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

Working with Browser Items

Copying, pasting, and moving items in FCE's Browser is very much like working with items in the Mac Finder, with one important exception: When you delete a Browser clip, you're not actually deleting its underlying source media file, just the clip reference. Delete a sequence, though, and your edits are really gone for good.

To make a copy of a Browser item:

To remove a Browser item from a project:

Do one of the following:

Figure 7.32 ).



Figure 7.32. Control-click the item that you want to delete; then choose Cut from the shortcut menu.

1.

Control-click the clip that you want to modify.

2.

From the shortcut menu, choose Item Properties (Figure 7.34 ).

The Item Properties window opens with the clip's name highlighted.

• Try selecting the clip and pressing Command-9that's the keyboard shortcut that opens the Item Properties window.

1.

Command-click to select the items or entries that you want to modify (Figure 7.35 ).

2.

Control-click one of the selected items.

3.

From the shortcut menu, specify the change you want to make (Figure 7.36 ).

1.

Click to select the item that you want to rename (Figure 7.37 ).

2.

Press Enter.

3.

Type a new name (Figure 7.38 ).