Final Cut Pro updates since October 2016
Here is a rundown of the new features added to Final Cut Pro since 2016.
For details on stability improvements and issue fixes, visit Apple’s Final Cut Pro release notes.
October 27, 2016:
Final Cut Pro 10.3
- New interface
- Save window layouts
- Fill a second display with the Timeline or hide the Timeline completely
- Magnetic Timeline 2 – roles, color coding, audio lanes
- Automatic asignment of iXML data
- Wide color for working with log footage
- MXF support
- Flow transition
- Remove effects/attributes
- SMB-based libraries
- Consolidate custom Motion projects into individual Final Cut Pro libraries
- Option for continuous playback of clips in the Browser
- Search custom metadata in the Browser and Timeline
- Search Timeline Index for Auditions, compound clips, multicam clips, and synchronized clips
- Ability to roll trim on adjacent connected clips
- Ability to drag and drop clips, projects, and events as XML with supported applications
- Ability to export a library an XML file from Final Cut Pro via drag and drop
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts for adding audio fades
- Align Audio to Video function quickly resets J or L cuts in the Timeline to straight cuts
- New Broadcast Safe Effect allows you to limit video levels to a specific color space including Rec. 601 PAL and NTSC, Rec. 709, and Rec. 2020
- Users can now create and save a custom default Generator, Title, and Lower Third Title which can then be added to a Timeline with keyboard shortcuts
December 14, 2017:
Final Cut Pro 10.4
- 360° VR editing, effects, transitions, overlays, preview in VR headset
- Advanced color – color wheels, color curves, balance color, custom LUTs, keyframeable corrections
- High Dynamic Range
- iMovie for iOS import
- Canon RAW Light support
- HEVC and HEIF support
- NFS-based libraries and media support
April 15, 2018:
Final Cut Pro 10.4.1
- Closed captions
- ProRes RAW
- Video Roles share options
November 15, 2018:
Final Cut Pro 10.4.4
- Workflow extensions
- Batch share
- Video noise reduction
- Timecode window
- Comparison Viewer
- Tiny Planet effect to show 360° footage in a non-360° project
- SRT captions
- Burn in captions
- Comic effect
- New 360° transitions
March 21, 2019:
Final Cut Pro 10.4.6
- Detects media files that may be incompatible with future versions of macOS after Mojave and converts them to a compatible format
October 7, 2019:
Final Cut Pro 10.4.7
- New Metal-based processing engine
- Multiple GPU support
- Afterburner support
- HDR on Pro Display XDR
- Enhanced color mask and range isolation tools
- View HDR video tone-mapped to compatible SDR displays
- Select which internal or external GPU is used
August 25, 2020:
Final Cut Pro 10.4.9
- Improved proxy workflow – Different resolutions, formats, proxy libraries
- Social media tools – Smart conform to change aspect ratio, custom overlays
- Adjust ProRes RAW camera settings
- Crossfade audio on adjacent clips in one step
- Sort clips and projects by last modified date in list view
- Preview 360-degree stereoscopic 3D video in simultaneous left and right eye views
- 360-degree video stabilization
November 12, 2020:
Final Cut Pro 10.5
- Improved performance and efficiency on Mac computers with Apple silicon
- Accelerated machine learning analysis for Smart Conform
- Option to create a copy of your library and automatically transcode media to ProRes Proxy or H.264 at various resolutions
March 4, 2021:
Final Cut Pro 10.5.2
- Universal RED plug-in support enabling native RED RAW decoding and playback
June 17, 2021:
Final Cut Pro 10.5.3
- Create and edit custom column views with the new column editor.
- Search for media in the browser using expanded criteria including clip names, markers and notes.
- Sort clips in the browser according to type, including proxy, optimised and missing media.
October 18, 2021:
Final Cut Pro 10.6
- Object Tracker
- Cinematic Mode
- Neon effect
April 12, 2022:
Final Cut Pro 10.6.2
- Duplicate Ranges
- Voice Isolation
- Import of Magic Movie and Storyboard projects created with iMovie for iOS version 3.0
- Object Tracker improvements