Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 435)

Chapter 16 Preferences and metadata 435
Duplicate a metadata view
If you want to create a new metadata view that contains most of the metadata fields in an
existing metadata view, you can save time by duplicating the existing metadata view and then
modifying it.
1 Select a clip.
2 Open the Info inspector.
3 In the Info inspector, choose the metadata view you want to duplicate from the Metadata View
pop-up menu, and then choose Save Metadata View As from the Metadata View pop-up menu.
4 In the window that appears at the top of the Final Cut Pro window, enter a name for the new
metadata view and click OK.
The new metadata view appears in the Metadata View pop-up menu in the Info inspector.
Modify the new metadata view as needed.
Delete a metadata view
1 Select a clip.
2 Open the Info inspector.
3 In the Info inspector, choose Edit Metadata View from the Metadata View pop-up menu.
4 In the Metadata Views window, select the metadata view you want to delete in the column
on the left, and choose Delete Metadata View from the Action pop-up menu in the
lower-left corner.
The metadata view is removed from the left column of the Metadata Views window and from
the Metadata View pop-up menu in the Info inspector.
Note: Deleting a metadata view does not delete metadata applied to a clip or its source media.
Batch rename clips
When you import media into Final Cut Pro, the clips often contain meaningless names, such
as those assigned by the camera. Although you can rename clips individually, you can also
automatically rename a selection of clips as a batch (batch rename) in the Event Browser, after
the media has been imported into Final Cut Pro. Final Cut Pro provides customizable naming
presets that make renaming large amounts of clips efficient and easy.
Batch rename clips using a naming preset
1 In the Event Browser, select the clips you want to rename.
2 To open the Info inspector, click the Inspector button in the toolbar (shown below), and click the
Info button at the top of the pane that appears.
3 Choose Apply Custom Name from the Action pop-up menu and choose a naming preset
from the submenu.
The clips selected in the Event Browser are renamed.