
It isn’t aimed at pros (that’s Premiere Pro’s job Elements is designed for home videos) but it expands your editing repertoire and boasts some useful AI-driven tools.
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If you’ve outgrown iMovie then Final Cut Pro X is the obvious upgrade and much less intimidating than before, but while FCPX may be better value than ever it’s still a pretty hefty investment.įor more casual use you might want to consider Adobe Premiere Elements, which currently retails for about £80.

The app is also ready for HDR (High Dynamic Range) video and boasts professional colour management and correction together with superb multi-camera editing and very good audio editing. One of the big differences between FCPX and iMovie is its support for 360-degree virtual reality, which includes support for the leading VR headsets (for example you can emulate the HTC Vive) and 360-degree cameras.Īdding 3D, 360-degree titles is a lot of fun, and you can apply effects such as blurs and glows. If you have a MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, you also get context specific tools that are particularly good for new users. Editing is fast and easy, and we particularly like Compound Clips: it enables you to group video, audio and other elements together so you can move them around together or just reduce the amount of detail in your timeline. They’re colour-coded for easy identification.

Your various clips are organized into what FCPX calls Roles, which categorise your clips: dialogue, effects, music and so on. It has integrated uploading to YouTube, Facebook and Vimeo as well as a wide range of video output formats. There's a huge selection of effects – not just video but audio, transitions and title effects too – and you can add more from third party specialists.
