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Searching for multiple items in the browser, Searching for unused clips in your project – Apple Final Cut Express 4 User Manual

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Part V

Organizing Footage and Preparing to Edit

Searching for Multiple Items in the Browser

You can also do a search to find multiple clips at once.

To search for multiple items in the Browser:

1

Make the Browser active, then choose Edit > Find (or Press Command-F).

2

Select your search options, then enter your search criteria.

For more information, see “

About Search Options

” on page 255.

3

Click Find All.

A list of found items is displayed in the Find Results window.

If necessary, you can restrict a search to the elements of the Find Results window. For
more information, see “

Manipulating Items in the Find Results Window

” on page 259.

Searching for Unused Clips in Your Project

You can search for unused clips in your project.

To search for unused clips:

1

Do one of the following:

 Open your project.
 Make sure your project is the frontmost tab in the Browser.

2

Choose Edit > Find (or Press Command-F).

3

Choose your project from the Search pop-up menu.

4

Choose Unused Media from the For pop-up menu and deselect the “in selected
sequences” checkbox to the right of the menu.

5

Click Find All.

A list of unused clips is
displayed in the Find
Results window.