Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 User Guide

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Access media on an archive or disk image
If you’ve created a camera archive, you can use the media in the archive in two ways:
 •You can connect to the camera archive, making the media available to Final Cut Pro.
 •You can import the media from the archive, or import media from disk images previously 
archived with the Final Cut Pro Log and Transfer window in Final Cut Pro 7 or earlier. When you 
do this, copies of the media are created on your local disk.
Some file-based...

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Organize files while importing
You can choose how to organize your media when you import it into Final Cut Pro.
You can copy the source files into the library or link to them at their current location. If your 
source files have Finder tags or the folders containing the files have meaningful names, you can 
choose to have the tags and folder names applied to the files as keywords during import.
If your source footage contains shots of people, you can have Final Cut Pro...

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 4 In the Keywords section, select any of the following options:
 •From Finder tags: Creates a keyword for each Finder tag in the files you’re importing. 
Additionally, a Keyword Collection is created for each keyword. For more information about 
Finder tags, see the help for OS X (available from the Help menu when the Finder is active).
 •From folders: Creates a keyword for each folder name and applies the keyword to all the files in 
the folder during import. Additionally,...

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A live video image from the camera appears in the Media Import window.
 3 Click Import.
 4 In the window that appears, choose how you want to organize the imported media in your library:
 •To add the imported clips to an existing event: Select “Add to existing event,” and choose the 
event from the pop-up menu.
 •To create a new event: Select “Create new event in,” use the pop-up menu to choose the 
library in which you want to create the event, and type a name (for example,...

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About memory cards and cables
To import media from your recording device to your computer, you need to remove the memory 
card from your device and insert it into either your computer or a memory card reader. You can 
also connect your device directly to your computer using the appropriate cable. Then you can 
import the media on the memory card or device using the Media Import window. For more 
information, see Import from a hard disk
 on page 38 and Import from file-based...

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 •Thunderbolt device: Devices that use  Thunderbolt I/O technology use a connector that plugs 
into the mini display port on your Mac and looks like the connector below.
If your device didn’t come with a cable and you’re not sure what kind of device you have, you 
can check the logo near the cable ports on your device to see if it matches the USB or FireWire 
logo, both shown above. Otherwise, check the documentation that came with your device.
Note:  Not all Mac computers...

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Audio formats
 •AAC
 •AIFF
 •BWF
 •CAF
 •MP3
 •MP4
 •WAV
Still-image formats
 •BMP
 •GIF
 •JPEG
 •PNG
 •PSD (static and layered)
 •R AW
 •TGA
 •TIFF
Container formats
 •3GP
 •AV I
 •MP4
 •MTS/M2TS
 •MXF (requires third-party plug-in)
 •QuickTime
For information about formats you can export your movie to, see Supported export formats
 on 
page 402.
Import and adjust REDCODE RAW video files
You can import and work with REDCODE RAW (R3D) files in Final Cut Pro.
RAW format video...

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For more information about importing media, see Import from file-based cameras on page 24 
and Import from a hard disk
 on page 38 . For more information about transcoding media, see 
Manage optimized and proxy media files
 on page 425 .
Note:  If you are importing files from the RED ONE camera, it is recommended that you import 
the R3D RAW files only. The RED ONE camera typically generates a set of up to four QuickTime 
reference movie (.mov) files for each R3D RAW file....

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 3 Do one of the following:
 •Choose Window > Show Inspector (or press Command-4).
 •Click the Inspector button in the toolbar.
 4 Click the Info button at the top of the pane that appears.
 5 In the Info inspector, click the Modify RED RAW Settings button.
 6 In the RED RAW Settings window, adjust the settings.
Your changes are saved nondestructively to an external metadata file with the file extension 
.RMD, overwriting any existing RMD metadata file. Unlike video effects...

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Analyzing media overview
You can have Final Cut Pro analyze your media and automatically correct common problems it 
may find in your video, still images, and audio. For example, you can balance color and remove 
excess hum or loudness.
You can also analyze clips to identify their contents. Analysis can detect the number of people in 
a shot and identify if the shot is a close-up, medium, or wide shot. This is helpful if you need to 
quickly find a certain type of clip while viewing footage or...