Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1587)

Example: Removing Unused Media from a Sequence
A common Media Manager operation is to remove parts of media files that are not used
in the sequence. For example, in a 30-minute sequence, the sequence clips refer to
30 minutes of media files. However, the total media referred to by these clips’ master
clips can be much more. For example, a master clip may refer to a 5-minute media file,
but when you edit it into a sequence, the affiliate clips’ In and Out points define a sequence
clip that refers to only 1 minute of the media file. Just for that one clip, there are 4 minutes
of the media file that are unused by the sequence clip. With the Media Manager, you can
easily delete the portions of media unused by the sequence clips.
Important: This process preserves media files used by any sequence or clip in all currently
open projects. For example, if two projects refer to the same media file, and they are both
open at the same time, the Media Manager preserves the media file based on its usage
in both projects.
To remove unused media from a sequence
1 In the Browser, select the sequence you want to remove footage from.
Select the sequence
you want to remove
footage from.
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