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Createanewproject
To create a movie in Final Cut Pro, you rst create a project, which provides a record
of your editing decisions and the media you use. Then you add clips to the project
Timeline and edit them.
When you create a new Final Cut Pro project, you do the following:
Name the project. Â
Specify a default Event for the project. Â
The default Event stores media that’s dragged to the project from the Finder or
a Final Cut Pro media browser. If you drag media from the Finder to the project’s
Timeline, that media is automatically located in the project’s default Event.
Optionally, you can also set the starting timecode and dene the video, audio, and
render properties for the project.
After creating your project, you add clips to it from the Event Library.
Note: If you’re creating a project and you haven’t yet imported media into
Final Cut Pro, you should do so. See “Importing overview” on page 24 for information.
Start a project
1 Do one of the following:
In Final Cut Pro, choose File > New Project (or press Command-N). Â
Make sure the Project Library is open, and click the New Project button. Â
2 In the window that appears, type a name for the project in the Name eld.
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Create and manage projects