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Opening your project – Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started User Manual

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Chapter 4

Basic Editing

Removing In and Out Points

After setting In and Out points, you may want to use a different part of the clip, or you
may just want to start over.

To remove In and Out points, do one of the following:

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Choose Mark > Clear In and Out.

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Control-click the scrubber bar, then choose Clear In and Out.

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Select an In or Out point, drag up or down until the edit point disappears, then release
the mouse button.

Opening Your Project

If you closed your project after capturing your video, reopen it.

To open your project:

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Choose File > Open.

2

Locate your project in the Documents folder of your home directory.

3

Click Choose.

Note: If you created the project in a previous version of Final Cut Express HD, you’ll be
asked if you want to update your project. For more information, see
Final Cut Express Help, Chapter 7, “Using the Browser and Managing Projects and Clips.”

By default,

Final Cut Express HD

projects are saved in the

Documents folder of your

home directory.