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Chapter 10 Advancedediting 318
Userolestomanageclips
Roles overview
Roles are metadata text labels that you assign to clips in the Browser or the Timeline, and
they provide a exible and powerful way to manage your editing workow. You can use roles
in Final Cut Pro to organize clips in your events and projects, control the appearance of the
Timeline, and export separate video or audio les (also known as media stems) for distribution,
audio mixing, or post-production.
Selected role
Clips assigned a selected
role appear highlighted.
When you import clips (video, audio, or still images), Final Cut Pro analyzes existing clip metadata
to assign one of ve default roles to the video and audio components of each clip: Video, Titles,
Dialogue, Music, and Eects. For example, if a source media le has an iTunes “genre” metadata
tag, Final Cut Pro assigns the Music role to the resulting clip. Final Cut Pro assigns the Video and
Dialogue roles to clips that contain both video and audio.
You can use roles for the following workows:
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Reassign roles: You can view and reassign clip roles in the Timeline Index, the Browser, the Info
inspector, or the Modify menu. See View and reassign roles on page 318. You can also create
custom roles and subroles to further organize your clips.
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View clips by role: In the Timeline Index, you can organize clips by role, turn roles on or o, and
highlight or minimize clips for viewing in the Timeline. For example, you could easily identify
all your dialogue clips and play them back in isolation from other audio clips. See View clips by
role in the Timeline on page 324.
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Export media stems: You can export roles as media stems in a combined, multitrack QuickTime
le, or as separate audio or video les. During the export process you can assign mono, stereo,
or surround output for your audio channels. See Destinations preferences on page 447.
View and reassign roles
You can view and change the roles that are assigned to clips in the Browser, the Timeline Index,
the Info inspector, or the Modify menu.
Keep in mind the following when using roles:
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Every clip must have at least one assigned role (clips with audio and video always have one
audio and one video role). Still images are assigned the Video role by default, but you can
create a custom (still image) role and assign it to your still images.
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Video roles can’t be assigned to audio-only clips, and audio roles can’t be assigned to
video-only clips.
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