Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1437)

86 Part I Media and Project Management
“Base Media File Names on” Pop-Up Menu
This pop-up menu determines how clips are named when they’re segmented as a
result of the “Delete unused media” option. The following media filenaming options are
available:
 Existing file names: Filenames of clips created by the Media Manager are based on
the source media files on disk. The first new media file created is named the same as
the original media file, and additional media files are named with a numerical suffix.
For example, if three new media files were created, they would be named “Media
File”, “Media File-1”, and “Media File-2.”
 Clip names: Filenames of clips created by the Media Manager are based on the
names you’ve given the clips in your project.
If you have created subclips from a long media file (such as an entire tape captured to
one media file), you may have given the subclips meaningful names. In this case, you
would want to name newly created media files based on the clip names.
Project Area
The two options in this area determine if you will create a new project and how to
handle multiclip angles.
 Duplicate selected items and place into a new project: This option determines whether
the specified processing will be made in a duplicate project file, or in the selected
items of the project that is currently open. When you toggle this option, the phrasing
of many of the Media Manager options changes from “...duplicated items” to
“...selected items”, and the accessibility to some checkboxes also changes.
Creating a new project is often helpful even if only to verify which media files were
processed and how they were processed. This is especially true when you are
processing only a few items within a complex project with lots of clips and
sequences. Creating a new project that refers only to the processed media files helps
to isolate the results of the Media Manager operation.
 Include nonactive multiclip angles: The Media Manager has an option to reduce
multiclips to their active angle, so only the media associated with the active angle is
processed. With multiclip sequences that use a lot of angles, using this option can
significantly reduce the amount of media processed. By default, this option is
selected, so the media for all multiclip angles is processed. For more information
about multiclips, see Volume II, Chapter 16, “Working With Multiclips.”