Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1523)

For example, if you import a QuickTime movie file named Apple into Final Cut Pro, a
master clip named Apple is created in your project. Each time you edit the master clip
into a sequence, an affiliate clip is placed in the sequence and its name is also Apple.
The affiliate clip doesn’t actually store a name, but instead refers to the Name property
stored in the master clip. You can test this by changing the name of the master clip to
Orange. The names of all of the affiliate clips update simultaneously.
Because there is only one Name property shared between a master clip and its affiliates,
you can change this property either from the master clip or from any of the affiliate clips.
Regardless of where you change the Name property, all of the affiliate clips reflect the
change simultaneously.
Although master clips share most clip properties with their affiliate clips, there are a few
properties that affiliate clips do not share. Most of these properties are for editing,
trimming, or compositing. For example, each affiliate clip has its own In and Out points
so it can have a unique duration in a sequence while still referring to the same media file
via its master clip.
For more information about modifying clip properties in the Browser columns or in the
Item Properties window, see
“Working with Projects, Clips, and Sequences.”
Shared Properties Stored in Master Clips
The following clip properties are stored in a master clip, and these are shared between
the master and all its affiliate clips. If you change one of these properties, it changes in
all affiliate clips.
• Source
• Name
• Offline Status
• Capture Status
• Scene
• Shot/Take
• Log Note
• Master Comments 1-4
• Label
• Label 2
• Good
• Anamorphic
• SmoothCam
1523 Chapter 90 Working with Master and Affiliate Clips