Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 81)

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Create a new project
To create a movie in Final Cut Pro, you first create a project, which provides a record of your
editing decisions and the media you use. Then you add clips to the project Timeline and
edit them.
When you create a new Final Cut Pro project, you do the following:
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Name the project.
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Specify a default event for the project.
The default event stores media that’s dragged to the project from the Finder or a Final Cut Pro
media browser. If you drag media from the Finder to the project’s Timeline, that media is
automatically located in the project’s default event.
Optionally, you can also set the starting timecode and define the video, audio, and render
properties for the project.
After creating your project, you add clips to it from the Event Library.
Note: If you’re creating a project and you haven’t yet imported media into Final Cut Pro, you
should do so. See
Importing overview on page 19 for information.
Start a project
1 Do one of the following:
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In Final Cut Pro, choose File > New Project (or press Command-N).
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Make sure the Project Library is open, and click the New Project button.
2 In the window that appears, type a name for the project in the Name field.
3 Choose a default event for the project.
If you drag any media files from the Finder directly to the project’s Timeline, or add media to
the project from one of the media browsers, that media is automatically added to the project’s
default event.
4 If you want to further customize settings for your project, click Use Custom Settings.
Note: Final Cut Pro shows the Automatic Settings by default, but it will remember the settings
you used last, so this step may be unnecessary.
5 If you want your project’s timecode to start at a value other than 00:00:00:00, type a starting
timecode value in the Starting Timecode field.
Create and manage projects
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