![]() ![]() The leftmost panel can be expanded or collapsed to show/hide the drives, events, folders and collections. The Event Library pane shows all hard drives and Events visible to FCP X, as well as the Keyword and Smart Collections created by the editor. This enables the editor to locate clips using any of these subdivisions.Įxpand or collapse Event Library. Keyword Collections can be placed into folders for a further level of organization. On-camera employee clips can be placed into different sets of Keyword Collections that are organized by day/camera, department/category and person’s name. The example image is from a series of grocery store commercials. Media within an Event can be organized by assigning keywords, which places the equivalent of a full-length subclip into a corresponding Keyword Collection. The corresponding Event folder on the hard drive can contain links/aliases to external media or actual media, depending on your import preference settings. Events are the location to store master clips (sources) within the FCP X interface. When multiple clips are highlighted, the editor can use the Inspector to enter common values for all of these clips with a single entry. can be entered in the Event column or in the Inspector pane. Custom user data, like reel names, scenes, takes, camera angles, etc. If you organized camera media by day and camera on the hard drive, the same breakdown will be automatically created in FCP X as part of the import.Įntering multiple user data fields. The latter function is the equivalent of creating bins with subclips in other NLEs. Enable this preference on import and hard drive folders will be used for Keyword Collections. FCP X lets you use that structure when importing files. Many editors like to “pre-organize” media files on their hard drives at the Finder level. This handy utility controls the location (and visibility) of Events and Projects by automatically moving unneeded files between the active and “hidden” folders.įinder organization. The solution is Event Manager X from Intelligent Assistance – an essential tool for working with FCP X. All active Events and Projects are open and accessible when you launch FCP X. Unfortunately a colossal oversight was the lack of any way to organize these within the application. These divisions correspond with matching data files and folders at the Finder level. FCP X organizes media and sequences into Events (source media) and Projects (edited sequences). Click on the thumbnails to see an enlarged image for an expanded view of each of these tips. Here are some tips that will help you get more out of FCP X. I’ve covered some of these concepts in previous posts on “Rethinking NLE Design”. When editors take advantage of these tools, FCP X can prove to be a very fast way to cut. The beauty of Apple Final Cut Pro X is in its power to organize media. ![]()
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