Final Cut Pro User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new
-
- Intro to effects
-
- 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 storylines
- Use the precision editor
- Conform frame sizes and rates
- Use XML to transfer projects
- Glossary
- Copyright
Create a stereo video project in Final Cut Pro for Mac
To take full advantage of the stereo video capabilities of Final Cut Pro, you need to edit in a project whose video format is set to Spatial/Stereo 3D. Final Cut Pro sets project properties based on the properties of the first clip you add to the project, so you can create a Spatial/Stereo 3D project by adding a spatial video clip (or any other stereo video clip) to a new, empty project. You can also set stereo project properties manually.
Create a stereo video project with stereo clips
In Final Cut Pro, select an event in the Libraries sidebar, then choose File > New > Project (or press Command-N).
In the window that appears, make sure “Set based on first video clip properties” appears after “Video.”
If you don’t see “Set based on first video clip properties,” click Use Automatic Settings.
Enter a name for the project, then click OK.
In the browser, locate one of the stereo video clips that you imported.
Make sure the clip has the stereo video properties that you want in your new project. See Check the settings for imported stereo video clips.
Add the clip to the new (empty) timeline.
If the clip properties match a built-in preset, Final Cut Pro sets the project properties to match the properties of the clip you added.
After you create your stereo video project, you edit your stereo clips in the timeline the same way you edit standard clips. See Intro to editing in Final Cut Pro for Mac.
Create a stereo video project manually
In Final Cut Pro, select an event in the Libraries sidebar, then choose File > New > Project (or press Command-N).
Enter a name for the project in the window that appears.
Click the Format pop-up menu and choose Spatial/Stereo 3D.
If you don’t see the Format pop-up menu, click Use Custom Settings.
Click the “Resolution per eye” pop-up menu and choose a frame size.
To choose a custom frame size and frame rate, click the Format pop-up menu and choose Custom, click the Projection Type pop-up menu and choose Spatial/Stereo 3D, then enter a frame size and choose a frame rate.
If you shot spatial video on iPhone, click the Hero Eye pop-up menu and choose Left or Right, depending on the metadata in your footage.
You can check the metadata in the inspector or the browser. See Import stereo and spatial video in Final Cut Pro for Mac. The Hero Eye setting determines how the final exported file is encoded. You can ignore the Hero Eye setting for footage shot on Apple Vision Pro, since both eyes are recorded at the same quality.
Click the Color Space pop-up menu, then choose the color space for your project, including the color space of the project’s render files.
The color space you choose should be the color space in which you intend to export for final delivery. When the color-processing setting in the Library Properties inspector is set to Wide Gamut HDR, wide-gamut settings appear in this menu. For standard formats, the rendering color space is chosen for you based on other settings.
Note: For spatial video recorded on iPhone, use Standard - Rec. 709. For spatial video recorded on Apple Vision Pro, use Wide Gamut - Rec. 2020.
Make any other changes to the project’s video, audio, or rendering properties, then click OK.
Download this guide: PDF