Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 1805)

322 Part IV Settings and Preferences
Note: If <None Set > appears next to an entry in the list, that type of clip is opened in
the same application that would open if you double-clicked the corresponding media
file in the Finder. To override the Finder default, you must specify an application to
open for each type of media clip.
To set an external editor:
1 Choose Final Cut Pro > System Settings, then click the External Editors tab.
2 Click Set next to the clip type for which you want to assign an external editor.
3 In the Open dialog that appears, navigate to the location of the application you want
to use, then click Open.
The pathname appears next to the file type in the External Editors tab.
To clear an external editor:
1 Choose Final Cut Pro > System Settings, then click the External Editors tab.
2 Click Clear next to the clip type from which you want to remove an external editor.
The path changes to <None Set>.
Effect Handling Tab
The Effect Handling tab allows you to assign real-time effects processing to a third-party
video effects accelerator card or to Final Cut Pro (native software processing). Each
codec that appears here can be assigned to a different video effects accelerator card
or to Final Cut Pro. For more details, see Volume III, Chapter 28, “Using RT Extreme.”
The path is shown
for the application
set to open still-
image files.