What is Final Cut Pro for iPad?
Final Cut Pro for iPad is a professional video creation app that puts the power of Final Cut Pro at your fingertips. Final Cut Pro reimagines video editing for iPad with an all-new touch interface so you can record, edit, finish, and share your content—all from one portable, powerful device.
Edit with hands-on precision
Assemble clips in the Magnetic Timeline, which fluidly adjusts adjacent clips to eliminate gaps, collisions, and sync problems.
Trim clips using your finger, an Apple Pencil, or pro keyboard shortcuts. For even more precision, trim or nudge clips frame by frame using the jog wheel.
Connect clips to the primary storyline to lock cutaway shots, superimpose titles, and sync sound effects.
Edit multicam footage, automatically syncing up to four camera angles into a single multicam clip, then cut from angle to angle with the touch of a fingertip.
Edit Cinematic mode video recorded on iPhone, using onscreen controls to adjust the focus in Final Cut Pro.
If you have the latest iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, use Apple Pencil to skim clips in the timeline and browser. You can also skim clips by swiping on a connected Magic Trackpad.
Capture your best shot
Record video directly in Final Cut Pro using pro camera mode—with enhanced shooting features, including 4K and HD capture; video stabilization; multiple frame rates; smooth zooms; zebra pattern overexposure indicator; and automatic or manual focus, shutter speed, ISO settings, focus peaking, and white balance.
Wirelessly connect to Final Cut Camera on iPhone and iPad to record up to four angles at once using Live Multicam.
Or shoot on your favorite video camera—including iPhone—and then import media into your project.
Import Final Cut Pro for iPad projects created on another iPad created on another iPad, or import iMovie for iOS projects.
Record high-quality audio using the built-in microphones in your iPad Pro, with Bluetooth® connected microphones (including AirPods), or external microphones with a USB-C connector.
Make every effect special
Add stunning visual effects using any of the built-in video effects, transitions, and backgrounds.
Add masking and color-keying effects, or have Final Cut Pro automatically isolate a foreground subject so you can swap in a different background.
Animate effect settings over time using keyframes.
Change a clip’s speed to create cinematic fast-motion, slow-motion, reverse-motion, and freeze-frame effects.
Add titles, bumpers, lower thirds, and credits, and set them in motion.
Use Live Drawing to add hand-drawn text and doodles to video with your finger or Apple Pencil, then play the video to see an animated “draw-on” effect. You can customize the drawing speed to fit the mood of your video—make it slow and deliberate, or fast and frenetic.
Ace the color grade
Automatically enhance light and color, or make detailed color adjustments manually.
Inform your color decisions using pro video scopes.
Apply log processing to imported footage using built-in LUTs for ARRI, Blackmagic Design, Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, and Sony digital cameras.
Mix and match SDR and HDR footage, and let Final Cut Pro manage your color space settings automatically.
Make your project sing
Add pro audio effects with dozens of plug-ins for audio compression, EQ, and more.
Record narration and live audio directly in the timeline using built-in or external microphones.
Let Final Cut Pro analyze your audio and fix common problems like excess hum or loudness.
Add professionally composed music to your project from the included soundtracks. The soundtracks dynamically adjust to fit the length of your video.
Export and share everywhere
Export files in a variety of professional formats, including Apple ProRes, or share your project with the world using the most popular social media formats.
Export your project with video and audio, with video or audio only, as a single frame, or as a complete project (with or without its media) for importing into Final Cut Pro on another iPad or on your Mac.