Fans of editing and creating their own videos often wonder what kind of program to use for this. Of course, today you can find quite a few interesting and powerful utilities such as Sony Vegas Pro, however, according to many experts, nothing better than Final Cut Pro has yet been created. Let's see what kind of software package it is, and what its capabilities are.
What is Final Cut Pro?
So, as already understood, the software package is a professional video editing tool with a huge, descriptionless amount of features and tools.
Initially, the program was developed by Macromedia, after which the development was purchased by Apple. Therefore, today the full package of Final Cut Pro is associated with apple products.
The main version of the program is designed to work on the basis of the Mac OS X platform, although it has recently become possible to install it in the Windows OS environment (more on this later).
As for the popularity of the application, for example, the director of the movie Focus in 2015 with Margot Robbie and comedian Will Smith as lead actors, John Recua, said that he was fully involved in the creative process and had never felt so free to fly imagination.
Not surprisingly, the software package itself, regardless of which version it is, Final Cut Pro 7 or Final Cut Pro 10, has such an impressive toolkit that allows you to create truly unique effects and very finely approach the editing process.
And this we are not talking about such famous masterpieces as “Heavenly Captain and the World of the Future”, “Unbearable Cruelty”, “300 Spartans”, “Zodiac”, “X-Men: The Beginning. Wolverine, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, John Carter, etc. The list goes on and on.
Final Cut Pro X
So, on "poppies" the application works without any problems. Simply install it and get started. We note right away that an unprepared user will have to tinker a lot to understand the essence of the program.
And the essence is that the so-called Magnetic Timeline is the basis of the whole technology. It is its use that in many respects predetermined the convenience of flexible editing of video material, moreover, exactly as the user needs it. As for the tools, there are so many of them that it just won’t be able to describe everything, especially since more than a hundred of them were added in the latest release.
Install Windows Version
Now a few words about the release of Final Cut Pro for Windows. It is not so simple. It’s clear that it’s impossible to get and install the version for Mac OS X in the Windows environment for obvious reasons. The application for "Windows" is not designed. But there is a way.
In order to fully enjoy all the features of the original program, you must first download the original “poppy” version and save it, say on your desktop.
After that, you will need another utility called FCP Tool Software, which can be easily found on the Internet. After starting the utility, in the search line you need to specify the location of the original Final Cut Pro distribution kit and click the installation start button.
The process can take some time, and it involves converting Mac FCP to a variant of Windows FCP. After the process is completed and the system issues a confirmation, you can immediately begin work.
Key features and tools (briefly)
But the process of video editing or creating effects is quite interesting. At the disposal of the user there is a toolkit, divided into categories. It makes no sense to stop on all the instruments, all the same time is not enough. Consider the most basic and interesting.
First of all, this is the import of videos or images of almost all known formats for use in “gluing” future video. Even after normal editing, the final material can be saved with 4k video resolution. By the way, the rollers differing in the size of the frame can be quite simply adjusted to uniform values.
At the disposal of the user there are many special compressors, effects, superimposed even in real time, setting keyboard commands, full control over color correction, saturation and clarity of the image and much more.
In addition, there are a number of interesting features, for example, the Optical Flow smooth deceleration tool, which, unlike most similar ones, can slow down the original video by tens of times. You can use special jump kats and markers that allow you to cut the same clip several times. No less interesting is the use of empty adjustment layers, which may contain completely different effects or transitions, as well as other changing parameters for the entire Timeline.
Conclusion
Here, in fact, very briefly about the software product Final Cut Pro. As already clear, to describe all of its features in one article is simply impossible. Indeed, today this product is the most powerful and popular among professionals around the world. What are only the names of the films that were edited using this unique software product.
Separately, it is worth saying that without prior knowledge of at least some utility for working with video, it will be quite difficult to master even the basics of this application. Therefore, before starting work, it is strongly recommended that you not only familiarize yourself with the technical documentation, but also fully master something simpler.