Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 262)

262 Part VI Rough Editing
Working With Projects
Before you can even capture media, import clips into your project, and edit the clips
into one or more sequences, you need a project in which to do all of this.
Note: Creating, opening, and closing projects is described in “ Understanding Projects,
Clips, and Sequences ” on page 39.
Working With Multiple Projects in the Browser
You can have multiple projects open in Final Cut Express HD at the same time. Each
project opens in a separate tab in the Browser.
Important: Master-affiliate clip relationships don’t span multiple projects, so clips and
sequences dragged or pasted from other projects lose their master-affiliate relationships.
Choosing Whether the Last Previously Opened Project Opens
on Launch
By default, Final Cut Express HD opens the last previously open project file (or files)
when opened. You can select whether Final Cut Express HD opens with the last open
project or an empty project.
To start with a default, empty project instead of the last previously open project file:
1 Choose Final Cut Express HD > User Preferences, then click the General tab.
2 Deselect the “Open last project on application launch” checkbox.
For more information, see “ Choosing Settings and Preferences ” on page 945.
Viewing and Changing the Properties of a Project
Each project has a set of properties, including global timecode display options and
custom Master Comment column names. You can change these properties at any time.
To view or change the properties of a project:
1 Click the project’s tab in the Browser, then choose Edit > Project Properties.
2 Choose or enter your options, then click OK.
 Time Display: Choose a global time display option for all clips in your project.
Options include timecode and frames.
 Reset Time Display checkbox: This is a global checkbox that updates the time display
option for all clips in your project. If this option is selected, all clips in your project are
updated to the timecode display option you chose in the Time Display pop-up menu.
This overrides custom time display options in individual clips in your project.