Quietly but surely, Apple has released their new version of Final Cut Pro X (FCPX 10.4.4) which includes many “small” features that will make your editing workflow a lot easier. Ripple Training has put together some useful tutorials demonstrating those features. Let’s have a look.
As Avid becomes less relevant, and the pricy Premiere Pro suffers from crushes, FCPX is heading forward and penetrates into the pro-editing market. The last update, 10.4.4 is armed with solid features that elevate productivity and collaborative work between editors. Let’s soar over the main FCPX new features.
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Batch Sharing
The Batch sharing feature allows you to export multiple clips or projects from the browser directly without using 3rd party plugins. You can also apply LUT while sharing the clips.
Furthermore, you are not limited to the selection of the entire clips, but also a portion (selection range) can be selected and shared.
The sharing can be done to multiple codecs and compression rates (PreRes files, Vimeo, YouTube and so on). The sharing clips can also be sent to compressor.
Watch the video below for further demonstration of this feature:
Noise Reduction
Till now, an expensive 3rd party plugins were needed in order to perform a nice noise reduction. Now this effect is built into the 10.4.4 update. The noise reduction is an effect like any other effect. You can control the amount and sharpness parameters of this effect. It’s a pretty straight forward, very easy to use, and most important, effective.
Comparison Viewer
This feature allows you to reference frames/ clips in order to compare them to others for consistent color grading. The feature is GUI wise and grant you the privilege of matching between waveforms, RGB parades and other color panels, that your grading will be much more accurate. Until now, you had to perform round-tripping to Resolve in order to create stills and grade matching. Now you can apply this on FCPX directly.
Extension Workflow
The feature allows full integration of selected apps installed from the app store, to operate inside FCPX. This function saves precious time when 3rd party application is needed. Every app implemented inside FCPX owns a unique GUI. For now, FCPX is integrated with Frame.io, Ripple Player and Shutterstock. You can try a watermarked stock photo inside your project, use Frame.io capabilities for multiple editors workflow collaboration and more. Watch the video below that clarifies further the Extension Workflow new feature.[bctt tweet=”You can try a watermarked stock photo inside your project, use Frame.io capabilities for multiple editors workflow collaboration and more” username=””]
Caption Enhancements
Final Cut Pro X’s closed captioning tools just got better with the addition of burn-in captions that converts your captions to subtitles and allow you to export industry-standard SRT caption files. Those captions can be exported from the master file share window.
Watch the video below for further demonstration:
Tiny Planet
If you shoot with a 360 camera, you’re probably familiar with the tiny planet effect. In this video, Steve will show you how to create some whimsical spherical effects and visuals using this new addition to FCPX.
Timecode Viewer
This feature allows much more convenient way to explore timecode. The fully configurable timecode window can be resized, placed anywhere and even dragged to a second screen.
Watch it on the video below:
Price and availability
The update is free to all existing customers. For new customers, the price remains at $299.99. FCPX is available to download from the App Store.
The app will run on High Sierra 10.3.6 and Mojave.
Final thoughts
This is a major update to FCPX that includes many new features and improvements.
Giving the impression that FCPX is getting better, with more adaptation to professional editors. As a FCPX and Premiere editor, I am truly happy with this 10.4.4 version, and can’t wait for next rollouts of the software.
What do you think about FCPX 10.4.4? Have you been using those new features? Let us know in the comments below.
I’m anxious to move forward on my debut documentary intened for hopeful screenings at Film Festivals. Most collaborators have expressed their preference for post work being done with Adobe applications. I however have been using Final Cut 7 and FCPX exclusively.
I am excited to see what the buzz is with 10.4.4. HOWEVER, I’ve just hit a snag. All of our super large file clips taken with Cannon’s C200 are not being recognized in FCP since I updated my Mac OS to Mojave. The Plug in to recognize the raw footage or CRM files is only compatible with the previous Mac OS. So…I think I’m stuck unless I revert to a Time Machine Back up from June of 2018. Or… Cannon releases a new Plug-in for Mojave.
Currently my biggest need is to be able to take these massive files and create as small of a file possible to put onto YouTube in order to generate .srt files to transcribe all of our interviews. Any ideas of how I can accomplish this without needing Final Cut would be great! Handbreak and Quick Time does not recognize Cannon Raw Media files.
I just quickly perused your article and am very interested in spending more time learning from/with you!
Thanks in advance for any replies,
Warren Matson
Milwaukee
Hi Warren,
Thank you so much for your comment and support.
Canon development software has a workaround for this.
You can transcode the heavy c200 files to ProRes. Read this article: https://ymcinema.com/2018/11/26/transcoding-options-for-canon-c200-from-cinema-raw-light-12-bit-to-422-10-bit-alternatives/ .
Thx
Yossy