Can I edit 360 Video in Final Cut Pro with a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)?

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Can I edit 360 Video in Final Cut Pro with a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)?

I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) with 2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i&, 16 GB of ram, and an Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB.

With this machine I'm unable to edit 360 video footage with the GoPro 360 Reframe plugin using Adobe Premiere Pro 2020 because it requires hardware acceleration.

If I switch to Final Cut Pro instead of Adobe Premiere Pro, will I be able to edit 360 video?

NOTE: Yes, I know that there is a trial version of Final Cut Pro. However, my Macbook Pro has limited space on the flash storage drive and to install Final Cut Pro I would need to remove Adobe Premiere. Thus, I want to know if it will work before I go through that hassle.

Posted on Apr 13, 2021 1:00 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 13, 2021 2:12 PM in response to CyberEnt

Installing the trial does NOT require uninstalling anything.

If your problem is not enough space on the system drive you need to make space - even if you don’t install FCP. macOS needs some 15-20% free spaceon the system drive just for normal operation. Performance degrades as the drive gets full. Put video files and other large documents in external drives.

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Tom Wolsky

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Apr 13, 2021 1:34 PM in response to CyberEnt

Sorry that wasn’t in the original message.

The OS needs to be updated to 10.15.7 or 11.

It will work. Your system drive is too full to work well. The graphics is also under powered. The application doesn’t require hardware acceleration.

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CyberEnt Author

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Apr 13, 2021 1:22 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Catalina v 10.15.6

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)

2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7

16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB

Again - I know there is a trial version but installing it would require me to remove a large application like Premiere Pro which I don't want to do unless I know if it will work first...

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