Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.1.2) User Manual
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Chapter 3
Import media
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In the Devices section on the left side of the Media Import window, select your computer’s hard
disk or the connected external storage device or memory card that contains the spanned clip
camera archives.
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Use the list view at the bottom of the window to navigate to and open the camera archives.
Important:
If the camera archives that make up the spanned clip are not all available, you can
import each camera archive separately. Each portion of the spanned clip will be imported into
Final Cut Pro as a separate clip.
If all portions of the spanned clip are available, all the mounted camera archives show a clip
with the same duration. An icon indicating that the spanned clip is complete appears on the
spanned clip.
If one or more camera archives are missing, an icon appears on the spanned clip to indicate
which part of the spanned clip is available—the beginning, middle, or end. You can select each
camera archive to see the different icons.
Indicates that all
portions of the spanned
clip are available.
Indicates that the end
portion of the spanned
clip is available.
Indicates that the
beginning portion of the
spanned clip is available.
Indicates that the middle
portion of the spanned
clip is available.
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Click Import All to import the spanned clip.
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Choose how you want to organize the imported media in your library:
•
To add the imported media to an existing event: Select “Add to existing event,” and choose the
event from the pop-up menu.
•
To create a new event: Select “Create new event in,” use the pop-up menu to choose the library
in which you want to create the event, and then type a name (for example, “Chris and Kim
Wedding”) in the text field.
To learn more about events, see
on page 56.
Note: You can set storage locations for each of your libraries using the Library Properties
inspector. For more information, see
on page 434.
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If you want to create optimized or proxy media, analyze the video, or analyze the audio, select
the relevant checkboxes in the Transcoding, Keywords, Video and Audio sections.
If you don’t set Final Cut Pro to analyze your media during the import process, you can analyze it
later (if necessary) in the Browser.
Note: Some import options are available only when you import files from a storage device. For
more information, see
Organize files while importing
on page 42 and
on
page 38.
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