Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 396)

About Label Names and Colors
The Label property has several labels, each with an associated color and name. When
you choose a label for a clip, that clip’s icon becomes the color of that label, and that
label’s name appears in the Label column for the clip. If no label is specified for a clip, the
label is set to None and there is no color associated with this item. You can change the
label names, but not the colors.
The label colors and associated default names are:
• No color: None
• Orange: Good Take
• Red: Best Take
• Blue: Alternate Shots
• Purple: Interviews
• Green: B-Roll
The names associated with the label colors above are stored in your User Preferences file,
not in your project file. For example, if you change the name of the red label to “Do Not
Use,” any clips, bins, or sequences labeled red will have the label name “Do Not Use,”
regardless of what project they are in.
Because the label properties of a clip are shared among affiliated clips, changing the label
of a clip changes the labels of all affiliated clips as well.
Note: Label assignments do not affect objects within other objects, such as clips within
bins or a sequence. For example, you may label a bin with the “Best Take” label, but the
clips within that bin can be assigned a different label.
If you click the heading of a Label column, all clips, bins, and sequences in the Browser
are sorted by label.
Assigning Labels and Setting Label Names to Help Manage Media
Each item in Final Cut Pro has two label properties: Label and Label 2. Both label properties
can be customized in different ways:
• Label: This can be one of several names and associated colors as assigned in the Labels
tab of the User Preferences window. This property affects the color of its clip, sequence,
or bin.
• Label 2: This can be any text you type in the Label 2 Browser column or Item Properties
window. This field is not limited to the various labels in the User Preferences window
for the Label property, but it also does not provide the convenient color-coding of that
property.
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