Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1529)

Important: Because breaking the master-affiliate clip relationship can lead to more
complex media management, you should break the relationship only when absolutely
necessary.
To make a sequence clip independent
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In the Timeline, Control-click an affiliate clip, then choose Make Independent Clip from
the shortcut menu.
The affiliate clip is now an independent clip. Any changes you make to this clip will not
affect the master clip, and the relationship to this clip’s media file is now managed
independently of other clips in the project.
To make all clips in a sequence independent
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In the Browser, select a sequence, then choose Modify > Make Sequence Clips
Independent.
Changing Independent Clips to Affiliate Clips
If you have a sequence of independent clips, you can create new master clips for them
in the Browser. This turns each independent clip into a clip affiliated with its new master
clip. There are several reasons why you may have a sequence of independent clips:
• You imported a project from Final Cut Pro 3 or earlier. In this case, all the clips in your
project are independent.
• You imported a Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format file without master clip
information.
To create a master clip from an independent clip in a sequence
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Drag a clip from the sequence to the Browser to create a copy of it.
The clip in the Browser automatically becomes a master clip, and the sequence clip you
dragged becomes an affiliate of the master clip.
To create new master clips for an entire sequence of independent clips
1 Do one of the following to define the scope of the Create Master Clips operation:
• To create master clips corresponding to every clip in your project: Make sure nothing is
selected in the Browser or the Timeline.
• If you want to limit the creation of master clips to a specific group of clips or
sequences: Select those clips or sequences.
2 Choose Tools > Create Master Clips.
Every independent clip in your project becomes associated with a master clip in one of
two ways:
• If a master clip linked to the same media already exists: Independent clips that are linked
to the same source media on disk become affiliates of these preexisting master clips.
1529 Chapter 90 Working with Master and Affiliate Clips