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
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- Intro to captions
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- Closed captions workflow
- Create closed captions
- Import closed captions
- Show or hide closed captions
- Edit closed caption text
- Adjust and arrange closed captions
- Format closed caption text
- Create multilingual closed captions
- Convert closed captions to another format
- Convert closed captions to subtitles
- Export closed captions
- Generate subtitles automatically
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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
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- Intro to sharing projects
- Share to Apple devices
- Share on the web
- Send a video frame to Pixelmator Pro
- Share in email
- Share stereo or spatial video
- Batch sharing
- Share using Compressor
- Create share destinations
- Change metadata for shared items
- View the status of shared items
- Speed up exports with simultaneous processing
- Glossary
- Copyright and trademarks
Import into Final Cut Pro for Mac from Image Playground
In Final Cut Pro, you can use Image Playground and Apple Intelligence to quickly create stylized images based on a description or people from your Photos library.
Note: Apple Intelligence on macOS 26 or later is not available in all languages or regions. Usage limits may apply.*
In Final Cut Pro, select the event you want to import the image to.
Do one of the following:
Choose File > Import > Image Playground (or press Option-Shift-P).
Click the Import Media button on the left side of the toolbar, then choose Image Playground.

To create an image, see Create original images with Image Playground in the Mac User Guide.
The generated image is imported into the browser as a 1024 x 1024 HEIC file, which you can use in your projects like any other still image.
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