Apple Final Cut Express 4 - Manual (Page 952)

952 Part XI Project Management and Settings
Resolving Property Differences Between Matching Clips
Suppose you are editing a project and you send a copy to an assistant editor to work
on a particular sequence. While editing, the editor modifies the Master Comment 1
property of several clips in the sequence. When you get the project back, you drag the
newer sequence into your project and Final Cut Express determines the following:
 The clips in the source (newer) sequence match master clips in the destination
(original) project.
 One or more of the following source and destination clip properties do not match:
 Name
 Good
 Log Note
 Scene
 Master Comments 1–2
Final Cut Express displays the Copy Master Clip dialog to help you resolve the
differences between clip properties.
About the Copy Master Clip Dialog
The Copy Master Clip dialog appears when you move or copy matching clips from one
project to another project and some clip properties are not the same. This dialog
contains three options for resolving matching clips with different properties:
 Use properties from the clip you are adding to the destination project.
 Use properties from the existing clip in the destination project.
 Create a new master clip (and affiliate clips, if necessary) with the properties from the
clip you are adding.