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General preferences, Editing preferences – Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.1.2) User Manual

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Chapter 15

Preferences and metadata

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General preferences

General preferences are basic settings in Final Cut Pro.

Time Display

Time Display: Use this pop-up menu to choose the time mode for Final Cut Pro. Changes in
this setting affect the time display (for the position of the skimmer or the playhead) in the
Dashboard in the center of the toolbar, as well as trimming and navigation operations in
Final Cut Pro. You have the following options:

Timecode display

Timecode display including subframes

Duration in frames

Duration in seconds

Dialog warnings

Reset All: Click this button to reset all warning dialogs that you dismissed by selecting the “Do
not remind me again” checkbox.

Note: For information about library backups, see

Restore a library from automatic backups

on

page 76 and

Manage storage locations

on page 434.

Editing preferences

Editing preferences affect editing behaviors in Final Cut Pro.

Timeline

Show detailed trimming feedback: Select this checkbox to show the “two-up” display in the
Viewer for more accurate feedback on an edit point involving two contiguous clips. For
example, for a simple ripple or roll edit, this display shows the end point of the left clip and the
start point of the right clip.

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