Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1650)

Chapter 22 Choosing Settings and Preferences 299
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In some cases, a clip’s Creator property determines what application will open it, such
as LiveType or Motion clips. However, for generic media types such as audio and video,
you can assign any application you want. For example, you could set Peak DV as your
audio file editor so you could quickly make permanent changes directly to the source
audio files on disk (such as using a noise reduction filter available in that application to
clean up a particularly noisy clip). In this way you could apply effects or special sound-
sweetening filters before continuing work on your edit.
Note: If <None Set > appears next to an entry in the list, that type of clip is opened in
the same application that would open if you double-clicked the corresponding media
file in the Finder. To override the Finder default, you must specify an application to
open for each type of media clip.
To set an external editor:
1 Choose Final Cut Pro > System Settings, then click the External Editors tab.
2 Click Set next to the clip type for which you want to assign an external editor.
3 In the Open dialog that appears, navigate to the location of the application you want
to use, then click Open.
The pathname appears next to the file type in the External Editors tab.
To clear an external editor:
1 Choose Final Cut Pro > System Settings, then click the External Editors tab.
2 Click Clear next to the clip type from which you want to remove an external editor.
The path changes to <None Set>.
The path is
shown for the
application set to
open audio files.