Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 413)

Chapter 15 Manage media files 413
3 In Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
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Choose File > Import > Media (or press Command-I).
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Click the Import Media button on the left end of the toolbar.
4 In the Media Import window that appears, select the device whose content you want to archive
from the list of cameras on the left.
5 Click the Create Archive button at the bottom-left corner of the window.
6 In the “Create Camera Archive as” field, type a name for the archive.
7 Choose a location to save the archive from the Destination pop-up menu, and click OK.
Note: To protect your media, it is recommended that you save your archive to a disk or partition
different from the one where you store the media files used with Final Cut Pro.
Final Cut Pro begins archiving from the current location on the tape. It will continue to archive
until one of the following occurs:
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It reaches the end of the tape.
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You manually stop the archiving process by clicking Stop Import or Close (to close the Media
Import window).
The camera archive is stored on your hard disk. You can mount the archive as if it were a file-
based camcorder and browse the archive’s contents, or import the media on the camera archive
into Final Cut Pro. For more information, see
Access media on an archive or disk image on
page 36.
Whenever the disk containing the archive is connected, the disk will automatically appear in the
Camera Archives list in Final Cut Pro as long as the archive is in one of two locations:
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/Users/username/Movies/Final Cut Camera Archives/
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The root level of the startup disk