Apple Final Cut Pro

Description

Apple Final Cut Pro is a professional video editor for OS X. It supports timeline-based editing and a variety video formats. It also has helpful editing features. You can get a 30-day free trial or purchase it through the Mac App Store.

Final Cut Pro supports a broad range of video formats, including H.264 from DSLRs, AVCHD, MPEG-4, and RED, along with 2K, 4K, and 5K video resolution. When you import your footage into Final Cut Pro, you can choose how it is organized, by the number of people in the shot or by the shot type, such as close up, medium, or wide shot. During the import process, Final Cut Pro can also analyze your content for any video or audio problems, such as shaky footage or rolling shutter distortion, and automatically fix them.

Editing in Final Cut Pro revolves around a magnetic timeline that improves upon the restrictions of track-based timelines that helps eliminate black gaps and avoid clip collisions. The Filmstrip view allows you to quickly scan through hours of footage and then move video to a specific location on the timeline. The Auditions feature allows you to insert different shots from your footage, even if they are different lengths, and preview them in the timeline. If you choose to keep the footage, the timeline automatically ripples to keep all other project clips in sync. Final Cut Pro also offers broadcast-quality visual effects, with over 160 preset filters that can help you create the "look” of your video.

Final Cut Pro is used by many users, including hobbyists, mainstream and independent filmmakers, as well as television editors. It supports a large amount of popular video formats and provides professional tools and effects for editing footage. These factors and other recent upgrades makes it one of the best professional video editors for OS X, along with Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro. Final Cut Pro is a professional video editor that won't break the bank.

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