I’ve been experimenting with the Slow Motion capabilities in Final Cut Pro on my new MacBook Pro 16” with the M4 chip, and I have to say – I’m seriously impressed.

The clips were shot yesterday on my  iPhone 14 Pro Max at 60fps, just standard real-time footage.

But instead of relying on the iPhone’s built-in slo-mo (which kinda sucks), I dumped the footage into Final Cut Pro and applied Smooth Slo-MO at 25% speed – a feature that analyzes motion and generates entirely new in-between frames to create smooth slow motion.

What’s especially impressive is how the M4 chip handles this process. Final Cut Pro is optimized for Apple Silicon, and the M4 crunches through the frame interpolation with ease. It’s not just stretching footage – it’s using machine learning–based motion analysis to synthesize realistic transitional frames.

The result? Fluid, cinematic slow motion that looks like it was shot at  240fps – but created entirely in post from a standard 60fps clip.

No stutter. No ghosting. Just AI-assisted magic.