Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.1.2) - Manual (Page 41)

Chapter 3 Import media 41
Access media on an archive or disk image
If you’ve created a camera archive, you can use the media in the archive in two ways:
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You can connect to the camera archive, making the media available to Final Cut Pro.
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You can import the media from the archive, or import media from disk images previously
archived with the Final Cut Pro Log and Transfer window in Final Cut Pro 7 or earlier. When you
do this, copies of the media are created on your local disk.
Some file-based devices allow you to copy the recorded media (with its original directory structure)
to a folder on your computer’s hard disk via the Finder. To import media copied in this way (or to
import from disk images previously archived with the Final Cut Pro Log and Transfer window in
Final Cut Pro 7 or earlier) follow the instructions in “Import media from a disk image,” below.
Import media from a camera archive
1 To open the Media Import window, do one of the following:
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Choose File > Import > Media (or press Command-I).
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Click the Import Media button on the left end of the toolbar.
2 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 from which you want to import
media, and then use the list at the bottom of the window to navigate to the camera archive.
The archive is connected to Final Cut Pro, and its media is displayed in the Media Import window.
3 Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the camera archive icon to reveal the list of clips in the
archive, or double click the camera archive to open it.
4 To import the media, see Import from file-based cameras on page 24.
Import media from a disk image
1 In the Finder, double-click the disk image (.dmg) file to open it.
2 To open the Media Import window in Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
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Choose File > Import > Media (or press Command-I).
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Click the Import Media button on the left end of the toolbar.
3 Select the disk image in the Cameras section on the left side of the Media Import window.
Note: If the disk image doesn’t have a file structure typical of a video camera, it appears in the
Devices section instead.
The open disk image is connected to Final Cut Pro, and its media is displayed in the Media
Import window.
4 To import the media, see Import from file-based cameras on page 24.
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