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Chapter 5: organize your library, Chapter 6: play back and skim media, Chapter 7: edit your project – Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.1.2) User Manual

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Chapter 5: Organize your library

56 Organizing libraries overview
57 Organize your projects, events, and media
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Create a new event

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Rename clips, events, and projects

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View and sort clips and projects

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Merge, split, and sort events

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Copy or move clips and projects between events in the same library

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Duplicate projects and clips

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Delete clips, events, and projects

65 Organize clips
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Rate clips as Favorite or Rejected

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Add keywords to clips

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Add or edit clip and project notes

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Organize clips by roles

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Colored lines marking event clips

72 Find items using search, keywords, and Smart Collections
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Find clips and projects in events

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Save searches as Smart Collections

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Organize Keyword and Smart Collections

76 Restore a library from automatic backups

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Chapter 6: Play back and skim media

77 Playback and skimming overview
78 Play back media
80 Skim media
82 Play back and skim media in the Event Viewer
82 View playback on a second display
83 View playback on an external video monitor
85 Control playback quality and performance
86 About background rendering

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Chapter 7: Edit your project

87 Editing overview
88 Create and manage projects
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Create a new project

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Open an existing project

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Modify a project’s settings

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Save, back up, and make versions of your projects

91 Select clips and ranges
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About selections and filmstrips

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Select one or more clips

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Select a range

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Manage multiple range selections in event clips

99 Add and remove clips
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Adding clips overview

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Drag clips to the Timeline

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Append clips to your project

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Insert clips in your project

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Connect clips to add cutaway shots, titles, and synchronized sound effects

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Overwrite parts of your project

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