How clips from an edl are named, Master clips created from edls – Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual
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Part II
Project Interchange
 Handle Size: Specify the number of additional frames you want to capture on either
side of each clip. You should always add handles when recapturing media from an
imported EDL because it gives you more flexibility for trimming edit points, adding
dissolves, and so on.
Note: You cannot set handles when you choose Reconnect since the media files are
already on your disk and are not being captured.
 Make File Names Unique: Select this option if you are recapturing clips so no two
media files have the same name. Deselect this option if you are reconnecting to
media files that are already on disk.
How Clips From an EDL Are Named
Clips imported from an EDL are named in one of two ways. If the EDL was exported
from a nonlinear system, the name is exported like this:
* FROM CLIP NAME: CLIP NAME HERE
where
CLIP NAME HERE
is the name of your clip. Final Cut Pro can recognize clip names
exported from the following nonlinear editing systems: Final Cut Pro, Media 100, and
Avid.
Important:
Avid EDLs that use 24 audio tracks are not supported.
In all other cases, Final Cut Pro uses the reel name as the clip name. Dissolves and
wipes are mapped to the appropriate transitions following the basic SMPTE set. Key
edits are imported as well.
Final Cut Pro places markers in the imported sequence where errors occur.
Master Clips Created From EDLs
When an EDL is imported, a new bin is created in the Browser named “Master Clips for
[sequence name].” This bin contains master clips corresponding to each piece of media
used by the sequence created from the EDL. Therefore, all the clips in the sequence are
affiliate clips, not independent. For more information about master, affiliate, and
independent clips, see Chapter 4, “