# Sashimii vs Final Cut Pro: Rough Cuts for Talking-Head Videos on a Mac

> A comparison of Sashimii, a Mac app in which the user's own AI agent drafts a talking-head rough cut that the user then fixes join by join, with Final Cut Pro 12.4, Apple's video editor for Mac and iPad. Final Cut Pro is better for finishing; Sashimii does the rough cut, and its FCPXML export hasn't been tested in Final Cut Pro.

Canonical: https://sashimii.app/compare/final-cut-pro/
Last updated: 2026-11-04

Final Cut Pro is Apple's full video editor for Mac and iPad, with the Magnetic Timeline, colour grading, Magnetic Mask and captions from speech. It is $299.99 once on the Mac App Store, or part of Apple Creator Studio.

Sashimii is a Mac app for the job before all that: your own AI agent drafts the rough cut of a talking-head recording from its transcript, and you check every join to the frame.

If you need one app to edit and finish in, use Final Cut Pro. Sashimii can do the rough cut and render the video, but opening its export in Final Cut Pro isn't tested yet, so this page doesn't claim the two hand off.

Checked 4 Nov 2026 against Final Cut Pro 12.4.

- **Sashimii:** A Mac app for talking-head rough cuts. Your own AI agent drafts the cut from the transcript, and you fix every join to the frame.
- **Final Cut Pro:** Apple's video editor for Mac and iPad: “Final Cut Pro makes it easy to create polished, pro-quality videos across Mac and iPad.”

## The Job, Stage by Stage

1. **Record.** Neither tool: Shooting the video. Neither tool on these pages records it; it is the source media every later stage works on.
2. **Rough cut.** Sashimii: Yes. Your agent picks the takes from the transcript; Sashimii places every cut on the waveform. Final Cut Pro: Yes. The Magnetic Timeline, for moving and trimming clips while everything stays in sync.
3. **Fix joins.** Sashimii: Yes. Join review steps through every join at frame zoom. Final Cut Pro: Yes. The precision editor shows both sides of an edit point and trims either one.
4. **Graphics and captions.** Sashimii: Partly. Your agent builds on-screen text, karaoke captions and graphics from your notes, in your Style. No subtitle track. Final Cut Pro: Yes. Titles, transitions and effects, and captions generated from speech.
5. **Chapters.** Sashimii: Yes. Chapter notes become the m:ss list for your YouTube description. Final Cut Pro: Partly. Chapter markers in the shared movie, for players like QuickTime and Apple TV; Apple's docs don't describe a YouTube chapter list.
6. **Grade and composite.** Sashimii: no. Final Cut Pro: Yes. Colour correction and grading, and Magnetic Mask to isolate people and objects.
7. **Export.** Sashimii: Yes. Renders an MP4, or exports separate clips on your original recording to Resolve. Final Cut Pro: Yes. Shares finished movies, and exports XML for other apps.

## How Sashimii Is Different

1. **The cut is made to be checked.** Final Cut Pro's precision editor fine-tunes one edit point at a time. Sashimii builds the whole rough cut for review: your agent names each cut by its first and last word, Sashimii moves every edge onto the waveform and flags the pauses it isn't sure about, and join review steps through every join at frame zoom until each one is accepted.
2. **Cut from the transcript.** Final Cut Pro's Transcript Search finds spoken phrases, and Generate Captions turns speech into subtitles, but Apple's docs describe no cutting by editing a transcript. In Sashimii the transcript is the edit: select words and delete them, or let your agent do the first pass, and leave notes on words that become graphics and chapters.
3. **Your agent works on files it can read.** A Sashimii project is a folder of plain JSON beside your recording, and Claude Code or Codex drafts it with Sashimii's skill and command-line tool. Apple's docs describe no way for an AI agent to operate Final Cut Pro.

## Feature by Feature

23 of 32 rows differ; rows marked (same) are the same for both. "No dedicated tool" means Apple's docs describe no equivalent; if that's wrong, write to hello@sashimii.app.

### Transcript and rough cut

| Feature | Sashimii | Final Cut Pro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Your own AI agent drafts the cut | Yes: Claude Code or Codex drafts the cut through the Sashimii skill and command-line tool. | No dedicated tool: Apple's docs describe no way for an AI agent to operate Final Cut Pro. |
| A rough-cut workflow for your agent | Yes: The Sashimii skill teaches your agent the drafting steps and take rules; "check Sashimii" finds the work, and the agent leaves a note on every judgement call. | No dedicated tool: Apple's docs don't describe one. |
| Cut edges placed on the waveform | Yes: The edge pass moves every cut edge onto the audio and flags borderline pauses. | No dedicated tool: The precision editor trims both sides of one edit point, but nothing places cut edges on the waveform for review. |
| Borderline pauses flagged for you | Yes: The edge pass cuts clear pauses and flags borderline ones, such as "Pause 0.4s · cut?", for you to answer Cut or Keep. | No dedicated tool: Apple's docs don't describe one. |
| Join-by-join review at frame zoom | Yes: Steps through every join at frame zoom; play across it, nudge, accept. | No dedicated tool: The precision editor opens one edit point at a time, with Up and Down Arrow to move between them, but nothing steps through every join and tracks which are done. |
| Transcribes speech in the app (same) | Yes: Parakeet speech recognition on your Mac; the model downloads once, then it runs offline. | Yes: Generate Captions transcribes speech (Apple silicon, U.S. English), and Transcript Search finds spoken words in English. |
| Missed speech recovered | Yes: Where the waveform hears speech that no word covers, that stretch is transcribed again on its own. | No dedicated tool: Apple's docs don't describe one. |
| Cut by editing the transcript | Yes: Select words in the transcript and press Delete; the edges land on the waveform. | No dedicated tool: Transcript Search finds spoken phrases, but Apple's docs describe no cutting by editing a transcript. |
| Separate recorder synced by waveform (same) | Yes: A recorder's WAV is lined up with the camera sound by waveform, with the match checked at the start, middle and end. | Yes: Synchronize Clips analyzes audio content, markers, timecode and dates to sync camera and recorder clips. |
| Build a timeline from a script (same) | No: Sashimii cuts one recording from its transcript; it doesn't match a script to clips. | No dedicated tool: Apple's docs don't describe one. |

- Your own AI agent drafts the cut: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/drafting-with-your-agent/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/welcome/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: An AI agent the person runs themselves (such as Claude Code or Codex) reads the transcript, chooses the takes and writes the cut through a documented interface the tool provides.
- A rough-cut workflow for your agent: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/drafting-with-your-agent/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/welcome/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: The tool ships instructions or commands that teach an agent how to draft a rough cut (steps, take rules, where to leave its judgement calls), beyond a general way to operate the app.
- Cut edges placed on the waveform: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/cutting/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/use-the-precision-editor-verc1fac344/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: After the words to cut are chosen, the tool itself moves every cut edge onto the audio, between words, without the person trimming each one.
- Borderline pauses flagged for you: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/cutting/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/welcome/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: Pauses the tool isn't sure about cutting are marked for the person to answer, rather than all cut or all kept by one threshold.
- Join-by-join review at frame zoom: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/reviewing-joins/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/use-the-precision-editor-verc1fac344/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: A review mode that steps through every join of the cut in order, shows it at frame zoom, plays across it and lets the person accept or fix it, keeping track of which joins are done.
- Transcribes speech in the app: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/getting-started/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/generate-subtitles-automatically-verd6d52c4e8/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: Turns the recording's speech into text inside the app, without the person uploading it to a separate service.
- Missed speech recovered: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/projects/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/welcome/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: Where the audio has speech that no transcribed word covers, the tool transcribes that stretch again on its own.
- Cut by editing the transcript: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/cutting/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/find-clips-and-projects-ver65764b45/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: Selecting or deleting words in the transcript removes that stretch of the recording from the edit.
- Separate recorder synced by waveform: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/projects/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/sync-audio-and-video-verc1fabc30/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: Audio from a separate recorder is lined up with the camera's sound by matching their waveforms.
- Build a timeline from a script: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/projects/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/welcome/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: The tool matches a written script to recorded clips and assembles a timeline from the matching takes.

### Graphics, chapters and sound

| Feature | Sashimii | Final Cut Pro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Notes on words become graphics and chapters | Yes: Select words, press N and tag the note (Text on screen, Zoom, B-roll, Chapter and more); your agent builds the graphics in your Style, and Chapter notes become chapters. | No dedicated tool: Markers can hold notes and chapter markers mark chapters, but nothing turns a note into a graphic. |
| YouTube chapters | Yes: Copy YouTube Chapters copies one m:ss line per chapter, with 0:00 added when needed. | Partly: Chapter markers in the shared movie, for players like QuickTime and Apple TV; Apple's docs don't describe a YouTube chapter list. |
| Voice cleanup (same) | Yes: Reduces noise and room echo on your Mac, with Listen to Cleaned or Original to compare. | Yes: Voice Isolation, Background Noise Removal and Hum Removal in the Audio inspector. |
| Subtitles from speech | No: Karaoke captions can be made as graphics from a note; there is no subtitle track or file. | Yes: Generate Captions makes subtitles from speech (Apple silicon, U.S. English); captions export as SRT and other formats. |

- Notes on words become graphics and chapters: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/notes/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/add-chapter-markers-verc9cacc031/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: A note attached to words in the transcript, tagged with what it asks for, turns into a graphic or a chapter at those words.
- YouTube chapters: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/chapters/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/add-chapter-markers-verc9cacc031/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: Chapters marked in the edit become the timestamp list or chapter metadata YouTube reads.
- Voice cleanup: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/voice-cleanup/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/enhance-audio-verc1fab873/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: Reduces background noise or room sound in recorded speech.
- Subtitles from speech: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/notes/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/export-closed-captions-ver245c7581b/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: A subtitle or caption track generated from the transcribed audio, that can be edited and exported.

### Finishing suite

| Feature | Sashimii | Final Cut Pro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Colour grading | No: No colour tools. Export to Resolve to grade. | Yes: Colour correction and grading, with Enhance Light and Color for one-click balance. |
| Compositing and VFX | No: Only the graphics your agent makes. | Yes: Magnetic Mask isolates people and objects without a green screen, with an Object Tracker for effects. |
| Motion graphics | Partly: Your agent writes the graphics from your notes, in your Style; you move, retime and approve them. No graphics editor of its own. | Yes: Titles, transitions and effects; Motion, a separate app, designs custom ones. |
| Audio post | Partly: Voice cleanup, and loudness matched to YouTube's −14 LUFS on render. No mixer. | Yes: Audio editing in the timeline with Logic Pro plug-ins, from a quick fix to a full mix. |
| Multicam | No: One video per project, with at most one separate audio recording. | Yes: Multicam clips synced from several camera angles, cut in real time. |
| Teams on one project (same) | No: A project is a folder of files on your Mac. No accounts or shared projects. | No dedicated tool: Apple's docs don't describe several people working on one project. |

- Colour grading: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/exporting/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: Tools for correcting and grading the picture's colour.
- Compositing and VFX: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/edit-view-and-graphics/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: Layering, keying, tracking and effects on the picture beyond titles.
- Motion graphics: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/edit-view-and-graphics/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: Text and animated graphics designed inside the tool.
- Audio post: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/exporting/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: A mixing environment with tracks, buses, effects and metering for finishing a soundtrack.
- Multicam: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/projects/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/intro-to-multicam-editing-ver23c76439/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: Syncing several camera angles and cutting between them.
- Teams on one project: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/projects/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/welcome/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: More than one person can work on the same project, at the same time or through shared projects.

### AI and agents

| Feature | Sashimii | Final Cut Pro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AI features built into the app | Partly: Speech recognition and voice cleanup, both on your Mac. The editorial calls come from your own agent, not a built-in model. | Yes: Generate Captions, Magnetic Mask, Smart Conform, Transcript and Visual Search, Beat Detection, Enhance Light and Color. |
| Agent connection over MCP | Yes: A command-line step: `sashimii register` adds Sashimii's MCP server to Claude Code or Codex. There's no in-app connect flow, and the skill works without it. | No dedicated tool: Apple's docs describe no MCP server or AI agent connection. |
| Scripting interface | Yes: The sashimii command-line tool and a project of plain JSON files agents can edit. | No dedicated tool: Apple documents XML import and export and workflow extensions for third-party apps, but no scripting interface. |

- AI features built into the app: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/drafting-with-your-agent/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/final-cut-pro/id424389933), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: AI models that ship inside the tool and do editing work (masking, reframing, transcription, voice work and the like).
- Agent connection over MCP: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/drafting-with-your-agent/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/welcome/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: The tool provides a Model Context Protocol server, or an official way to connect one, so an AI agent can operate it.
- Scripting interface: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/for-agents/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/import-using-workflow-extensions-ver3b37ed540/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: A documented programming interface for driving the tool from outside its window.

### Export and handoff

| Feature | Sashimii | Final Cut Pro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Renders the finished video (same) | Yes: MP4 in HEVC 10-bit or H.264, with its graphics. | Yes: Shares finished movies to files, Apple devices and the web. |
| Exports an editable timeline | Partly: DaVinci Resolve only (FCPXML 1.13, tested with Resolve 21.1.1). No Final Cut or Premiere export. | Yes: Imports and exports XML (FCPXML) to move projects to and from third-party apps. |

- Renders the finished video: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/exporting/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: Writes a finished, playable video file of the edit.
- Exports an editable timeline: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/exporting/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/use-xml-to-transfer-projects-verdbd66ae/mac), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: Writes a timeline another editing app can open with its clips still separate and editable.

### Platforms

| Feature | Sashimii | Final Cut Pro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mac (same) | Yes: A native Mac app. | Yes: Final Cut Pro for Mac. |
| Windows (same) | No: Mac only. | No: Apple makes Final Cut Pro for Mac and iPad only. |
| Linux (same) | No: Mac only. | No: Apple makes Final Cut Pro for Mac and iPad only. |
| iPad | No: Mac only. | Yes: Final Cut Pro for iPad, on iPadOS 18.6 or later with an M1 or later, iPad (A16) or iPad mini (A17 Pro). |

- Mac: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/getting-started/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: A native app for macOS that a person can install and use today.
- Windows: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/getting-started/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: A native app for Windows.
- Linux: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/getting-started/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: A native app for Linux.
- iPad: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/getting-started/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/), checked 4 Nov 2026, Final Cut Pro for iPad 3.4. Means: An app for iPad that edits video.

### Requirements and price

| Feature | Sashimii | Final Cut Pro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mac requirement | macOS 26 or later, Apple silicon: About 1 GB of disk for the speech model, downloaded once. | macOS 26.6 or later: From the App Store listing for 12.4 (Apple's product page still says macOS 15.6). Some features need Apple silicon. |
| Release | Beta: A free beta; testers are invited in small groups. | Public release, 12.4: Final Cut Pro 12.4 was released on 29 September 2026. |
| Pricing | Free during the beta: The price after the beta isn't set yet. | $299.99, or a subscription: A one-time purchase on the Mac App Store, or part of Apple Creator Studio at $12.99 a month or $129 a year after a free month. |

- Mac requirement: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/docs/getting-started/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/final-cut-pro/id424389933), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: The oldest macOS release and the Mac hardware the current version supports, as the maker states it.
- Release: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/beta/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://support.apple.com/en-us/102825), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: Whether the current version is a public release or a beta, and which version it is.
- Pricing: Sashimii [source](https://sashimii.app/beta/), checked 4 Nov 2026, v1 beta; Final Cut Pro [source](https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4. Means: How the tool is paid for (free, one-time purchase, subscription) and its entry price, from the maker's own pricing.

## Where Final Cut Pro Is Better

Final Cut Pro is a complete editor and Sashimii isn't. If your video needs any of this, Final Cut Pro (or another full editor) is the tool:

- **Finishing.** Colour correction and grading, Magnetic Mask and the Object Tracker, titles, transitions and effects, with Motion for custom ones, and audio editing with Logic Pro plug-ins. Sashimii has none of these; its graphics are ones your agent writes from your notes.
- **Editing many clips.** The Magnetic Timeline, multicam clips and media organised in libraries. A Sashimii project is one recording.
- **Captions and subtitles.** Generate Captions makes subtitles from speech on Apple silicon, and captions export as SRT and other formats. Sashimii makes karaoke captions as graphics, with no subtitle track.
- **iPad.** Final Cut Pro for iPad works alongside the Mac app. Sashimii is Mac only.
- **Built-in AI.** Generate Captions, Magnetic Mask, Smart Conform, Transcript and Visual Search, Beat Detection and Enhance Light and Color. Sashimii's built-in processing stops at speech recognition and voice cleanup, both on your Mac; the editorial calls come from your own agent.
- **A settled product with a choice of price.** A one-time purchase, or Apple Creator Studio by subscription. Sashimii is a beta, and its price isn't set yet.

## Who Sashimii Is For, and Who It Isn’t

Sashimii is for you if:

- You make talking-head videos on a Mac, and you record far more than you keep.
- You already use Claude Code or Codex, or are happy to, and want it to make the first editorial pass.
- You want to hear every join before you publish, and fix it to the frame.
- Your video is simple enough to render straight from Sashimii, or you finish in DaVinci Resolve.

It isn't for you if:

- You finish in Final Cut Pro and need the timeline there. That handoff isn't tested yet.
- You edit on an iPad, or across many clips and camera angles.
- You want one app for grading, effects, captions and the mix.
- You don't want an AI agent involved. Sashimii can cut from the transcript by hand, but its point is the agent's draft.

## Using Them Together

The Final Cut Pro handoff isn't tested yet. Sashimii's only editor export is for DaVinci Resolve, an FCPXML bundle tested with Resolve 21.1.1. Final Cut Pro imports FCPXML in general, but nobody has opened Sashimii's bundle in Final Cut Pro, so this page doesn't claim it works, or how much of the cut would come across.

What you can do today is render the finished cut in Sashimii as an MP4, with its graphics, and bring that file into Final Cut Pro to add to it. The cuts are baked into the file, so changing them means going back to Sashimii. See [Exporting](https://sashimii.app/docs/exporting/) for what Sashimii renders.

## Pricing

- **Price.** Sashimii: Free during the beta: The price after the beta isn't set yet. Final Cut Pro: $299.99, or a subscription: A one-time purchase on the Mac App Store, or part of Apple Creator Studio at $12.99 a month or $129 a year after a free month. ([source](https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4)
- **Status.** Sashimii: Beta: A free beta; testers are invited in small groups. Final Cut Pro: Public release, 12.4: Final Cut Pro 12.4 was released on 29 September 2026. ([source](https://support.apple.com/en-us/102825), checked 4 Nov 2026, 12.4)

## FAQ

### Is Sashimii an alternative to Final Cut Pro?

For most people, no. Sashimii does the rough cut of a talking-head recording and renders it. It has no colour, effects, multicam or mixing tools, so if your video needs those, you still need Final Cut Pro or another full editor.

### Can Sashimii export to Final Cut Pro?

Not in a tested way. Sashimii's only editor export is for DaVinci Resolve. It is FCPXML, which Final Cut Pro imports in general, but opening it in Final Cut Pro hasn't been tested, so treat it as unsupported until it is.

### Does Final Cut Pro have text-based editing?

Not as cutting by editing a transcript, as far as Apple's docs describe. Transcript Search finds spoken words or phrases in English, and Generate Captions transcribes speech into subtitles on Apple silicon.

### Can an AI agent edit in Final Cut Pro?

Apple's docs describe no MCP server or AI agent connection for Final Cut Pro. It has built-in AI features instead, such as Magnetic Mask and Generate Captions. Sashimii works with your own Claude Code or Codex.

### Can Final Cut Pro make YouTube chapters?

Final Cut Pro adds chapter markers to the shared movie, for players such as QuickTime Player and Apple TV. Apple's docs don't describe a chapter list for YouTube. Sashimii copies chapters as the list for your video's description.

### What do they cost?

Final Cut Pro is $299.99 once on the Mac App Store, or part of Apple Creator Studio at $12.99 a month or $129 a year, after a free month. Sashimii is free during its beta and its price isn't set yet. Drafting uses your own Claude Code or Codex plan, which may cost money.

Spot something wrong or out of date? Write to hello@sashimii.app.

## Related

- [Exporting](https://sashimii.app/docs/exporting/)
- [Drafting with your agent](https://sashimii.app/docs/drafting-with-your-agent/)
- [All comparisons](https://sashimii.app/compare/)