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Chapter 15 Managemediales 489
3 In Final Cut Pro, click the Import from Camera button on the left end of the toolbar (or
press Command-I).
4 In the Camera Import window that appears, select the device whose content you want
to archive from the list of cameras on the left.
Change the way clips appear
using these controls.
The media on the
device appears here.
Playback controls
5 Click the Create Archive button at the bottom-left corner of the window.
6 In the “Create Camera Archive as eld, type a name for the archive.
7 Choose a location to save the archive from the Destination pop-up menu, and click OK.
Note: It is recommended that you save your archive to a disk or partition dierent
from the one where you store the media les used with Final Cut Pro.
The camera archive is stored on your hard disk. You can mount the archive as if it were
a le-based camcorder and browse the archive’s contents, or import the media on
the camera archive into Final Cut Pro. For more information, see Access media on an
archive or disk image on page 42.
Note: Whenever the disk containing the archive is connected, the disk will
automatically appear in the Camera Archives list in Final Cut Pro.