Navigating within the browser using the keyboard, Copying and deleting items in the browser – Apple Final Cut Express 4 User Manual
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Learning About the Final Cut Express Interface
Navigating Within the Browser Using the Keyboard
You can navigate to items in the Browser in various ways, depending on whether you
are viewing items in list view or icon view (see “
Customizing the Browser Display
To navigate within the Browser, do one of the following:
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Press the Up and Down Arrow keys to move up and down in a list of items in list view
or move vertically between items in icon view.
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Press the Right and Left Arrow keys to move horizontally between items in icon view.
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Press the Tab key to move between items alphabetically.
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Type the first few letters of an item’s name.
Copying and Deleting Items in the Browser
Copying or duplicating a clip creates an affiliate clip, which is a clip that shares properties
with the original clip, or master clip. For more information about master-affiliate clip
relationships, see Chapter 60, “
Working with Master and Affiliate Clips
To copy an item, do one of the following:
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Select the item, then hold down the Option key while you drag the item to a new bin
or to the Name column heading.
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Press Option-D to duplicate the selected item.
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Select an item, choose Edit > Copy, then choose Edit > Paste.
To duplicate a master clip, creating a new master clip instead of an affiliate clip:
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Select a clip in the Browser.
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Do one of the following:
 Choose Modify > Duplicate as New Master Clip.
 Control-click the clip, then choose Duplicate as New Master Clip from the shortcut menu.
To delete a clip, sequence, or bin from a project:
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Select the item, then press Delete.
Note: Deleting a clip from a project does not delete that clip’s media file from your
hard disk, nor does it delete any other affiliated clips, including sequence clips. When
deleting a master clip, however, Final Cut Express warns you that affiliated clips will lose
the master clip they refer to. Deleting a master clip turns all affiliated clips into master
clips (in the Browser) or independent clips (in sequences).