Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1525)

Unique Clip Properties
The following clip properties are unique to each affiliate clip and unique to the master
clip as well. These properties are not shared. Most of these properties are properties for
editing and trimming, such as In and Out points, so that each affiliate clip can have a
unique duration in a sequence while still referring to the same media file via its master
clip.
• Comment A-B
• In point
• Out point
• Duration
• Description
• Pixel Aspect Ratio
• Film Safe
• Gamma Level
• Composite mode
• Reverse Alpha
• Thumbnail
Working with Master Clips
A master clip is created automatically when you import or capture a media file in
Final Cut Pro. All subsequent clips created from this master clip are affiliated with that
master clip.
In addition to capturing and importing clips into a project, there are several other ways
to create new master clips:
• Create a new subclip, merged clip, multiclip, or freeze frame clip: When each of these is
created, it is a master clip. When you edit with one of these clips, affiliate clips are
created from the master clip.
In all cases, newly created subclips, merged clips, and freeze frame clips have no
master-affiliate relationship to the original clips used when creating them. For example,
if you drag a group of audio and video clip items from a sequence into the Browser, a
new master merged clip is created. When you create instances of the merged clip as
you edit, affiliate merged clips are created.
• Import an EDL: This creates a sequence of affiliate clips and a bin containing the
sequence clips’ master clips. This makes media management much easier than if all
the sequence clips were independent.
1525 Chapter 90 Working with Master and Affiliate Clips