Cinematic Editor

An interface for viewing and adjusting focus points in Cinematic mode video clips in the Final Cut Pro timeline.

To open the Cinematic Editor for the selected clips, do one of the following:

  • Choose Clip > Show Cinematic Editor (or press Control-Option-F).

  • Control-click the clip in the timeline and choose Show Cinematic Editor.

Two kinds of focus points appear in the Cinematic Editor (on the selected clips in the timeline):

  • Automatic focus points: These are created by the Camera app while recording in Cinematic mode on iPhone. In the timeline, automatic focus points appear as white dots.

  • Manual focus points: These are created when you tap the screen (to focus on a particular item in the scene) while recording in Cinematic mode on iPhone. In the timeline, manual focus points appear as yellow dots with a ring around them.

The Cinematic Editor showing automatic focus points (white dots) and a manual focus point (a yellow dot with a ring around it)