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

Change gradient colors in Final Cut Pro for Mac
You can use the gradient controls to create gradients in titles and generators.
Change the colors in a gradient
- In Final Cut Pro, select a title or generator, then open the inspector. 
- Click the Gradient disclosure triangle to show the gradient editor. 
- To change the color of a color tag in the gradient editor, do one of the following: - Double-click a color tag.  - The Colors window appears. Use the Colors window to set a color for the tag. 
- Click a color tag, then adjust the Red, Green, and Blue color channel sliders.  
- Click the down arrow next to the color well to display the pop-up color palette. When you move the pointer over the color palette, the pointer becomes an eyedropper. Click in the top area to select a color, or click in the bottom gradient to set the tag to a grayscale value.  
 
Change the opacity in a gradient
- In Final Cut Pro, select a title or generator, then open the inspector. 
- Click the Gradient disclosure triangle to show the gradient editor. 
- In the gradient editor, click an opacity tag. - The Opacity slider becomes available.  
- Use the Opacity slider or adjacent value slider to change the level of transparency. - The gradient reflects the new opacity values. - The lower the percentage of opacity, the greater the transparency. 
Add or remove a color tag
- In Final Cut Pro, select a title or generator, then open the inspector. 
- Click the Gradient disclosure triangle to show the gradient editor. 
- In the gradient editor, position the pointer in the lower gradient bar where you want to add the new color, then click. - A new color tag is added to the gradient.  
Add an opacity tag to a gradient
- In Final Cut Pro, select a title or generator, then open the inspector. 
- Click the Gradient disclosure triangle to show the gradient editor. 
- In the gradient editor, position the pointer in the opacity bar (the top bar) where you want to add the tag, then click. - A new opacity tag is added to the gradient. - Until the value is adjusted, the gradient opacity is 100%. 
Remove a color or opacity tag from the gradient
- In Final Cut Pro, select a title or generator, then open the inspector. 
- Click the Gradient disclosure triangle to show the gradient editor. 
- In the gradient editor, drag the tag away from the gradient bar. 
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