Final Cut Pro User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Intro to effects
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- Intro to transitions
- How transitions are created
- Add transitions and fades
- Quickly add a transition with a keyboard shortcut
- Set the default duration for transitions
- Delete transitions
- Adjust transitions in the timeline
- Adjust transitions in the inspector and viewer
- Merge jump cuts with the Flow transition
- Adjust transitions with multiple images
- Modify transitions in Motion
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- Add storylines
- Use the precision editor
- Conform frame sizes and rates
- Use XML to transfer projects
- Glossary
- Copyright
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Organize clips by roles in Final Cut Pro for Mac
You can organize clips by roles, which are metadata text and color labels assigned to clips.
When you import clips (video, audio, or still images), Final Cut Pro automatically assigns one of five default roles to the video and audio components of each clip: Video, Titles, Dialogue, Music, and Effects. You can also create custom roles and subroles, and assign them to clips.
You can use roles in Final Cut Pro to organize clips in your events and projects by function or category, control the arrangement of the timeline, and export separate video or audio files (also known as media stems) for distribution, broadcast, audio mixing, or post-production. Roles have distinct colors that let you instantly recognize clips from particular roles in the browser and the timeline.
You can view and reassign roles in the browser, the timeline, or the inspector. For example, you could easily identify all your dialogue clips and play them back in isolation from other audio clips. See View and reassign default roles.
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