Final Cut Pro 10.7—All the Latest Features You Need to Know

The Scrolling Timeline

One of the most iconic features of Final Cut Pro over the years has been its timeline and its unique timeline-based editing features. With Final Cut Pro 10.7, the scrolling timeline works by moving under the playhead. It’s a great feature to help keep your active clips right in front of your eyes.

This scrolling timeline also allows for more control of the overall view as it's easier to move forward or backward in the timeline as well. Plus, with the jump forward and stop playback hotkeys, you can work much more quickly, and it's truly one of the more intuitive NLEs on the market.

Improved Object Tracking Feature

The latest version of Final Cut Pro also features a new and improved Object Track feature that makes use of Apple’s machine learning capabilities. This object-tracking tool does a great job of tracking subjects in your clips, even if they’re potentially obscured or fall out of frame for a bit.

It’s not any revolutionary feature by any means, as many cameras and other editors have this tool, but with Apple Silicon Macs specifically, this feature has been majorly enhanced and should work as well—if not better— than other software or platforms.

Multi-Engine Export and Other Features

Finally, while there are dozens of updates that have come to Final Cut Pro with these last few versions, including better organizational tools, video role controls, and of course new features specifically for Final Cut Pro on iPad, one of the best new features has to be the improvements Apple has made to its H.264 and HEVC exports.

Thanks in part to the new M-series chips at work, all available media engines in macOS Sonoma and later are able to export faster than ever before. In many instances, users should see up to 10% improved export speeds, plus some different options and controls for exporting multiple intermediate files at once.

Here's a full list of updates for Final Cut Pro 10.7:

• Automatically scroll the timeline to keep your clips in view under the playhead during playback.
• Increase editing efficiency by combining a selected group of connected clips into a connected storyline.
• View both video and audio role colors to easily see the organization of the timeline at a glance.
• See improved results when using the Object Tracker’s all-new machine-learning model to analyze the movement of faces and other objects on Mac computers with Apple silicon.
• Use the enhanced Reveal in Browser feature to easily locate a clip in the browser without losing your selected Keyword Collection or Smart Collection.
• Export HEVC and H.264 files faster by simultaneously processing video segments across available media engines (requires macOS Sonoma or later and a Mac with Apple M1 Max, M1 Ultra, M2 Max, M2 Ultra, or M3 Max).
• Fixes an issue that caused an offline media badge to remain on an event after reconnecting.
• Fixes an issue that could cause video to be cropped in the Multicam angle editor.
• Improves performance when upgrading a library that contains many markers.