Final Cut Pro 6 - Filenaming Considerations

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Filenaming Considerations

Proper filenaming is one of the most critical aspects of media and project
management. When you capture your media files, consider how and where your files
may be used in the future. Naming your files simply and consistently makes it easier to
share media among multiple editors, transfer projects to other editing systems, move
files across a network, and properly restore archived projects. The following sections
present several issues to consider when naming project files and media files.

Offline clips
in the Timeline

Offline clips in

the Browser

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Part I

An Introduction to Final Cut Pro