Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 417)

84 Part II Rough Editing
Finding a Clip’s Start and End Timecode Values
By definition, a clip’s Media Start and Media End properties represent the first and last
frames of a media file.
To identify the start and end timecode values of a clip’s media file:
1 Select a clip in the Browser and choose Edit > Item Properties > Timing (or press
Command-9), then click the Timing tab.
The Item Properties window appears, displaying all of the properties of the clip. The
clip’s Media Start and Media End properties show the starting and ending timecode
numbers of the media file, representing the first and last video frames.
2 Click OK (or press Return or Enter) to close the Item Properties window.
Changing the Properties of Affiliate Clips
Because master clips and their affiliate clips share certain properties, you need only
change the property of one of the master or affiliate clips to change that property in all
of them. For instance, if you want to change a clip’s name, it doesn’t matter whether
you change the name in the master clip or any of its affiliate clips. Since they all share
the same name property, all the clips will have the new name.
Most properties are shared between master and affiliate clips, but there are a few
exceptions. For example, In and Out points are unique to each master and affiliate clip,
so trimming one clip doesn’t affect the duration of all the other affiliated clips. For
more information about clip properties, see Volume IV, Chapter 3, “Elements of a
Final Cut Pro Project.”
Creating and Working with Sequences
A sequence is a container for editing clips together in chronological order. A sequence
contains one or more video and audio tracks, which are empty when first created.
Creating and Deleting Sequences
Before you can edit content together in Final Cut Pro, you need to create a sequence to
edit it into. You can create as many new sequences as you want in a project. If you want
to delete a sequence from your project, it’s easy to do.