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865Final Cut Pro User Guide
Switch metadata views in the Info inspector
You can change the metadata fields shown in the Info inspector.
1. Select one or more clips in the Final Cut Pro browser or timeline.
2. Open the Info inspector.
3. Click the Metadata View pop-up menu in the bottom-left corner of the Info inspector
and choose a metadata view.
Note: If you create custom metadata views, they also appear in the pop-up menu.
Change a clip’s metadata
1. Select a clip in the Final Cut Pro browser or timeline.
2. Open the Info inspector.
3. Click the Metadata View pop-up menu in the bottom-left corner of the Info inspector,
then choose a metadata view that contains fields for the metadata you want to change.
4. Do one of the following:
• Click in a text field to make it active, then enter the text you want to include.
Note: If you can’t click in a text field, it means the field can’t be edited. Some EXIF
metadata fields, for example, can’t be edited.
• Click the pop-up menu for the metadata you want to change, then choose an option.
Tip: You can also change the Content Created date and time of your source clips in the
browser. Just select one or more clips, then choose Modify > Adjust Content Created Date
and Time.
Rearrange the fields in a metadata view
1. Select a clip in the Final Cut Pro browser or timeline.
2. Open the Info inspector.
3. Drag the metadata labels into a different order.