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443Final Cut Pro User Guide
Create custom roles
1. To open the role editor in Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
• Choose Modify > Edit Roles.
• In the Roles pane of the timeline index, click Edit Roles.
• Control-click a clip and choose either Assign Audio Roles or Assign Video Roles,
then choose Edit Roles from the submenu.
• With a clip selected in the browser or the timeline, open the Info inspector, then click
either the Video Roles pop-up menu or the Audio Roles pop-up menu and choose
Edit Roles.
2. Do one of the following:
• Create a video role: Click the Add Video Role button at the top of the Video Roles
section.
• Create an audio role: Click the Add Audio Role button at the top of the Audio
Roles section.
The new role appears at the bottom of the section and contains a default subrole with
the same name. New roles are automatically assigned a distinct color. To change the
color, see
Change role colors or names in Final Cut Pro.
3. Type a name for the new role.
After you create a new role, it appears in the roles list so that you can assign its subroles to
any clip.