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102Final Cut Pro User Guide
• Group clips by category: Click the Group By pop-up menu and choose a category.
To set the sort order, click the pop-up menu again and choose either Ascending or
Descending.
• Choose how clips are sorted in filmstrip view: Click the Sort By pop-up menu and
choose an option. You can sort clips by date, name, take, or duration. To set the sort
order, click the pop-up menu again and choose either Ascending or Descending.
Note: In list view, click a column heading to sort clips by that category. See
Customize list view.
Reset the sort order in the browser
You can reset the browser sort order to its default state.
1. In the Libraries sidebar in Final Cut Pro, select the event that contains the items whose
sort order you want to reset.
2. Click the Clip Appearance button above the browser.
3. Click the Group By pop-up menu and choose Ascending, then click the pop-up menu
again and choose None.
4. Click the Sort By pop-up menu and choose Content Created, then click the pop-up
menu again and choose Ascending.
Create and share column sets in Final Cut Pro
With the browser in list view, you can save any combination of column settings as a new
custom column set. The column settings include available columns, column order, column
width, column visibility, and custom metadata fields.
You can easily copy column sets to another computer, or share them with friends and
colleagues so that the same column sets are available in their browser.
Save a column set in the browser
1. In the Final Cut Pro browser in list view, arrange the columns the way you want them to
appear in your column set.
See Customize list view.
2. Control-click any column heading in the browser, then choose Save Column Set As from
the shortcut menu.
3. Enter a name for the column set, then click Save.
The new column set is added to the shortcut menu, in alphabetical order.
Switch between column sets
After you create one or more column sets, you can easily switch between them.
• In the Final Cut Pro browser in list view, Control-click any column heading, then choose
another column set from the shortcut menu.