Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.1.2) - Manual (Page 297)

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Use auditions to try out clips in your project
You create an audition to try out the clips within it and find the one that works best for your
project. Although the auditioning workflow may differ from project to project, the general
process is the same. You create an audition that contains a set of alternate takes, effects, or
text treatments, and then you choose the best clip for the edit by making it the pick. When
you’re sure of your decision, you finalize the audition, which dissolves it and leaves the pick in
the Timeline.
Depending on your workflow, you may try out the clips within your auditions and flatten the
auditions as you go, or you may leave the auditions in the Timeline for the purpose of showing
alternate edits to a client.
Note: You can use audition commands only with one selected audition at a time. For example,
you can’t finalize multiple selected auditions.
Review clips within an audition in the Timeline
1 In the Timeline, select the audition containing the clips you want to review, and open it by
choosing Clip > Audition > Open (or pressing Y).
The clip under the spotlight
in the center of the window
is the pick.
2 In the Audition window, select the pick and press the Space bar (or press Control-Command-Y)
to play it.
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