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

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  • Searching for Items in the Timeline

    The Final Cut Express search engine is built to search for other items beyond clips and sequences. Use FCE's Find command to search the Timeline for clip names, marker text, and clip timecodes. You can search for items forward or backward. You can also search for and close gaps in all tracks in a sequence or in individual tracks.

    Tip

    • This might be a good time to mention that when you place a clip in a sequence, the new sequence clip is a separate version from the one that stays in the Browser, even though the two clips may have the same name. So if you are searching for the sequence version of a clip, you need to search in that sequence.

    To search for items in the sequence:

    1.

    Open the sequence in the Timeline.

    2.

    Do one of the following:

    • To search the entire sequence, position the playhead at the start of the sequence.

    • To search a selected portion of the sequence, set the sequence In and Out points to specify the search area; or position the playhead at the beginning of the section you want to search (Figure 10.118 ).

      Figure 10.118. Position the playhead at the beginning of the section you want to search.

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    3.

    Choose Edit > Find; or press Command-F.

    4.

    From the Search pop-up menu, choose the type of item to search for (Figure 10.119 ):

    • Names/Markers: Search for the text in clip names, marker names, and marker comments.

    • Timecode Options: Search for any source or auxiliary timecode in a clip.

      Figure 10.119. Specifying a search for clips or markers with "Intro" in their names.

    5.

    From the Where pop-up menu, choose which tracks to search:

    • All Tracks: Search all tracks in the sequence.

    • Auto Select Tracks: Search only tracks with Auto Select controls enabled.

    • From In to Out: Search between the sequence In and Out points on all tracks (Figure 10.120 ).

      Figure 10.120. Specifying a search of the sequence from the sequence In to the sequence Out point.

    6.

    To perform the search,

    do one of the following:

    • Click Find to find the item.

    • Click Find All to find all occurrences of clips that match the search criteria (Figure 10.121 ).

      Figure 10.121. Clicking Find All causes FCE to highlight all clips in the sequence that match the search criteria.

    Clips matching the search criteria are selected in the Timeline (Figure 10.122 ). If the search returns a marker, the playhead is positioned on the marker.

    Figure 10.122. Two clips whose names contain the phrase "Intro" are highlighted in the Timeline. Only the section between the sequence In and Out points has been searched.

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    To cycle through items in the Timeline that match the criteria:

    • Follow the search procedure outlined in the preceding steps; then press F3.

    To search for an item backward from the position of the playhead:

    • Follow the search procedure outlined in the preceding steps; then press Shift-F3.