Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1564)

• Continue: Click this button to leave all specified clips offline. The file paths in the Source
properties of all clips selected in the Forget Files list are cleared. Any unselected clips
and render files continue to be considered “missing,” and Final Cut Pro warns you that
these clips’ media files cannot be found each time you open the project.
Clip Properties Replaced by Media File Settings
When you reconnect a clip to a media file, the following clip properties are replaced by
the settings in the media file:
• Anamorphic
• Pixel Aspect
• Field Dominance
However, if you manually update any of these clip properties before reconnecting,
Final Cut Pro retains your custom settings and does not update those properties via the
reconnected media file.
Reconnecting Media Files Automatically
If you process your media files outside of Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Pro detects the change
in the media file and any clips pointing to that file become offline. This can be
inconvenient, especially when you are constantly modifying media files in another
application like Motion or Soundtrack Pro.
By using the Open in Editor command, you can tell Final Cut Pro to open a clip’s media
file in a particular application and then automatically reconnect the file when you return
to Final Cut Pro. However, this method can also be inconvenient, especially if you are
making changes to Motion or Soundtrack Pro projects outside of Final Cut Pro.
If the Open in Editor command doesn’t suit your workflow, you can configure Final Cut Pro
to always reconnect modified media files in all circumstances, even if you don’t use the
Open in Editor command. This means that when you modify media files in other
applications, the clip does not go offline when you return to Final Cut Pro.
To configure Final Cut Pro to reconnect modified media files even when you don’t use
the Open in Editor command
1 Choose Final Cut Pro > User Preferences.
2 Click the Editing tab.
3 Select the Always Reconnect Externally Modified Files checkbox.
1564 Chapter 92 Reconnecting Clips and Offline Media