Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 448)

Undoing and Redoing Actions
As you begin to edit in Final Cut Pro, rest easy with the knowledge that you can undo
actions you take in your projects, sequences, and clips, including editing clips into
sequences. The Undo command is helpful if you make a change you don’t like, or make
a mistake and want to revert to an earlier version. You can also redo actions that you
have undone.
By default, you can undo 10 of your previous actions before quitting Final Cut Pro. You
can set Final Cut Pro to undo up to 99 actions in the General tab of the User Preferences
window. The more levels of Undo you select, the more memory is needed to save all of
your changes. For more information on modifying the number of changes to undo, see
“Choosing Settings and Preferences.”
You can change the
number of Undo
levels here.
To undo a change
µ
Choose Edit > Undo (or press Command-Z).
To redo a change
µ
Choose Edit > Redo (or press Command-Shift-Z).
Overview of Ways to Add Clips to a Sequence
When you edit, there are two basic ways to add clips to your sequence. Once you
determine how you want to add clips, you can specify what part of each clip you want
to add. You can also add entire clips or groups of clips to your sequence for your rough
edit.
Note: You can automatically conform a sequence’s video settings to the settings of the
first clip you edit into the Timeline. For more information, see
“Working with Mixed-Format
Sequences.”
Methods for Adding Clips to Sequences
There are two basic approaches to placing clips into a sequence—drag-to-Timeline editing
and three-point editing. Three-point editing can be more precise than dragging clips
directly to the Timeline, but it requires a few additional steps. In the earliest stages of
editing, you may prefer the simplicity of the drag-to-Timeline method.
448 Chapter 31 The Fundamentals of Adding Clips to a Sequence