Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1505)

Choosing Project Update Options
If you open an older project file, most necessary updates happen automatically. However,
Final Cut Pro asks you to choose how you want to handle updating for several improved
features such as scaling quality and HD color fidelity.
The table below shows what features were updated in specific versions of Final Cut Pro.
All features that correspond to versions newer than your project must be updated. For
example, if you open a project saved in Final Cut Pro 2, you need to update your project’s
master-affiliate relationships (Final Cut Pro 4), scaling quality, HD color accuracy, and
effects aspect ratio handling (Final Cut Pro 6). However, because a Final Cut Pro 2 project
is newer than Final Cut Pro 1.2.5, DV color accuracy is not updated.
Updated features Final Cut Pro version
Nonmatching sequence clip aspect ratios: Render files for any
sequence containing clips whose aspect ratio does not match the
sequence aspect ratio are deleted. Shift Fields filters: Incorrectly
applied or missing Shift Fields filters are updated. Final Cut Pro 6
Scaling quality: Best, Normal, Fastest HD color accuracy: Any HD
render files and HD sequence settings are converted to Rec. 709
color space. Final Cut Pro 5,
Final Cut Express HD 3.5.1
Master-affiliate relationships: Master-affiliate clip relationships aren’t
directly updated when you open a project, but they can be applied
at any time after you update a project. Final Cut Pro 4,
Final Cut Express 2
DV color accuracy: Any DV render files and DV sequence settings
are converted to DV super-white levels (instead of RGB). Final Cut Pro 1.2.5
To update projects created in earlier versions of Final Cut Pro
1 Open a project created using an earlier version of Final Cut Pro. A message tells you that
the file’s format is outdated and asks if you want to update the format. Click Yes.
Click here to update
your project.
2 If a dialog appears with choices for update, choose from the options appropriate for the
Final Cut Pro version that you’re updating from. For information about particular versions,
see the sections listed below:
• “Updating Projects from Final Cut Pro 5 or Earlier”
• “Updating Projects from Final Cut Pro HD (version 4.5) or Earlier”
• “Updating Projects from Final Cut Pro 3.0 or Earlier”
• “Updating Projects from Final Cut Pro 1.2.1”
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