Apple Final Cut Pro 6: New Features - Manual

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New Features in Final Cut Pro 6
This is an overview of the new features in Final Cut Pro 6. For more information about
these features and their use, see the
Final Cut Pro 6 User Manual .
Open Format Timeline Feature
In Final Cut Pro 6, you can freely mix clips with different formats in a single sequence and
play back the sequence in real time. This allows you to combine formats such as standard
definition (SD) and high definition (HD) video, full-resolution and offline-quality video,
and video with mixed frame rates, field dominance, and scanning methods (interlaced
and progressive).
Automatically Conforming a Sequence to Clip Settings
Final Cut Pro can automatically conform a sequence’s settings to the settings of the first
clip edited into the sequence. This allows you to make your sequence match your clips
without ever opening the Sequence Settings window. The “Auto conform sequence”
option in the Editing tab of the User Preferences window allows you to control how
conforming is handled.
Automatically Scaling Clips to Fit a Sequence
When you mix video with different frame dimensions in a sequence, some video
must necessarily be scaled to fit the dimensions of the sequence. Clips whose frame
dimensions are larger than those of the sequence are always scaled to fit in the
sequence, but you can choose how smaller clips are handled with the “Always scale
clips to sequence size” option in the Editing tab of the User Preferences window.