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

Show onscreen controls in Final Cut Pro for Mac
The onscreen controls for transitions appear when a transition is selected. The onscreen controls for clip effects appear when an effect is selected, or when the playhead is positioned over a clip or title in the timeline that has a video effect applied. You can also show or hide the onscreen controls.
Note: Onscreen controls are always hidden when you play clips in the timeline.
Show or hide a transition’s onscreen controls
In Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
- Show the transition’s onscreen controls: Select the transition in the timeline. 
- Hide the transition’s onscreen controls: Deselect the transition in the timeline. 
Show or hide a clip effect’s onscreen controls
In Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
- Show the effect’s onscreen controls: Position the playhead over a clip with the effect, or select the clip with the effect in the timeline, then select the effect in either the Video Animation editor or the Video inspector. 
- Hide the effect’s onscreen controls: Deselect the clip with the effect in the timeline, or deselect the effect in the Video Animation editor or Video inspector. 
Note: If a clip contains multiple effects that use onscreen controls, only the topmost effect’s onscreen controls appear when the playhead is positioned over the clip.
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