Apple applications that support Final Cut Pro

This section will show you applications that are developed by Apple that have features that are useful to Final Cut Pro editors.

Motion 5

Motion 5 is a motion graphics application that creates 2D, 3D, and 360° titles and transitions in real-time. As an indication of the integration of Motion 5 and Final Cut Pro, all effects that are part of Final Cut Pro, both default and third-party, have been created with Motion 5.

The Motion 5 application is so fully integrated into Final Cut Pro that all of the third-party plug-ins that you use with Final Cut Pro are contained in a folder on your system hard disk, called Motion Templates. The folder exists when you use third-party plug-ins, even if you don’t own the Motion 5 application.

I strongly urge you to purchase Motion 5. As you will see in this section, it allows you to personalize plug-ins and provides the opportunity to create your own digital animations, which can...