Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 45)

Chapter 2 Bringing Media into Your System 45
Set rough In and Out points for a clip:
Use the transport controls to go to the beginning of a section of a media that you want
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to transfer. Click the Mark In button to set an In point to roughly mark the beginning of
the clip. Play the video forward until you’ve reached the end of the media you want to
transfer. Click the Mark Out button to mark the rough Out point of the clip.
Log a clip:
Enter a reel name or number in the Reel field, if you wish. Final Cut Pro automatically
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adds the folder name of the mounted volume as the reel name.
You can quickly choose
logging information that
you’ve used previously from
the Autofill pop-up menu.
Logging fields
You can add incremental
numbers to a field’s logging
information by clicking the
Increment button.
Enter a short, descriptive clip name in the Clip Name field. m