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

Lisa Brenneis

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  • 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:

    1.

    Hold down the Option key as you drag the item (or items) that you want to copy (Figure 7.30 ).

    Figure 7.30. Hold down the Option key as you drag a selection to copy it to a new location.

    2.

    In the new location, release the mouse button.

    The item is copied and appears in both locations (Figure 7.31 ).

    Figure 7.31. The items are copied and now appear in both locations.

    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.

    • Chapter 4, "Projects, Sequences, and Clips," for details on how to delete media files on disk.

  • If you try to delete a master clip from a project, FCE warns you that you're about to break that master clip's relationship to any affiliated clips you've used elsewhere in the project (About Clips" in Chapter 4 for more information.

    Figure 7.33. FCE will warn you if you're about to delete a master clip with links to other clips in your project.

    • To modify clip properties in the Browser:

    1.

    Control-click the clip that you want to modify.

    2.

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

    Figure 7.34. Control-clicking an item is the quickest way to access a specified tab in the Item Properties window.

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

    Tip

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

    To make changes to multiple Browser items or entries:

    1.

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

    Figure 7.35. Command-click to select multiple items to modify.

    2.

    Control-click one of the selected items.

    3.

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

    Figure 7.36. Use the shortcut menu to specify a change you want to make.

    To rename clips, sequences, and folders:

    1.

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

    Figure 7.37. First, select the item you want to rename.

    2.

    Press Enter.

    3.

    Type a new name (Figure 7.38 ).

    Figure 7.38. Click the item's name again to open the field for editing; then type a new name.

    About Clips" in Chapter 4.