Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1423)

72 Part I Media and Project Management
The first item in the Files to Connect list is highlighted. The currently highlighted clip is
the clip whose media file Final Cut Pro attempts to match.
3 To remove the currently highlighted clip from the Files To Connect area, click Skip File.
You may want to skip a clip if you cannot locate its media file, but you want to continue
reconnecting other clips in the list.
4 Do one of the following:
 Choose a directory path from the Search Folders pop-up menu, then select the
Search Single Location option to limit where Final Cut Pro searches for clips’ media
files.
 Deselect the Search Single Location option so that all folders in the Search Folders
pop-up menu are searched.
5 Do one of the following:
 Click Search to have Final Cut Pro search for media files automatically.
 Click Locate to manually navigate to the location of the media file.
If you click Search, Final Cut Pro searches for the media file that corresponds to the clip
highlighted in the Files To Connect area. When Final Cut Pro discovers a potential
match, the Reconnect dialog appears. If Final Cut Pro cannot find a clip’s media file, you
hear an alert sound. In this case, you may want to use the Locate button to manually
search for a clip’s media file instead.
Choose an option to
limit which kinds of files
you are allowed to select.
Deselect this option
when reconnecting a
media file whose name
has changed.
Select the file.
Select this option so that additional
clips that need to be reconnected
are automatically reconnected to
media files in this folder.