Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 271)

There are two features available to several fields:
• Slate buttons: Click the Slate button to increment the last number or letter in the field.
• If the current field doesn’t end with a number, a “1” is appended.
• If the field ends with a single character (such as “A”), the character is incremented
alphabetically (in this case, to “B”).
• Combinations of numbers and letters, such as “893z”, are incremented as well (for
example, to “894a”). Uppercase and lowercase characters are preserved.
• Checkboxes: Select a checkbox to add a field’s text to the Name field.
For more information, see “Choosing Names and Logging Information for Clips.”
To name your clip
1 Select the checkbox next to the log properties you want to include in the name of the
clip—Description, Scene, Shot/Take, and Angle.
2 Enter a brief description of the clip in the Description field. (Click the Slate button to
increment this field by 1.)
Note: After you log a clip, the last number in the Description field is automatically
incremented.
3 Enter a scene number in the Scene field. (Click the Slate button to increment this field by
1.)
4 Enter numbers for the shot and take in the Shot/Take field. (Click the Slate button to
automatically increment this field by 1.)
5 If the footage was part of a multicamera shoot, enter a camera angle number in the Angle
field. (Click the Slate button to automatically increment this field by 1.)
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