Whereas other developers will make you pay again for new versions, here the license includes access to all future updates.

This may seem high, but it’s cost-effective in the long run. But there are some useful recent additions, such as a smart conform tool that intelligently crops your clips to aspect ratios that suit various social platforms.įinal Cut Pro costs a one-off fee of $299.99. It hasn’t had a major update for a while, which may be why it’s fallen behind Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve in popularity.

It synchronises efficiently with other aspects of Apple’s system, such as iTunes and Photos collections, and you can import projects you’ve started editing in iMovie.įinal Cut Pro has a good range of powerful editing features, including HDR colour grading and 360° video. Though a downside is that it’s not available for Windows or Linux users, Final Cut Pro is designed to work efficiently with Apple hardware and software. Its 'magnetic' timeline is popular among pro editors for the way it makes it easy to insert shots within a sequence without other clips losing relative position. In its very intuitive interface, the assembly process feels slick, and the clip organisation is very efficient. Like a lot of Apple software, Final Cut Pro is designed to maximise creativity and minimise fuss, and so it’s surprisingly easy to use.

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