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Final Cut Pro

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120 Reviews and Ratings

What is Final Cut Pro?

Apple offers Final Cut Pro, a video editing platform featuring optimized for a high performance machines and supporting a wide range of quality effects.

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Final Cut Pro Reviews

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Final Cut, still the best!!

Incentivized
François LavalléeView profile
president in Human Resources at Aliter Concept (1-10 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have to record several live or virtual conferences. My primary use of Final Cut, although not professional (using all the effects and features), is to produce professional-looking videos that will be exportable to social media or on the private website I created for my clients. Final Cut is just a perfect tool to produce high-quality videos rapidly.

Pros

  • Export to compressor.
  • Easily add subtitle.
  • Possible to copy and paste templates.
  • Possible to add soundtrack without any hassle.
  • Possible to extract soundtrack.

Cons

  • The tool palettes and toolbars are sometime difficult to decipher.
  • Some advanced features are not easy to find.
  • Floating descriptive menu whenever the mouse moves on the tool might help.
  • So many tools that a novice is easily lost.
  • A menu of all the keyboard shortcuts would be useful.

Return on Investment

  • Allows my business to self publish video of high quality.
  • Allows my business to rapidly export videos to social media.
  • In conjunction with Compressor this is an exceptional tool.
  • The editing tool allows my business and I to conduct lengthy interviews with experts and share them in a very professional manner.
  • The fact that we can do everything ourselves without outside help saves us a lot of money.
  • Excellent investment!!

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Premiere Pro and iMovie

Other Software Used

Handbrake Video Transcoder, YouTube Live, iMovie, Microsoft Teams, Skype, Apple Keynote

Easy to use and priced right.

Incentivized
Michael DancyView profile
video editor in Marketing at Think Video (1-10 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I've been using FCPX since 2015, which has increased my video output speed. Once you assign the keyboard shortcuts, someone can edit quickly within the app. Whether it's doing overlays with voiceover, simple cuts, or more complex masking, FCPX can do it. It's simple to learn and easy to use and a powerhouse with the new Apple Silicon processors. Plus, it's a one-time cost—no recurring payments for features you might not use. I considered switching and trying Adobe PP, but the learning curve was steep, and I was not too fond of recurring billing. I also tried DaVinci Resolve but preferred editing with FCPX since I can quickly pump out a video.

Pros

  • Adding titles is easy.
  • Overlays and voiceovers.
  • Detach audio for L and J cuts.
  • Simple effects using waypoints and movements.

Cons

  • Motion is a seperate application that ties in with FCPX but it's difficult to learn and use.
  • The first frame dictates the resolution and frame rate for the rest of the video so use the highest res video you have to get started.

Return on Investment

  • Over the nine years that I've been using Final Cut, it's paid for itself multiple times.
  • Once you learn the tool, it can be used quickly and efficiently.
  • It only works with Macs but can also be used on a iPad if you are budget conscious.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere Pro

Other Software Used

Microsoft Excel

Final Cut Pro: Its the right choice

Incentivized
Abhinav Bajpai
Graphics Artist in Professional Services at Prasar Bharati (10,001+ employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Well Final Cut Pro (FPC) is a very easy to use software, with much advance features and backed by power packed performance . The best part is since it operates on MAC so the performance is rally awesome. We are using this editing software with Breakout cables and we also integrate with other third-party hardware so that it gives us the best outputs. The rendering time also decreases if you use BM hardware

Pros

  • News Programmes Edits
  • Films and Serials Editing
  • Capsule Videos for Social Media
  • Colour Correction and Grading

Cons

  • I think the software is really awesome , it is dependable and trustworthy. I dont found any drawbacks

Return on Investment

  • ROI is low , but if you have multiple projects you should go for it considering Quality

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Premiere Pro and VEGAS Pro

Final Cut Pro: Effective, affordable and extremely powerful tool for Video Edint

Incentivized
Josh MeederView profile
Owner in Marketing at Great Things LLC (1-10 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Final Cut Pro has been a core software for my company for years. For video editing, it can not be beat. The power and features of Final Cut Pro is unapparelled in the market. Even with all of the flexibility, it is easy to use. I use Final Cut Pro for professional video editing for my clients. When they need something special and impactful, they call me to produce it. Often this is when the basic videos available fall short of producing what is needed.

Pros

  • Masking and managing Multiple layers
  • Automated featured: Audio analysis, matching audio clips, more
  • Library and file organization

Cons

  • Ease of setting defaults and grouping commonly used effects.

Return on Investment

  • Over 80% of the video work that comes my way is from previous videos and production I have made with Final Cut Pro.
  • Changes and Revisions are a breeze with FCP's file management and processes. This has allowed me to manage adjustments without blowing the estimate, or creating overage charges for my clients.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

iMovie

Final Cut Pro X is an easy video editor to pick up, and it's powerful enough to make great videos

Incentivized
Seth PaineView profile
Web & Media Developer at The Coming Home Network International (1-10 employees)

Pros

  • The non-linear editor is very intuitive.
  • The live scrubbing helps me go back and forth over edits to help me get a cut right quickly.
  • There are so many third party plugins to install to add whatever effect you want to your video.
  • The ability to connect the export to many services like YouTube makes putting your videos much quicker and easier.

Cons

  • I would love to see Apple implement a shared cloud project functionality like Final Cut Pro.
  • it would be good to have the option to use a linear editor if you want to, it would be nice to have both options.
  • The file references should be relative to the project file so if you have all your files under one folder and you move the whole folder to another drive you don't have to relink all the fils.

Return on Investment

  • It was quick to learn and master most things in it, so it saved a lot of money in training time.
  • On more complex projects it has become very sluggish so I have probably limited the scope of some projects to fix how well Final Cut Pro can handle the work load.
  • For the short videos I do create with it, it is quick and easy to edit with Final Cut Pro X, so I can put out a number of videos a week if I have to.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Premiere Pro

Other Software Used

WordPress, WooCommerce, Adobe Photoshop