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50Final Cut Pro User Guide
Import media by dragging from the Finder
1. Open Final Cut Pro.
2. Do one of the following:
• Select a file, Command-click to select multiple files, or select a folder of files, then
drag the file or files from the Finder to the event.
• Select a file, Command-click to select multiple files, or select a folder of files, then
drag the file or files from the Finder to a Keyword Collection.
The clip or clips appear in the event, and the keyword is automatically added to the
clip or clips.
Important: If you selected “From Finder tags” and “From folders” in the Keywords
section of Final Cut Pro Import preferences, a Keyword Collection is created for each
folder name and each tag, and the corresponding files are assigned that keyword.
• Select a file or Command-click to select multiple files, then drag the file or files to a
project in the timeline.
The clip or clips appear in the timeline and in the corresponding event.
The file or files are imported using your default import settings. See Import preferences in
Final Cut Pro.
Import into Final Cut Pro from an archive or disk image
If you’ve created a camera archive, you can use the media in the archive in two ways:
• You can connect to the camera archive, making the media available to Final Cut Pro.
• You can import the media from the archive, or import media from disk images previously
archived with the Final Cut Pro Log and Transfer window in Final Cut Pro 7 or earlier.
When you do this, copies of the media are created on your storage device.
Some file-based devices allow you to copy the recorded media (with its original directory
structure) to a folder on your Mac using the Finder. To import media copied in this way (or
to import from disk images previously archived with the Final Cut Pro Log and Transfer
window in Final Cut Pro 7 or earlier), follow the instructions in Import media from a disk
image, below.