At the heart of Final Cut Pro X is the Magnetic Timeline, a trackless approach to editing footage that lets add and arrange clips wherever the user want them, while other clips instantly slide out of the way. Clip Connections can be used to link primary story clips to other elements like titles and sound effects, so they stay in perfect sync when they are moved. Related story elements can be combined into a Compound Clip that can be edited as a single clip. The groundbreaking new Auditions feature lets swap between a collection of clips to instantly compare alternate takes.
Content Auto-Analysis scans media on import and tags content with useful information. Final Cut Pro X then uses that information to dynamically organise clips into Smart Collections, so user can easily find the clips he want by close up, medium and wide shots as well as media type and the number of people in the shot. Parts of clips can be tagged with Range-based keywords to add custom search criteria to the media.
Completely rebuilt from the ground up, Final Cut Pro X is a 64-bit app that takes full advantage of the latest Mac hardware and software so you never have to wait for the next edit, even if the user is working with 4K video. Final Cut Pro X uses multi-threaded processing and the GPU on graphics card for blazing fast background rendering and superb real-time playback performance. Additionally, a ColorSync-managed color pipeline ensures color consistency from import to output.
Final Cut Pro X also includes powerful tools for audio editing and color correction, and is complemented by two companion apps, Motion 5 for professional motion graphics and Compressor 4 for advanced media encoding, available from the Mac App Store for £29.99 each.
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