Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 273)

Chapter 20 Working With Projects, Clips, and Sequences 273
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To copy a sequence from one project to another by dragging:
1 Open the second project.
This project appears as another tab in the Browser.
2 Tear away the second project tab in the Browser to make it its own window.
3 Drag the sequence from the Browser in the second project window to the Browser in
the first project.
The copied sequence appears in your first project.
To create master clips for a sequence pasted into a project:
1 Select the sequence in the Browser.
2 Choose Tools > Create Master Clips.
A bin is created called “Master Clips for Sequence Name”, named after the sequence.
Master clips are created for any independent clips in the sequence, and the
independent clips become affiliate clips of the new master clips. If master clips already
exist for all clips in the sequence, no bin or master clips are created.
Nesting a Sequence
In Final Cut Express HD, you can treat sequences as clips and edit them into other
sequences. This is called nesting a sequence, because you put one sequence inside of
another. Nesting sequences is a common practice when you work on small,
independent sequences for a while and then you want to quickly attach them together
in another, master sequence. Nesting sequences does create some processing
overhead, and can make media management more complicated.
For more information, see “ Nesting Sequences ” on page 544.
Basic Sequence and Timeline Settings
Before you began capturing, you most likely chose an Easy Setup that established your
basic sequence settings and Timeline display options. An Easy Setup is a preset group
of capture, sequence, external playback, and output settings for a particular video or
audio format. Each Easy Setup represents a simple workflow that maintains that same
video format throughout capturing, editing, and output. If one of the available Easy
Setups describes your workflow, you should have no need to adjust your sequence and
Timeline settings.
However, some people require an output format that doesn’t match their media files,
such as when capturing DV footage but needing a Digital Betacam master. In these
cases, output your tape to DV, then go to a video facility to have your master DV tape
dubbed to Digital Betacam.