Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 User Guide

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Save, back up, and make versions of your projects
Final Cut Pro automatically saves all the changes you make as you work on a project, which 
means you never have to save changes manually. Also, you can undo all of your changes up 
to the last time you quit and reopened Final Cut Pro by choosing Edit > Undo (or pressing 
Command-Z).
You can create multiple versions of a project by duplicating it. For more information, see 
Duplicate projects and clips
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You can also adjust the filmstrip appearance in the Timeline to make it easier to view and select 
audio waveforms.
Filmstrip appearance 
changed for easy 
viewing and selection 
of audio waveforms
Select one or more clips
Clips represent your video, audio, and graphics files and allow you to work with your media in 
Final Cut Pro without changing the files themselves. To add clips to your project, rearrange them, 
or trim them, you first need to select them. You can...

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A yellow border appears around the clip, indicating that it is selected.
Note:  A Timeline clip selection (shown above) is different from a Timeline range selection, 
which has visibly distinct range handles for adjusting the selection start point and end point. All 
selections in the Browser are actually range selections (with adjustable start and end points).
Select multiple clips in the Browser or the Timeline
 m To select a number of individual clips: Hold down the...

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Select a range
Instead of selecting whole clips, you can select a range within any clip in the Timeline or the 
Browser. In the Timeline, you can also select a range that spans multiple clips. You can trim range 
selections, mark them with ratings and keywords, and modify them in other ways. You can adjust 
the range selection start and end points by dragging either side of the selection. You can also 
create multiple range selections in one or more clips in the...

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Tip:  To temporarily turn on the Range Selection tool, hold down the R key. When you release the 
R key, the tool reverts to the previously active tool.
Range handles
 m Use the I and O keys to set the range selection start and end points. For more information, see 
the instructions below. 
 mIn the Browser or the Timeline, move the skimmer (or the playhead) over a clip and press X. 
Final Cut Pro sets the range selection start and end points at the clip start and end...

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Extend or shorten the range selection
 mTo adjust where the range starts or ends: Drag the left or right edge of the yellow selection border.
 mTo reset the start point or end point for a range within the same event clip or project:  Move the 
skimmer and press I or O.
Tip:  You can also press the I or O key while a clip is playing back.
 m To extend or shorten a range within an event clip: Move the skimmer to any frame that you want 
the range to begin or end with, and...

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Manage multiple range selections in event clips
In the Browser, you can set multiple ranges within one or more clips, and you can select and 
deselect ranges after you set them. For example, you might set multiple ranges in a long event 
clip, and then deselect some of the ranges before adding all of the selected ranges to the 
Timeline at once.
Note:  Selected ranges have a thick yellow border. Unselected ranges have a thin orange border. 
Editing commands operate on...

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The additional range selection appears in the clip.
To remove a range selection, Option-click it.
Select and deselect ranges and clips in an event
You can set, select, or deselect multiple ranges within event clips or within events.
Important:  Editing commands operate on yellow selections only. Editing commands ignore 
orange (unselected) ranges.
Selected rangesUnselected ranges
 m To select an individual range: Click the range.
 mTo select or deselect a range:...

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Navigate between selections in an event
 mTo go to the start of the range selection: Choose Mark > Go to > Range Start (or press Shift-I).
Repeat this command to go to the start of the previous range selection, or to the start of the clip. 
 mTo go to the end of the range selection: Choose Mark > Go to > Range End (or press Shift-O).
Repeat this command to go to the end of the next range selection, or to the end of the clip.
 mTo select the previous clip (or its...

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In the Browser, an orange line along the bottom of an event clip indicates the clip is being used 
in the current project (open in the Timeline). To turn this view on or off, choose View > Show 
Used Media Ranges.
An orange line along the bottom of an event clip indicates it is being 
used in the current project.
Drag clips to the Timeline
You can add clips to the Timeline by dragging them from the Browser, from a Final Cut Pro media 
browser (such as the Photos...