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Chapter 3 Importmedia 42

Organize les while importing

You can choose how to organize your media when you import it into Final Cut Pro.

You can copy the source les into the library or link to them at their current location. If your

source les have Finder tags or the folders containing the les have meaningful names, you can

choose to have the tags and folder names applied to the les as keywords during import.

If your source footage contains shots of people, you can have Final Cut Pro analyze the footage

during import and apply keywords for the number of people in each shot and the shot type.

A Keyword Collection is created for each keyword added to your clips during import. Select a

Keyword Collection in the Libraries list to see all the clips with that keyword applied.

Organize your les during import

1 To import a le, choose File > Import > Media, navigate to the le you want to import, select the

le, and click Import.

For more information, see Importing overview on page 23.

2 In the window that appears, choose how you want to organize the imported media in your library:

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To add the imported media to an existing event: Select “Add to existing event,” and choose the

event from the pop-up menu.

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To create a new event: Select “Create new event in,” use the pop-up menu to choose the library

in which you want to create the event, and then type a name (for example, “Chris and Kim

Wedding”) in the text eld.

To learn more about events, see Organizing libraries overview on page 56.

3 In the Files section, select a le storage option:

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Copy to library: This option duplicates the media les and places the copies in the current

library storage location.

Note: The name of this option changes to “Copy to library storage location: location name“

when the current library is set to an external storage location.

You can set the storage location for a library using the Library Properties inspector. For more

information, see Manage storage locations on page 434.

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Leave les in place: This option links to the source media les at their current location. If you

import les with this option selected, Final Cut Pro creates symbolic links (also known as

symlinks), which are special les that point to the media les without copying them. When you

move, copy, or back up events and projects that use these les, Final Cut Pro moves or copies

the symbolic links only (not the source media les). If, after you move or copy your project

or event, you want to replace the symbolic links with the actual source media les, select the

events and choose File > Consolidate Event Files. For more information about les and clips,

see Media les and clips on page 22.

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