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 Text: Find clips by their name or any notes applied to them in list view using text.
You can add multiple Text rules to search by more than one word or phrase, as well
as eliminate specic words and phrases from the search.
 Ratings: Find clips based on the rating (Favorite or Reject) assigned to them.
 Media Type: Find clips whose source media les are of a specic type, such as video,
audio, or stills.
 Stabilization: Find video clips that Final Cut Pro has identied as having
excessive shake.
 Keywords: Find clips by any of the keywords that you’ve assigned to them. You can
select one or more keywords to search for.
 People: Find clips that Final Cut Pro has identied as having people in them.
 Format Info: Find clips using format information, such as video frame rate or
scene number.
 Date: Find clips by either the date the clip’s media le was created or the date the
media was imported into Final Cut Pro.
 Roles: Find clips by their assigned roles.
To remove a rule, click the Remove button to the right of the rule. To exclude a rule
from your search without removing it, deselect the checkbox to the left of the rule.
4 Further rene your search by choosing items from the pop-up menus for the rules
you’ve added.
5 Do one of the following:
 To specify that a clip must match at least one of the criteria or keywords: Choose Any
from the pop-up menu in the upper-left corner of the Filter window.
 To specify that a clip must match all the criteria and keywords: Choose All from the
pop-up menu.
The clips that match the search criteria are displayed in the Event Browser, and icons
indicating the search status appear to the right of the Filter button at the top of the
Event Browser.
If you wish, you can save your search results as a Smart Collection, which gathers clips
automatically based on the search criteria.
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