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Merge multiple events:

• Drag one or more events to an event that you want to merge.

• Select the events you want to combine, then choose File > Merge Events.

To sort events

• view > Sort Library Events By > Name

• View > Sort Library Events By > Date

• View > Sort Library Events By > Ascending.

• View > Sort Library Events By > Descending

• Select the clips or projects you want to remove, then choose File > Move to Trash (or press Command-Delete)

• Delete the entire event: Choose File > Move Event to Trash (or press Command-Delete).

• ​View > Sort Library Events By > Date

• View > Sort Library Events By > Ascending.

• View > Sort Library Events By > Descending

• Filmstrip view: Displays the clips in thumbnail images. This view is useful when you want to visually locate your clips and projects.

• List view: Displays a list of your clips and projects with associated file and settings information. Use this view when you want to view or sort clips and projects by data such as duration, creation date, last modified date, rating, keywords, and so on.

You can customize the above views by the appearance button above the browser.

To rate a clip

• Press the F key (or choose Mark > Favorite). A green line appears at the top of frames you’ve marked as favorite.

• If you don’t like the clip: Press the Delete key (or choose Mark > Reject). A red line appears at the top of frames you’ve marked as rejected.

• You can remove ratings from clips by pressing the U key (or choose Mark > Unrate).

Adding custom keywords help you quickly locate the clips you need to compose your movie. To add a keyword​

• open the keyword editor (Command + K) >type the keyword>Press Return

• A blue line appears at the top of the selection in the browser, indicating that keywords 
  have been applied to it.

You can add keywords using keyboard shortcuts. Once the keywords are set use Control and the corresponding number key to add a keyword to a clip

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Another way is to drag and drop the clips to the created keyword collection

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To view all keywords applied to a clip: Choose View > Browser > Skimmer Info (or press 
Control-Y), then skim the clip in the browser.

• Select the clip that you want to remove the keyword

• Choose Mark > Remove All Keywords (or press Control+0)

• Command-4 - inspector window

• F -Mark a clip as favorite

• Delete - Mark a clip as rejected

• U - Remove the rating from a clip

• Control + Y - Skimmer info

To create a Project

• Choose File > New > Project (Command + N)

• (Command + J) takes to Project settings window

• FCP automatically saves your changes, there is no dedicated step to save your project.

• While creating your project, you are prompted to fill in the following information.

Project Name: Type a name for the project.
Starting Timecode: If you want your project’s timecode to start at a value other than 
00:00:00:00, type a starting timecode value.
Format: Choose the video format (a specific method of encoding the video) or an 
aspect ratio.
Resolution: Choose the frame size of the video. 
Rate: Choose the frames per second (fps).
Codec: Choose the codec to use for your project’s background rendering.
Color Space: Choose the color space for your project, including the color space of the 
project’s render files. The color space you choose should be the color space in which 
you intend to export for final delivery. When the color-processing setting in the library 
Properties inspector is set to Wide Gamut HDR, wide-gamut settings appear in this 
menu. For standard formats, the rendering color space is chosen for you based on other 
settings. For example, setting the video format to NTSC SD automatically sets the color 
space to Standard - Rec. 601 (NTSC).
Note: This setting also determines the color space of the images sent to video scopes, 
the color space used to detect out-of-gamut colors; the color space of files exported 
using the Export File share option, and the color space of images that appear on your 
computer display.
Channels: Choose whether to present the audio as multichannel surround sound or as 
stereo.
Sample Rate: Choose the audio sample rate for your project (the number of times a 
signal is measured—or sampled—per second). A higher sample rate produces higher-
quality audio and larger file sizes, and a lower sample rate produces lower-quality audio 
and smaller file sizes. The sample rate you choose depends on the source material 
you’re working with and the final destination of your audio.

When you add clips from the browser to a project in the timeline, you can add one or more whole clips, or you can add a range within a clip.

• Adjust the appearance of filmstrips in the browser and the timeline so that it’s 
  easier to make selections.

• You can select  an entire clip, multiple clip and a portion within a clip based upon your choice.

X - Select the entire clip and shows the range handles.

• To select a range in a clip, do any of the following
  Drag the yellow border line to adjust the selection
  Use I and O keys
  Use Shift + Command + I and Shift + Command + O for multiple selection.

• To remove a selection, do one of the following
  Option-click the range to deselect an individual range
  Choose Mark > Clear Selected Ranges (or press Option-X) to clear one or more ranges

• Select the clip from browser and press E to append the selected clip to end of the primary story line

• Select the clip from browser and press W to insert the clip within the timeline. The insertion happens at the position of your play head

• Select the clip from browser and press Q to add the clip as a connected clip to the story line. The insertion happens at the position of your play head

• Use Option +W to insert a blank clip

• Use Command + Option +W to insert a placeholder clip

• Select the clip from browser and press D to overwrite the selected clip the primary story line

• You can replace in your project with the clips from browser or the finder. In contrast to  overwrite edits, replacing works on whole timeline clips only and can change the duration of your project. But in overwrite, the duration of the project remains same.

• There are 5 replace options if you drag and drop a clip from browser. They are
  Replace: The target clip is replaced with the source clip. Source duration will be applied
  Replace from start: Replace starting of the beginning of the source selection.
  Replace from end: Replacing starting from the end of the source clip
  Replace with Retime to fit: Target clip is replaced with the entire source clip selection, but timing will be retimed to fit the duration of the target clip