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"Good value for the money, at the very top"
Adham H. - Senior Social Media Specialist, Senior Graphic DesignerJanuary 7, 2024
STARTING PRICE
$299.99
EASE OF USE
4.3/5
Based on Capterra user reviews
TOP RATED
Final Cut Pro is featured in 1 Capterra Shortlist rankings
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Final Cut Pro is a professional video editing software developed by Apple for macOS that enables businesses to transcode full-resolution media, share libraries, and edit complex projects and high-resolution footage on Mac computers. The software offers key features like 360° video editing, motion graphics, 4K HDR support, advanced color correction tools, and an object tracker that utilizes machine learning to help users match effects and titles to moving objects. It supports editing on iPhone Cinematic mode clips and provides a comprehensive toolset for closed captioning workflows. Final Cut Pro integrates with the companion apps Motion for graphics and effects and Compressor for output options.
Provider
Apple
Located In
United States
Open API
No
Support
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base
Final Cut Pro is a video editing tool catering to creative professionals, videographers, and filmmakers.
Content Source: Final Cut Pro
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Final Cut Pro Reviews
Pros
Once familiar with the timeline and how to quickly assemble a sequence you get to benefit from so many excellent controls, filters, transitions that make editing quickly easy.
Audio editing is very good allowing me to easily take out pops and gaps. My favourite feature I the 'flow' transition which works like some kind of magic is happening.
It's great for novice video editors and full-out pros. It's a great, versatile software that's really a pleasure to work with.
In my opinion, if you are looking for a friendly video editor that allows you to make projects comfortably on your mac for any social network, final cut pro is a great option.
Cons
I hate that Apple didn’t let this software run on all OS.
I could blame this on my inexperience with the software at the time.
The worst part about this software is the stock effects.
Am thinking of switching back to using it than using Priemere pro cause that has the error bug messages.
"Good value for the money, at the very top"
Overall: A very good value for the money if you're planning on investing in it for the long run, my company bought it for seniors to start using it, as they mentioned it to be more advanced, the ability to edit your shots in high res, adding that cinematic mode on it and tracking the focus with object tracking sold me, the color grading is on par with high end film software and the rendering speeds on our iMacs are solid, i do recommend it if you're planning on using it on the long run.
Pros: It's one of the best video editing tools in the market for Mac users, it has unique features that a lot of other editors don't have, the object tracking feature literally is out of this world, and the cinematic mode makes you feel like as if your video was shot straight from a cinema camera, the fast rendering, the auto HDR capabilities are top notch, ability to edit the prores from iphone is perfect, and you can use it to edit 360 videos for virtual tours. all in all #1.
Cons: The price, the price is really really high, considering it's a one time payment, however if your projects are advanced and you work at a business that values top quality it's not an issue whatsoever
"Get Started editing video with Final Cut Pro"
Overall: I have been using Final Cut Pro for many years and have created and edited short movies, commercials, videos for the web, animation and effects videos. It is one of my go to tools when I need to put together video projects.
Pros: Final Cut Pro is a complete video editing software from Apple and has been around for many years. It is easy to get started with FCP, and It is a great option for editing short and full length videos and has basic and some advanced effects features and can be enhanced with add-ons. It also supports many camera systems out of the box making it a very powerful video editing tool.
Cons: Final Cut Pro does have a considerable learning curve to master it.
"An amazing editing tool fell from grace "
Overall: I have been using Final Cut Pro for more than 10 years. It was way above Adobe Premier and second to Avid. However, the company decide not to continue to develop this beautiful tool, it fall from grace. However, it's an editing tool that you don't have to pay for subscription fee and it's sophisticated enough to win other non-professional editing tools. It offers a sound and graphic library that doesn't cost you extra dollars. Its editing technique is similar to adobe premiere, except some shortcut. So, for beginners, this is a great tool.
Pros: 1. No subscription fee 2. Still a professional editing tool, although it can not be used for professional editing 3. The basic sound and graphic library is better than the free adobe premiere library 4. Output is still practical for social media.
Cons: 1. The output is no longer compatible with ProTool, it needs the third party software to bridge, but that software has so many problem, it doesn't work well. That's the end of the professional editing software life. it's very sad that the company not invest into such a wonderful editing tools and let it die slowly over time. 2. Sound and colour correction are two weakness of this software. It's impossible for the online editing. So, it becomes the amateur editor's toy.
"An industry standard video editing staple"
Overall: Because we use apple products at my workplace.We have ventured into the Use of final cut pro for video editing and internal content development.
Pros: It has all the functionality that you would need with video editing and being able to make a professional or even commercial grade product for end users to view.
Cons: It can be a costly program to keep up with and necessary to have a Specific operating system like osx to even use this effectively.
"Final Cut Pro is a must have for indie Filmmakers"
Overall: Excellent program and I wouldn't be without it! If you are an indie filmmaker you must have this program. It can handle big files like a champ which is critical for me. I've struggled with other editing programs and Final Cut Pro is the only way to go for me.
Pros: Final Cut Pro is fast! The workflow is clean and neat and render times are really fast. User interface is easy to navigate and very forgiving. I love the built in transitions though I usually create my own after a point. Lots of render options which is great for web base content and film festival submissions as well as best quality product creation.
Cons: Layering can sometimes feel clunky when dropping tracks and video into the timeline. Final Cut Pro's need to snap tracks into a place of its choose is at odds with my own preferences sometimes.
