

Conclusion

• Next steps