FCP 10.6.6 and other "Pro" Application Updates

• Import your project from Final Cut Pro for iPad, and take advantage ofblazing performance, advanced color correction tools, and more.

• Use automatic color management to easily edit HDR and SDR clips in the insame project, with intelligent tone mapping of video to match your colorspace.

• Choose from a new collection of professionally designed titles, effects,transitions, and generators to enhance the look of your videos.

• Improve your color correction workflow with the Color Adjustments effect,and apply new color presets to give your clips a particular look.

• Use Scene Removal Mask to remove and replace the background behindsubject, without using a green screen.


Final Cut Pro also includes these additional fixes and enhancements:

• Use the new ProRes RAW Settings window for easy access to ProResRAW ISO, color temperature, and exposure offset.

• Install an Apple ProRes RAW plug-in from a camera manufacturer to viewand adjust settings optimized for that camera's sensor. 

• Export to HEVC at up to 8K resolution with hardware acceleration on Maccomputers with Apple silicon.

• Fixes an issue where multicam clips would sometimes turn black.

• Export to EXR now includes an alpha channel. 

• Fixes an issue where adding video clips from the Photos browser wouldresult in lower-resolution files being placed in the timeline.

• Fixes an issue where Final Cut Pro could not read Sony FX9 clips withembedded LUTs. 

• Fixes an issue where Final Cut Pro would fail to open while an exFAT-formatted SD card with Canon clips was mounted.


Version 10.6.6 • 4.4 GB

(from Apple)

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This might be a good place to let others know if anything else was fixed, or if you notice any new issues...

Trying to figure out what exactly is the value of the new Color Adjustments effect? Matching the iPad color settings or is there anything extra from the normal color controls im missing?

Joeri wrote:

Trying to figure out what exactly is the value of the new Color Adjustments effect? Matching the iPad color settings or is there anything extra from the normal color controls im missing?

It seems like using HDR video, especially from iPhones, has been made "automatic" (as far as mapping the video levels to the Project color space).

(I'm waiting for a few days, at least, before updating myself, so I haven't tested this new functionality.)

It seems that some FxPlug-based plugins no longer work with Rosetta in FCP 10.6.6 (only applies to Apple M* Macs, not Intel)... m02 from MotionVFX being one. This seems to apply to any "older" non FxPlug 4 plugins.

An update tip...

You might want to consider selecting the FCP application in the /Applications folder, the right-click and choose "compress". This way you can keep the 10.6.5 version and try out 10.6.6 and have the option to "downgrade" later...

In 10.6.6 I'm finding all of my Favorite audio Effects now mute the audio when applied. You need to find a clip where the effect is already applied and re-save the Favorite Effect. Then it works as normal.

Color Finale 2 also sent out an email warning users to not update. Seeing as how I'm having basically no problems with the current fcp version (not even getting the scanning audio bug), and I already have Keyper I don't need to upgrade yet. Maybe I'll compress the old version as suggested and go through and see what works and what doesn't. MO2 and fx plug 3 not working anymore is a pity and I hope that when MO3 comes out there will be a sizable discount for people who purchased the entire M02 suite seeing as going forward it will be impossible to use. Luckily, I haven't needed to use it in quite some time for client work but still...

I've seen reports that many audio plugins in FCP have been changed, simplified/dumbed down/restricted in functionality compared with previous versions. This isn't a good sign. 

Missing plugins include: Brightness, Fat EQ, Telephone, Mud Removal
Overly-simplified new versions include: Car Radio, etc.
"Broken" existing/new version of audio effects: Channel EQ, Limiter, Bass Enhancement

The only "sensible" reason (it isn't, all) for these changes may be to ensure feature-parity between the iPad and macOS versions of FCP. Perhaps, some plugins weren't working well enough on iPadOS. Good move, Apple, hamstringing macOS FCP users...

That's good. Apple making Final Cut Pro worse so that it works better with iPad. Apple really hates it's customers. Or they are just incredibly stupid.

I think I'll move back to 10.6.5 and never update.

Redifer wrote:

That's good. Apple making Final Cut Pro worse so that it works better with iPad. Apple really hates it's customers. Or they are just incredibly stupid.

I think I'll move back to 10.6.5 and never update.

Joe, that's called "equity"... smashing the better to be equal with the lesser...
It's 2023, get with it, man... Ha.


Yup, staying on 10.6.5 for what may be a looong time...


P.S. - If I recall correctly, Apple removed a bunch of functionality from macOS Pages (and maybe Keynote and Numbers) when the first few iOS versions were released.

Indeed. If you look at Ripple Training's videos on the new FCP for iPad, and the simultaneously released video about Final Cut Pro 10.6.6, you can clearly see where the interest lies judging by the views alone. The Final Cut Pro (Mac) video has 10x the views as the FCP iPad video. Why cripple the one people care about to appease the version people don't?

FYI - The Audio Effects bug is discussed in more detail here:

github.com/CommandPost/FCPCafe/issues/92