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