X

30Final Cut Pro User Guide
Edit your project in the Magnetic Timeline
The bottom portion of the Final Cut Pro window contains the timeline, where you
create your movie by adding and arranging clips and making all your edits. The timeline
“magnetically” adjusts clips to fit around clips that you drag into place. If you drag clips
out of place, the surrounding clips close up to fill the space.
A project holds all of the information for your final movie, including your editing decisions
and links to all the source clips and events. See
Intro to adding clips in Final Cut Pro and
Arrange clips in the Final Cut Pro timeline.
With a click, you can arrange clips into audio lanes (separate, visually distinct layers in
the timeline), based on their role assignments. Roles identify the type of clip, so each
audio lane contains one type of audio. For example, one audio lane might contain music
clips, and another might contain sound effects. This view organizes clips visually and
provides reference points that make editing easier and more efficient. See Intro to roles in
Final Cut Pro and Organize the Final Cut Pro timeline with audio lanes.