Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 1531)

48 Part I Media and Project Management
 Use the Duplicate as New Master Clip command: This allows you to duplicate a master
clip in the Browser as a new, unrelated master clip. The new master clip is unaffiliated
with the original master clip.
Important: If you have several master clips that refer to exactly the same media,
make sure you use only one of them for editing unless you have a reason to use a
different one. Keeping multiple master clips that refer to the same media file can be
potentially confusing during media management, recapturing, and reconnecting.
 Use the Make Master Clip command: This command is available in the Modify menu if
you select an affiliate clip in the Browser. It turns an affiliate clip into its own master clip.
Implicit and Explicit Master Clips
Suppose you have a sequence that contains a lot of copies of the same clip. All of these
clips are affiliate clips with a single master clip in the Browser. If you delete the master
clip in the Browser, your project still contains the master clip information even though
the master clip can no longer explicitly be seen in the Browser. This means that the
affiliate clips still share their properties, which are stored in the implicit (now invisible)
master clip.
You shouldn’t delete master clips without a good reason, but if you do, your affiliate
clips won’t lose their property affiliations. It’s easy to make the master clip explicit by
dragging an affiliate clip from the Timeline to the Browser or by choosing View >
Reveal Master Clip with an affiliate clip selected. When Final Cut Pro does not have an
explicit master clip in the Browser to reveal, it asks if you want to create one.
How Master Clips Connect to Media Files
The connection between a master clip and its media file is the clip property called
Source. A clip refers to a media file via this property, which contains a directory path.
A directory path describes where a file is located within the file and folder hierarchy of
the file system. For example, the hard disk is the top level of the hierarchy, as all files
and folders are contained within the hard disk. The location of one of your media files
might be described like this:
/Volumes/Scratch Disk/Capture Scratch/My Project/My Media File
To find a clip’s media file in the Finder:
m Select a clip and choose View > Reveal in Finder.