Visual QuickStart Guide [Electronic resources] : Final Cut Express HD for Mac OS X نسخه متنی

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Start in the Browser window. Choose Edit > Find (Figure 7.16 ); or press Command-F.

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In the Find dialog box, type your search criteria or choose from the search criteria options available from the pop-up menus along the bottom of the dialog box (Figure 7.17 ).

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Click Find Next.

FCE highlights the found item in the Browser (Figure 7.18 ).

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In the Browser window, choose Edit > Find; or press Command-F.

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In the Find dialog box, type your search criteria, or select from the search criteria options available from the pop-up menus along the bottom of the dialog box (Figure 7.19 ).

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Select an option from the Results pop-up menu. You can choose to replace the results of your previous Find command or add the new results to your previous list of found items (Figure 7.20 ).

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Click Find All.

The list of found items that match your search criteria appears in the Find Results window (Figure 7.21 ).

• Searching by the Name column in the Browser will return clips whose current name matches the search criteria. But if you renamed your clips after capture, searching by both the Source and Name columns will track down all of the clips (including those pesky renamed clips) associated with a source media file.

• You can search within the Find Results window. If you've assembled a large group of items in the Find Results window and you want to refine your list or perform an additional search, you can choose Project: Find Results from the Search pop-up menu (Figure 7.23 ).

  
  

  Figure 7.23. Performing a search of the Find Results window.

  
  

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• Can't remember the name of a clip, but you know what it looks like? In Icon mode, the Find Results window displays thumbnail images, just like the Browser. What a relief.

Search the Project or Search the Sequence?

You can perform two types of searches in FCE:

• Choose Edit > Find with the Browser window selected, and FCE will search all open projects for clips, sequences, graphics, and effects, but will not search for items located inside sequences.

• Choose Edit > Find with the Timeline selected, and your search will be limited to the currently open sequence. You'll want to search in the sequence if you are looking for the sequence version of a particular clipa clip you applied effects to after you inserted it into a sequence, for example. Searching for items in the Timeline is discussed in Chapter 10, "Editing in the Timeline and the Canvas."