Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 398)

• Control-click in the Label column of one of the selected clips, then choose a label from
the shortcut menu.
Select the clips you
want to label.
Then Control-click in
the Label column and
choose a label.
To set and assign a label in the Label 2 property of a clip
Do one of the following:
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Select a clip, choose Edit > Item Properties > Logging Info, click in the Label 2 field and
type a label name, then click OK.
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Click in the Label 2 column of the clip, type a label name, then press Return or Enter.
If you’ve already specified at least one label in the Label 2 property of any clip in your
project, you can assign one of those existing labels to the Label 2 property of other clips.
To assign a label in the Label 2 property of a clip
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Control-click in the Label 2 column of a clip, then choose a label from the shortcut menu.
All of the labels in the Label 2 fields of the clips in your project appear in this menu.
To assign a label in the Label 2 property for multiple clips at once
1 Select the clips you want to label in the Browser.
For information about selecting clips, see “Browser Basics.”
2 Control-click in the Label 2 column of one of the selected clips, then choose a label from
the shortcut menu.
Changing Names of Labels
If you need label names that are different from the defaults, you can change them in the
User Preferences window. For example, some projects may not have any interview footage,
so you could change the default “Interview” label to a more appropriate category, such
as “Special Effects,” “Needs Color Correction,” or “Temporary Footage.”
398 Chapter 27 Organizing Footage in the Browser