Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1493)

This chapter covers the following:
• What Is Media Management? (p. 1493)
• Reasons to Use Media Management (p. 1494)
• What You Need to Know to Manage Your Media (p. 1495)
• Media Management Process in Final Cut Pro (p. 1495)
• Strategies for Media Management (p. 1496)
Successful editing requires effective media management. You should pick a media
management strategy before you begin your project.
What Is Media Management?
Media management is a term used for several related tasks throughout post-production.
In general, any task that relates to processing your media is considered to be media
management, such as capturing, compressing, copying, moving, or deleting media files.
However, media management also refers to keeping track of your media files via clip
properties such as log notes, comments, scene number, shot/take number, and so on.
The flexibility and power of media management in Final Cut Pro stems from one simple
fact: a clip and its media file are treated independently. In Final Cut Pro, a more accurate
description of media management would be clip and media management. What makes
the separation of clips and media files so powerful? Here are a few examples:
• Reconnecting clips to new media files: You can create new media files for your project
at any time, and reconnect the clips in your project to the new media files.
• Direct access to your media files: You can directly access your QuickTime media files in
the Finder at any time. You can also easily create clips by dragging media files directly
into your project via the Browser. In fact, you can even edit by dragging media files
from the Finder directly into the Timeline or Canvas.
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