Final Cut Pro User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new
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        - Intro to importing media
- If it’s your first import
- Organize files during import
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        - Import from Image Playground
- Import from iMovie for macOS
- Import from iMovie for iOS or iPadOS
- Import from Final Cut Pro for iPad
- Import from Final Cut Camera
- Import from Photos
- Import from Music
- Import from Apple TV
- Import from Motion
- Import from GarageBand and Logic Pro
- Import using workflow extensions
 
- Record into Final Cut Pro
- Memory cards and cables
- Supported media formats
- Import third-party formats with media extensions
 
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        - Intro to effects
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        - Intro to transitions
- How transitions are created
- Add transitions and fades
- Quickly add a transition with a keyboard shortcut
- Set the default duration for transitions
- Delete transitions
- Adjust transitions in the timeline
- Adjust transitions in the inspector and viewer
- Merge jump cuts with the Flow transition
- Adjust transitions with multiple images
- Modify transitions in Motion
 
- Add adjustment clips
 
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- Add storylines
- Use the precision editor
- Conform frame sizes and rates
- Use XML to transfer projects
 
- Glossary
- Copyright and trademarks

Add backgrounds in Final Cut Pro for Mac
Many of the generators provide a general background over which you can place built-in effects, titles, keys, and clips with an alpha channel. Some backgrounds are solid colors, and others are textures such as wood or stone. Some generators even have animated movement, providing a more interesting background.
- Drag the playhead in the Final Cut Pro timeline to the point where you want to add the background clip. 
- If the Titles and Generators sidebar isn’t already shown, do one of the following: - Choose Window > Go To > Titles and Generators (or press Option-Command-1). 
- Click the Titles and Generators button in the top-left corner of the Final Cut Pro window.  
 
- In the Generators browser, double-click the background thumbnail you want to use. 
- Do one of the following: - Browse all generators: Click Generators in the sidebar to display the generators in the browser. 
- Browse a single category of generators: Click a category below Generators in the sidebar. - To view the generators categories, click the Generators disclosure triangle. 
 
- Select the background clip in the timeline. 
- If the Generator inspector isn’t already shown, do one of the following: - Choose Window > Show in Workspace > Inspector (or press Command-4). 
- Click the Inspector button on the right side of the toolbar.  
 
- Click the Generator button at the top of the inspector.  
- In the Generator inspector, adjust the settings for the background clip (if applicable).  
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