Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 310)

Chapter 22 Importing Media Files Into Your Project 309
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 You can also drag the files or folders from your desktop to the Timeline of a sequence.
Important: Dragging media files directly to a sequence in the Timeline creates
independent clips, which have no master clips in the Browser. This can make media
management more difficult later. For more information about master-affiliate clip
relationships, see Volume IV, Chapter 4, “Working With Master and Affiliate Clips.”
3 Save your project.
For more information, see “ Creating and Saving Projects ” on page 32.
Clips you drag directly
to the Timeline are
independent (they have
no master clips in the
Browser).