Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1364)

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Media Management
Successful editing requires two things: storytelling
skills and effective media management. You should
pick a media management strategy before you begin
your project.
This chapter covers the following:
 What Is Media Management? (p. 13)
 Reasons to Use Media Management (p. 15)
 What You Need to Know to Manage Your Media (p. 15)
 Media Management Steps in Final Cut Pro (p. 16)
 Strategies for Media Management (p. 17)
What Is Media Management?
Media management is a term used for several related tasks throughout
postproduction. In general, any task that relates to processing your media is considered
to be media management, such as capturing, compressing, copying, moving, or
deleting media files. However, media management also refers to keeping track of your
media files via clip properties such as log notes, comments, scene number, shot/take
number, and so on.