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266 Part VI Rough Editing
About Offline Clips
If a media file is modified, moved, or deleted, the Final Cut Express HD clip that
connects to that media file can no longer find it. In this case, the clip’s media file is said
to be offline. The clip itself is described as an offline clip.
An offline clip has a red slash through its icon in the Browser or its file in the Timeline.
To view an offline clip properly in your project, you must capture the clip again or, if the
clip’s media file is already on your disk, reconnect the clip to the corresponding source
file at the new location on disk.
For information on reconnecting offline clips, see “Reconnecting Clips
and Offline Media” on page 933.
A clip is considered offline when:
 The clip’s Source property is incorrect (when there is no media file at the file path in the
Source property). This happens when a media file is modified, moved, or deleted, the
modification date of the media file is changed, or the scratch disk becomes unavailable.
 The clip’s Source property is empty. You can intentionally make clips offline by choosing
Modify > Make Offline, or you can create a new offline clip by choosing File > New >
Offline Clip. Final Cut Express HD doesn’t warn you about offline clips whose Source
property is empty, because there is no media file path to check.
Sequences as Clips
Sequences are special containers for clips arranged in chronological order. However, in
some cases, sequences can also be treated as clips. For example, you can check the
Item Properties of a sequence just as you can for a clip, and information about the
sequence shows up in the Item Property columns in the Browser. You can also edit
sequences into other sequences. This is called nesting a sequence. For more
information, see “Nesting Sequences” on page 544.
Viewing and Changing the Properties of a Clip
Each item in the Browser, such as a clip, has a set of properties. You can view all the
properties of a clip in the Item Properties window as well as in columns in the Browser.
Some properties can be changed directly in the columns of the Browser; others can be
changed in the Item Properties window.
Certain properties, such as frame size or video rate, are determined by a clip’s media file
and cannot be changed without using the Media Manager.
For a detailed table that describes all clip properties, see “Elements of a
Final Cut Express HD Project” on page 911.