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815Final Cut Pro User Guide
Keywords
• From Finder tags: Creates a Keyword Collection for each Finder tag assigned to the files
you’re importing. If the files you’re importing have tags, select this option to keep the
tag organization that exists in the Finder. For more information about Finder tags, see
macOS Help (available from the Help menu when the Finder is active).
Note: For REDCODE RAW files only, Keyword Collections are based on tags assigned to
the enclosing folder.
• From folders: Creates a Keyword Collection for each folder in the files you’re importing.
Select this option to preserve the file organization that exists in the Finder. (Although
Keyword Collections don’t appear in a hierarchy in the Libraries sidebar, every file in a
folder is assigned a keyword for each folder it’s in, whether it’s one, two, or more levels
deep in that folder.)
Analyze Video
• Balance color: Analyzes video clips and detects color cast and contrast issues. Color is
automatically balanced when you drag the clip to the timeline. You can fix color balance
for a clip in an event by turning on Balance in the Color section of the Video inspector.
You can turn off the automatic color adjustments at any time to display the colors that
were originally recorded.
• Find people: Analyzes clips with video for the presence of people and shot types. After
analysis, any of the following keywords are added to the clip: One Person, Two Persons,
Group, Close Up Shot, Medium Shot, and Wide Shot. The “Consolidate find people
results” checkbox simplifies and summarizes all of the “find people” analysis keywords.
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Video analysis options in Final Cut Pro. If you’re analyzing to find people, it’s
recommended that you also select the Create Smart Collection checkbox.
• Create Smart Collection: Creates Smart Collections for each keyword applied when
video clips are analyzed for image stabilization problems or the presence of people. The
Smart Collections appear in a folder inside the event.
Transcode
• Create optimized media: This option transcodes video to the Apple ProRes 422 codec,
which provides better performance during editing, faster render times, and better
color quality for compositing. If the original camera format can be edited with good
performance, this option is dimmed.
• Create proxy media: This option transcodes video to high-quality files useful for offline
editing. Video proxy files can use considerably less storage space, often enough
to allow you to work on a portable computer instead of a desktop computer with
significantly more memory and processing power.