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Part I Media and Project Management
Chapter 1 13 Media Management
13 What Is Media Management?
14 Reasons to Use Media Management
15 What You Need to Know to Manage Your Media
15 Media Management Steps in Final Cut Pro
16 Strategies for Media Management
Chapter 2 19 Backing Up and Restoring Projects
19 Backing Up and Restoring Projects
19 Using the Revert Project Command
20 Using the Autosave Feature
22 Restoring Autosaved Projects
23 Opening a Project File After Your Computer Is Unexpectedly Shut Down
23 Archiving Completed Projects
24 Updating Projects from Previous Versions of Final Cut Pro
24 Choosing Project Update Options
28 Keeping a Copy of Your Project in an Older Format
29 Before Updating Projects
Chapter 3 31 Elements of a Final Cut Pro Project
31 About Clips, Media Files, and Sequences
35 About Icons and Project Elements in the Browser
36 Clip Properties
Chapter 4 43 Working with Master and Affiliate Clips
43 Using Master and Affiliate Clips
44 Shared and Unique Clip Properties
47 Working with Master Clips
50 Working with Affiliate Clips
51 Creating Independent Clips
53 Using Keyboard Shortcuts to Modify Master-Affiliate Clip Relationships