Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 User Guide

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Rewind a range selection or clip
 1 In the Timeline, select a range, a whole clip, or a group of clips whose contents you want 
to rewind.
 2 Choose Rewind from the Retime pop-up menu in the toolbar (shown below), and choose a 
speed from the submenu.
The selection is duplicated, added to the end of the original selection, and then reversed 
according to the speed choice. An additional duplicate of the Timeline selection follows the 
reversed section and plays back in...

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 3 If you want to adjust the speed of the instant replay segment, drag the retiming handle to the 
left to increase the speed or to the right to decrease it.
Original clip(now a segment)Instant replay segment set to a manual slow-motion setting
Drag the retiming handle to 
change the speed of the instant replay segment.
 4 To see the instant replay effect, play back the original selection and the instant replay segment.
Create jump cuts at specified frames
To compress...

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You can skip 3, 5, 10, 20, or 30 frames.
Create a hold segment
In Final Cut Pro, you can hold on a particular frame to create a still image, temporarily stopping 
the action onscreen. By default, Final Cut Pro adds a 2-second still frame, called a hold segment, at 
the location of the skimmer or playhead, but you can change the duration of the hold segment 
at any time.
Alternatively, you can create separate freeze-frame clips in Final Cut Pro. One key difference...

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 3 If you want to adjust the duration of the hold segment, drag the segment’s retiming handle to 
the right to increase the duration, or to the left to decrease it.
Drag the retiming handle to change the duration 
of the hold segment.
 4 To see the effect of the hold segment, play back the clip in the Timeline.
Reset retimed clips to play at normal speeds
You can reset a range selection or a clip to play back at normal (100 percent) speed at any time. 
Resetting the...

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Here are things to keep in mind when working with multiple formats and frame sizes:
 •Choose video and audio project properties based on how you intend to share your final movie 
with your audience. For example, if you’re editing a project with mixed-format media and you 
intend to share it as 1080p HD, you should set your project’s video properties to 1080p HD.
 •If you’re unsure of the final distribution format, the most important decision you can make 
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 •Fill: Makes the clip’s video fill the project’s frame size. In the case of an SD clip in an HD project, 
Final Cut Pro scales up the SD clip to fit the HD project’s frame size. Cropping occurs along the 
clip’s longer dimension to allow the shorter dimension to fill the screen. In the case of an HD 
clip in an SD project, Final Cut Pro scales down the HD clip to fit the SD project’s frame size. 
Cropping occurs along the clip’s shorter dimension to allow the longer...

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Add an interlaced clip to a non-interlaced (progressive) project
Some video formats use an interlaced scanning method that divides a video frame into two 
fields, each consisting of alternating odd and even lines that are scanned at different times. 
If you want to add an interlaced clip to a progressive project, you can have Final Cut Pro 
deinterlace the clip so that it plays at full resolution, free of the alternating jagged lines 
associated with interlaced clips...

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Use roles to manage clips
Roles overview
Roles are metadata text labels that you assign to clips in the Browser or the Timeline, and 
they provide a flexible and powerful way to manage your editing workflow. You can use roles 
in Final Cut Pro to organize clips in your events and projects, control the appearance of the 
Timeline, and export separate video or audio files (also known as media stems) for distribution, 
audio mixing, or post-production.
Selected roleClips...

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 •Roles can be assigned to audio or video components of a clip, but can’t be assigned to a clip 
range or a portion of a clip.
 •You can view and reassign the role of an audio component in the Info inspector (or by using 
the Modify menu when the clip that contains the audio component is in the Timeline).
 •You can assign different roles to each instance of a clip. For example, if you add a clip from the 
Browser to the Timeline, copy clips between events, or copy...

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 4 To change the role assignments for the selected clips, choose different roles from the Roles 
pop-up menu.
View and reassign roles in the Timeline Index
 1 To open the Timeline Index, click the Timeline Index button in the lower-left corner of the 
Final Cut Pro main window (or press Shift-Command-2).
 2 To open the Clips pane, click the Clips button at the top of the Timeline Index. 
 3 If the Roles column is not visible in the Clips pane, Control-click a column...