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Chapter 3 Importmedia 45
Organize les while importing
You have organizing options when you import les into Final Cut Pro.
 Copy les to Final Cut Events folder: This option duplicates the media les and
places the copy in the Final Cut Events folder on your computer. If you’re importing
media from a dierent disk or volume, or if you want to keep a copy of all the
media les that have been imported into Final Cut Pro in the same location, select
this checkbox.
If you import les with this checkbox deselected, you can still copy the les at a later
time to the Final Cut Events folder using the Organize Event Files command.
 Import folders as Keyword Collections: If you have folders of les that have meaningful
folder names, selecting this option creates a keyword for each folder name and
applies the keyword to all the les in the folder during import. Additionally, a
Keyword Collection is created for each keyword.
After import, these clips
will have “B-roll” and
“Callaway” keywords.
After import, these clips
will have “Interviews” and
“Callaway” keywords.
Organize your les during import
1 To import a le, choose File > Import > Files and navigate to the le you want
to import.
2 In the window that appears, choose how you want to organize the imported media in
your Event Library:
 To add the imported media to an existing Event: Select “Add to existing Event,” and
choose it from the pop-up menu.
 To create a new Event: Select “Create new Event” and type a name (for example, “Chris
and Kim Wedding”) in the text eld; then choose the disk where you want to store
the Event from the “Save to” pop-up menu.
To learn more about Events, see “Events and clips overview” on page 57.
3 Select one or both of the organize options (explained above).