Color-coding clips in the timeline – Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual
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• Click the Mark Clip button in the Canvas.
In and Out points set
based on track gap
in V1.
Auto Select control
enabled
The track gap’s duration appears in the Timecode Duration field in the Canvas.
Color-Coding Clips in the Timeline
If you use labels to identify and sort your clips in the Browser, the clips’ names will be
highlighted in the color that matches each label. Using keyboard shortcuts, you can
change the labels of clips directly in the Timeline.
Important:
Changes made to the label of any clip are also applied to all affiliated clips in
the Browser and in other sequences.
Keyboard Shortcut
Label
Color
Command-Option-1
None
None
Command-Option-2
Good Take
Orange
Command-Option-3
Best Take
Red
Command-Option-4
Alternate Take
Blue
Command-Option-5
Interviews
Purple
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Arranging Clips in the Timeline