Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1229)

442 Part II Project Interchange
If the previous clip doesn’t have the same number of filters, the Copy From buttons
copy settings from the first available color correction filter that matches the type of the
current one. If there are no color correction filters in the previous clips, these buttons
are dimmed.
“Copy To” rule
If the current clip has multiple filters and you’re copying to a clip with multiple filters,
Final Cut Pro copies the current filter’s settings to a filter with the same index number
in the next clip as that of the current filter. For example, if the current clip has three
filters, and the next clip has three filters, using the Copy To 1st Clip Forward button in
the Color Corrector - 2 tab copies that filter’s settings into the second color correction
filter in the next clip.
If the clip you’re copying to doesn’t have any color correction filters, the Copy To
buttons create a new filter with these settings. If there are no clips following the
current one, these buttons are dimmed.
Copy From
1st Clip Back
button
Current clip
Previous clip
Copy To 1st Clip Forward button
Current clip
Next clip