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26Final Cut Pro User Guide
Export and share everywhere
• Send your finished project to Compressor for streamlined delivery to the iTunes
Store. And because Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Compressor all share the same Metal
architecture, you’ll experience blazing performance and consistent rendering across
applications.
• Optimize your project for viewing on Apple devices such as iPad, iPhone, and Apple TV.
• Export files in a variety of professional formats, including industry-standard MXF.
• Use batch sharing to export multiple projects, clips, or clip ranges at the same time.
Note: For a complete list of topics covered in this user guide, click Table of Contents at the
top of the page.
What are libraries in Final Cut Pro?
In Final Cut Pro 10.1 or later, you organize your work in libraries. A library can contain
multiple events and projects in the same location. The first time you open Final Cut Pro,
it creates a library file in the Movies folder. When you create a new project or event, it’s
automatically included in the active library. The library tracks all your media files, your
editing decisions, and the associated metadata.
You can have multiple libraries open at the same time, and you can easily copy events and
projects between libraries. This makes it simple and quick to move media, metadata, and
creative work to another system for mobile work, work with multiple editors, or archiving.
You can open and close libraries as needed.
The following concepts are important to understand when you work with libraries.
Managed and external media
Media that you import into a specific library is stored inside the library and is referred to
as managed media. Media can also be imported or copied to any location on a connected
storage device and linked to the library as external media. Multiple users can access this
external media instantly on shared storage.
Managed media can be made external at any time if you want to share access, and external
media can be collected as managed media inside the library for easy transport or archiving.
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Consolidate projects and libraries in Final Cut Pro.