Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 User Guide

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Compressor Settings
Use this destination to export a project or clip using settings from Compressor, the professional 
transcoding application designed to work directly with Final Cut Pro. 
Note:  The Compressor Settings destination does not appear by default. To add it to the 
Destinations list, see Create and modify share destinations
 on page 403 .
Exporting a project with a Compressor setting provides many of the benefits of Compressor 
without actually...

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Work with metadata
Display and change clip metadata
Information about your source media files, information recorded by the camera, and descriptive 
information about a clip are called metadata
. In Final Cut Pro, you can create your own 
combinations of metadata to display with your clips, called metadata views. You can either create 
new metadata views or modify the ones that come with Final Cut Pro.
In Final Cut Pro, you work with three types of metadata:...

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Switch metadata views in the Info inspector
You can change the metadata fields shown in the Info inspector by choosing a different 
metadata view from the Metadata View pop-up menu.
 1 Select a clip.
 2 Open the Info inspector.
 3 Choose a metadata view from the Metadata View pop-up menu.
Metadata View pop-up menu
Note:  If you create custom metadata views, they also appear in the pop-up menu.
Change a clip’s metadata
 1 Select a clip.
 2 Open the Info...

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 7 To add a property to the metadata view, select the checkbox to the left of the property.
Click a checkbox to add a property to the metadata view.
Action pop-up menu
 8 When you are satisfied with the metadata fields assigned to the metadata view, click OK.
The new metadata view is added to the Metadata View pop-up menu in the Info inspector.
Modify an existing metadata view
You can change the combination of metadata that appears in an existing metadata view....

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 3 In the Info inspector, choose the metadata view you want to duplicate from the Metadata View 
pop-up menu, and then choose Save Metadata View As from the Metadata View pop-up menu.
 4 In the window that appears at the top of the Final C ut P ro window, enter a name for the new 
metadata view and click OK.
The new metadata view appears in the Metadata View pop-up menu in the Info inspector. 
Modify the new metadata view as needed.
Delete a metadata view
 1...

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 4 In the Naming Presets window, double-click Untitled, type a name for the new preset, and 
press Return.
The new naming preset appears in the Apply Custom Name submenu of the Action 
pop-up menu.
Duplicate an existing naming preset
The simplest way to create a new naming preset is to duplicate an existing preset—one that 
contains most of the name format options you want to include—and modify it.
 1 In the Browser, select the clips you want to rename.
 2 Open...

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 4 In the Naming Presets window, add name tokens by dragging the elements from the Clip Info, 
Date/Time, Format, and Camera areas to the Format field.
To remove a naming token, select it in the Format field, and press Delete.
 5 Rearrange the tokens in the Format field by dragging them into new positions.
 6 If you like, add text characters between naming tokens in the Format field, such as underscores 
(_) and spaces.
 7 When you are satisfied with the naming...

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Keyboard shortcuts and Multi-Touch gestures overview
Final Cut Pro provides several ways to increase your efficiency while you put together your project:
 •Standard keyboard shortcuts: Many common tasks, such as opening a specific window or 
adding a clip from the Browser to the Timeline, can be accomplished very quickly by pressing 
one or more keys. See Keyboard shortcuts
 on page 458.
 •Multi-Touch gestures: If you have a Multi-Touch trackpad or mouse, you can take advantage of 
Multi-Touch...

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Editing
Command ShortcutAction
Adjust Volume Absolute Control-Option-LAdjust the audio volume across all 
selected clips to a specific dB value
Adjust Volume Relative Control-LAdjust the audio volume across 
all selected clips by the same dB 
value
Append to Storyline EAdd the selection to the end of the 
storyline
Audition: Add to Audition Control-Shift-YAdd the selected clip to the 
audition
Audition: Duplicate and Paste 
Effects Option-Command-Y...

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Command ShortcutAction
Cut and Switch to Viewer Angle 4 4Cut and switch the multicam clip 
to angle 4 of the current bank
Cut and Switch to Viewer Angle 5 5Cut and switch the multicam clip 
to angle 5 of the current bank
Cut and Switch to Viewer Angle 6 6Cut and switch the multicam clip 
to angle 6 of the current bank
Cut and Switch to Viewer Angle 7 7Cut and switch the multicam clip 
to angle 7 of the current bank
Cut and Switch to Viewer Angle 8 8Cut...