How the media manager processes selected items, Processing steps in the media manager – Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual
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Media Destination Area
This area displays the location where media files are placed after copying, moving, or
recompressing. Click the Browse button to choose a different location for the media files.
Click here to select
a location for storing
media files.
This shows the location
where moved or copied
media files will be stored.
How the Media Manager Processes Selected Items
The way clips and media are handled in the Media Manager varies greatly depending on
the master-affiliate relationships between clips you originally selected, the types of clips
you selected, and the options you choose in the Media Manager.
Processing Steps in the Media Manager
You can use the Media Manager to manage clips and media in different ways. Operations
in the Media Manager are done in the following order:
• If you’re duplicating the selected items, you’re prompted for a name and location for
the new project file.
• If you’re removing unused media from existing media files, items outside the current
selection are scanned to see if they use the same media files. (Final Cut Pro looks at all
sequences and clips in all projects that are currently open.)
If any items are found, a message asks if you want to add these additional items to the
current selection, make them offline, or cancel the operation altogether.
• The destination disk is checked to see if there is enough free disk space, based on the
options you’ve selected.
If there isn’t enough free disk space, a message asks you to specify a new destination
or cancel the operation.
• If items outside your selection are found and you chose to make them offline, they are
taken offline.
• Media files are copied or moved to the selected destination.
If the “Delete unused media” option is selected, unused media is not included. If multiple
clips correspond to the same media file and they don’t overlap, each used segment of
the original media file will be written as a separate file and be named accordingly.
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Overview of the Media Manager