Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 261)

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Working With Projects, Clips,
and Sequences
A project file contains everything you need to make your
completed movie: clips, bins to organize clips, and
sequences to arrange your clips into a finished movie.
This chapter covers the following:
 Working With Projects (p. 262)
 Learning About the Different Types of Clips (p. 265)
 Viewing and Changing the Properties of a Clip (p. 266)
 Creating and Working With Sequences (p. 270)
Specifying Preferences Before You Start Editing
You may want to set the following general preferences before you start editing in
Final Cut Express HD. The following preferences are found in the General tab of the
User Preferences window. To view them, choose Final Cut Express HD > User
Preferences, then click the General tab. (For a complete description of preferences,
see “
Choosing Settings and Preferences ” on page 945.)
 Levels of Undo: This specifies the number of actions that can be undone (up to 32).
The default is 10. The more levels of Undo you specify, the more memory is required.
 Prompt for settings on New Sequence: By default, this option is disabled and new
sequences use the sequence settings specified in the current Easy Setup. If you
enable this option, when you create a new sequence, a message asks you to
choose a sequence preset.
 Autosave Vault: Several autosave options let Final Cut Express HD automatically
save backup copies of your opened projects at regular intervals while you work.
(Your original project files aren’t touched until you use the Save command.) You
can specify how often to save, along with the number of backup copies saved for
each project. For more information, see “
Backing Up and Restoring Projects ” on
page 903.