Final Cut Pro X (30) Flashcards
In the initial lessons, you created a new library and imported files as referenced external media or as copied _______ media into the library’s events.
managed
Storing the Imported Media:
The key to library management in Final Cut Pro is the media management of its contained ______
events
Storing the Imported Media:
Because the events in a library may include both external and managed media, the choices you make for managing source media files will result in _____ _____ or _____ _____ events/libraries, or something in between
media empty
media full
Storing the Imported Media:
When a library is media empty, the media files for the events are ________ to the external, referenced media files. The empty library has a small size compared to its counterpart, the media full library.
symlinks
Storing the Imported Media:
The ____ library contains all the source media files for all events and projects within the library. However, with all the source media files stored inside the library, this file may use a great deal of storage space.
full
Storing the Imported Media:
Utilizing external media is the best practice for media storage in Final Cut Pro. Keeping the library media empty helps minimize the library file size, which allows you to easily pass a library to collaborators during the run of a job. The source media files may be stored in one centrally accessible location where they are available to multiple users. Sharing a media empty library file that references only externally managed media enables efficient and cost-effective collaboration using just one set of source media files on a server. Furthermore, that one set of external files may be accessed by other applications such as Motion or Logic Pro X, so compositors and audio engineers may also collaborate seamlessly with the _________ team.
editorial
Storing the Imported Media:
The media full managed solution works well for an editor who is working solo and/or prefers to have FCP manage the media. Every imported source media file is copied into the library file. This may result in _________ media files on the volume, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing unless you are running out of available storage space.
duplicate
Storing the Imported Media:
Technically, the library file is a collection of files. Therefore, you should modify the contents of the library file only within FCP, and not change them directly in the ______
Finder
Importing as “Leave Files in Place”:
The ultimate external media import option for the obsessive-compulsive editor is “Leave files in place” (the opposite import option of “Copy files into”). “Leave files in place” references these external files with no moving or copying of the imported source media files. Symlinks are created within the _________ event that point to the external files, wherever those files may be.
receiving
Importing as “Leave Files in Place”:
Camera source media files stored on flash media are copied to a library or may be directed to an accessible location on any available _____.
media
Importing as “Leave Files in Place”:
Choosing “Leave files in place” virtually mandates that you organize your source media files before importing them into an event because moving, renaming, or deleting a source media file causes the referenced clip to go offline in FCP. When you decide that you will manage external media, then you are directly responsible for keeping FCP abreast of any media management you perform outside of the ___________.
application
Importing as “Leave Files in Place”:
- From the menu bar, choose File > New > Library
- In the dialog that appears, name the library External vs Managed, and for the purpose of this exercise, set the location to FCPX Media folder. ***Outside of this lesson, you may set the location to any accessible location on an available volume.
- In the Libraries pane, rename the “External vs Managed” default _____ to External
event
Importing as “Leave Files in Place”:
4. Press _______-_ to open the Media Import window
Command-I
Importing as “Leave Files in Place”: (page 413)
- In the Media Import window, navigate to the FCPX Media/LV2/LV Aerials folder, select the files, and click Import Selected.
- In the Media Import Options window, ensure that “Add to existing event” is selected and the External event is chosen in the pop-up menu. Choosing the External event here does not determine the external or managed state of a source media file. To be available for editing, every clip must be in an event. However, the actual media file does not have to be stored within that event. A symlink can stand in for the clip’s source media file within the event. The choice of event within the pop-up menu defines only where the clip will appear in the Libraries pane. The physical location in controlled in the Media _______ section of the Media Import window.
Storage
Importing as “Leave Files in Place”: (page 414)
The “Leave files in place” option is literally an “edit in place” command. It produces no copies, and it does not move media. It just creates a _________ to the source media file and adds it to the chosen event.
reference