What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.1

Final Cut Pro 10.1 introduces numerous new features and enhancements, detailed below.

Performance and Mac Pro optimizations

Final Cut Pro 10.1 brings the following performance improvements:

Optimization to take advantage of multiple GPUs in the new Mac Pro
HDMI and Thunderbolt output at frame sizes up to 4K (UltraHD and DCI 4K)
Better playback and rendering performance, plus faster opening of the app and projects
Improved performance when modifying or keywording large numbers of clips at the same time
Selected titles, effects, and other media content scaled for 4K projects

Project and media management tools have been enhanced to deliver:

Improved media management with the introduction of libraries, a new way to organize multiple events and multiple projects in a single container
Project snapshots: on-demand backups that allow you to quickly return to an earlier version of a particular project
Media file storage at locations outside the Final Cut Pro X library, making your media accessible in specific folders on a wide range of SANs
Direct import of MTS/M2TS files into Final Cut Pro
Used-clip-range indicators that show you at a glance which clips are already in a project
Direct import of photos from iOS and iPadOS devices using the Media Import window
Support for portrait/landscape metadata in still images

Significant improvements in the Final Cut Pro playback interface and powerful new effects features will empower your workflow.

Improved retiming lets you set custom speeds more easily than ever—by typing frame rates directly in the interface. You can also create jump cuts at specific frames, replace and retime in one step, and retime clips without rippling the timeline. For more information, see Intro to retiming clips in Final Cut Pro.
A new stabilization method called InertiaCam has been optimized to smooth video footage containing camera moves such as pans and zooms. Tripod Mode creates the effect of a static camera mounted on a tripod. See Correct shaky video in Final Cut Pro.
An improved optical flow algorithm makes retiming and frame rate conform speedier than ever. In addition, for Mac computers with two GPUs, the optical flow algorithm now makes use of both GPUs, providing a more than 2x speed increase over a single GPU.
You can now create custom project resolutions for web video, digital signage, and other nonstandard frame sizes. See Modify a project’s settings in Final Cut Pro.
New controls in the Viewer menu let you switch between better playback quality and better playback performance. You can also switch between proxy media and original or optimized media. See Control playback quality in Final Cut Pro.
You can now view all pixels of a 2K frame on a MacBook Pro with Retina display.

Improved editing tools give you more creative flexibility than ever.

Through edits are now supported in all types of clips. The new Join Clips command removes cuts from bladed timeline clips. See Cut clips in two in Final Cut Pro.
You can detach the audio portion of multicam clips in the timeline to manipulate audio and video separately. You can also make video-only or audio-only edits into the timeline with multicam clips as sources.
You can blade audio cuts in J- and L-cuts separately from the video. And you can now roll the audio in open split edits.
If no clips are selected in the timeline, a white dot now appears on the playhead to indicate the clip whose attributes are shown in the inspector.
Moving clips with transitions is now easier.

When it’s time to export your project, you can use several new share options:

Audio fade handles have been added to individual audio channels in the timeline. For more information, see Fade audio in and out in Final Cut Pro.

Final Cut Pro 10.1 also features several new third-party support options:

Developers can use a new API for customizing share operations.
FXPlug 3 has been updated to include the ability to design custom effects interfaces.
Effect parameters, fonts, and text size information are now preserved in XML files.

You can now hide the browser to free up more screen area for color grading and other operations that are easier with larger video images.

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