Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1618)

2 Specify your import options, then click OK.
Specify the options
you want.
3 Locate and select the EDL, then click Open.
When you import an EDL, a sequence is created in your current project tab, along with
a bin that contains master clips for the clips in the sequence.
Note: When you import a Sony 5000 EDL, the title of the created sequence is “Untitled.”
Problems Importing EDL Files
If you’re having a problem importing an EDL file, check the format of the text file.
Final Cut Pro does not support importing RTF text files. If you have an RTF file you need
to import, open it in a text editing application such as TextEdit, and save it as a plain text
document.
Settings and Options in the EDL Import Dialog
This section describes the options in the EDL Import dialog.
• Select Preset: This determines the settings of the newly created sequence and the clips
within that sequence. Usually, you should choose a sequence preset that corresponds
to the format of your source tapes that you plan to recapture from.
• Import For: Choose an option from the pop-up menu.
• Recapture: Choose this option if you’re importing an EDL from a tape-to-tape linear
editing system or a non-QuickTime standard nonlinear editing system. This makes
the recaptured clip names unique and adds handles before and after the clips during
capture. You can change the handle size.
• Reconnect: Choose this option if you already have the media files on disk and simply
want to link the sequence to them. This is useful if you’ve imported an EDL and also
transferred QuickTime media files to your editing system. This option keeps clip
names in the same order to make relinking easier. You cannot create handles if you
are reconnecting media, since no new media is being created.
• Custom: Choose this option to specify handle size and unique clip names.
1618 Chapter 96 Importing and Exporting EDLs