Final Cut Pro X is one of the most used video editors within the Mac ecosystem, along with Adobe Premiere, although the latter is the king within Windows, it also has many users on Mac. The solution that Apple offers us to edit videos ends to update adding various improvements.
One of the main novelties find their inspiration in the pandemic and in the changes associated with working from home by improving proxy workflows, making libraries more portable and helping streamline remote work with large, high-resolution files.
Proxy content improvements
For the first time, Final Cut Pro can create proxy content in ProRes Proxy or H.264 and at scales as small as 12,5% of the original. In addition, it also allows you to group proxy multimedia content, images and audio on an external or network drive. It also allows relink Final Cut Pro libraries to already created proxies for more flexibility.
New automated tools for social networks
With this update, publishing content on social networks is easier than ever thanks to machine learning, the clips of a project are automatically analyzed to find the main dynamics and trim them intelligently with Smart Conform to convert videos in landscape, portrait or any other format.
Workflow improvements
The ProRes RAW camera settingssuch as ISO, color temperature and exposure settings are displayed for the first time in the inspector. Editors can apply audio fades to clips in one step, use a new context menu to clear history, sort clips, close projects ...
Performance improvements have also been made by using plug-ins for RED RAW and Canon Cinema RAW LightBoth are compatible with Apple Metal technology, which allows to encode videos in a much faster way.
Final Cut Pro is priced at 329,99 euros on the Mac App StoreIt is fully translated into Spanish and is an excellent option to enter the world of video editing. If you are not sure if this application can meet your needs, you can request a free 90-day trial via this link.