Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 357)

You can reset clip logging fields and metadata by Control-clicking one or more clips in
the Browse area and choosing Revert to Original Metadata from the shortcut menu. The
following clip properties are reset: Reel, Name, Scene, Shot/Take, Angle, Log Note, In, Out,
and the clip’s playhead position.
Naming Clips During Transfer
When you’re logging clips for large projects, it’s especially important to use easily
understandable clip names that also lend organization to your project. You can use
clip-naming presets to apply consistent naming to your clips. For example, you can specify
that Final Cut Pro apply clip names that include the reel, shot, scene, and angle in the
clip name, making each clip more easily identifiable later. You can create clip-naming
presets that compose names using a large variety of identifying elements, and save these
clip-name components as a preset that you can reuse whenever needed. For more
information about creating and using clip-naming presets, see
“Automatically Naming
Your Clips.”
Using Autofill Cache Logging Information
Unlike the fields in the Log and Capture window, the fields in the Logging area of the
Log and Transfer window retain an autofill cache of previously logged information so
that you can enter repetitive information more quickly.
Note: Final Cut Pro adds logging information to the autofill cache only when a clip is
ingested.
To enter previously logged data from the autofill cache
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Choose previously entered logging data from the pop-up menu next to the logging field.
To empty the autofill cache so that previously logged data does not appear in logging
fields
1 In the upper-right corner of the Browse area, choose Preferences from the Action pop-up
menu.
2 Click Clear Logging Autofill Cache.
Incrementing Logging Fields
Most of the logging fields have an Increment button you can click to increase the value
of the last character of the clip name by one, according to the following rules:
• Any numbers at the end of a field are incremented by one.
• Any single letters at the end of a field are incremented alphabetically by one from A
to Z.
• Any single letters preceded by numbers are incremented alphabetically from A to Z.
After Z, the number increases by one and the letter starts over at A, and then the cycle
repeats.
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