Sharpener
for Final Cut Pro

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Sharpener is a powerful, easy-to-use sharpening plugin for Final Cut Pro. Sharpen the entire clip, or the shadows, midtones and highlights independently.

Use up to three masks to sharpen just your subject, then blur or defocus everything else to guide the viewer's eye. Brightness, contrast, saturation and color balance controls are built in.

Works with the current versions of Final Cut Pro and macOS, on Intel Macs and natively on Apple silicon. Pay once, yours forever; past customers get updates. Every order has a 30-day money-back guarantee.

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Sharpening for Final Cut Pro

Overview

Sharpener is a powerful, easy-to-use sharpening plugin for Final Cut Pro.

Sharpen the entire image, or the shadows, midtones and highlights on their own. Multiplier and threshold controls add detail without harsh edges.

Guide the viewer's eye, too: sharpen just your subject with up to three masks, then soften everything else with blur or defocus. Brightness, contrast, saturation and color balance are built in.

Features

Tonal sharpening: all, highlights, midtones or shadows, each with Multiplier and Threshold.
Up to three masks: sharpen only the areas you choose.
Draw attention: blur or defocus everything outside the masks.
On-screen mask controls: drag to move, resize and rotate, with feather and roundness.
Basic corrections: brightness, contrast, saturation and color balance in the same effect.

How to use

In the Effects browser sidebar, click My FCPeffects (show the sidebar if it's hidden).
Drag Sharpener onto your clip.
In the Inspector, use All.Sharpen, or the Highlights, Midtones and Shadows controls.
To sharpen one area, set Sharpen.Range to a mask and position it in the viewer.
Add Outside.Mask.Blur or Defocus to soften the rest. Turn off the mask outline before you export.

Requirements