Apple Final Cut Express 4 - Manual (Page 278)

278 Part V Organizing Footage and Preparing to Edit
Final Cut Express places new subclips in the same Browser bin as the original clip they
came from, automatically appending the word “Subclip” to the name and numbering
each successive subclip you create from a particular clip. For example, if the original
clip is named “Debra enters cafe,” the first subclip is named “Debra enters cafe Subclip,”
the second is “Debra enters cafe Subclip 2,” and so on. When a new subclip is first
created, its name is highlighted and ready to be changed.
You can rename subclips, move them into different bins, and organize them in any way
you choose. After you’ve created your subclips, you can open them in the Viewer and
set new edit points, just as you can with any other clip. The original clip remains in the
Browser, but is completely independent of your subclips. Any changes you make to a
subclip are not applied to the original clip.
To create a subclip:
1 Open a clip in the Viewer.
2 Set In and Out points.
3 Do one of the following:
 Choose Modify > Make Subclip.
 Press Command-U.
Sometimes, you may be looking for a particular frame in a subclip, and realize that
although those frames existed in the original clip, they were left out when you created
the subclip.
If you’ve opened a subclip to a certain frame in the Viewer, but you’d rather find the
same frame in the original media file (perhaps to pick an In or Out point outside the
subclip limits), you can easily swap the two in the Viewer.
A new subclip appears in
the Browser below the
master clip, defined
by the In and Out
points you set.