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868Final Cut Pro User Guide
Duplicate a metadata view
If you want to create a new metadata view that contains most of the metadata fields in an
existing metadata view, you can save time by duplicating the existing metadata view and
then modifying it.
1. Select a clip in the Final Cut Pro browser or timeline.
2. Open the Info inspector.
3. In the Info inspector, click the Metadata View pop-up menu in the bottom-left corner,
choose the metadata view you want to duplicate, then click the Metadata View pop-up
menu again and choose Save Metadata View As.
4. In the window that appears, enter a name for the new metadata view and click OK.
The new metadata view appears in the Metadata View pop-up menu in the Info inspector.
You can modify the new metadata view as needed.
Delete a metadata view
1. Select a clip in the Final Cut Pro browser or timeline.
2. Open the Info inspector.
3. In the Info inspector, click the Metadata View pop-up menu in the bottom-left corner
and choose Edit Metadata View.
4. In the Metadata Views window, select the metadata view you want to delete in the
column on the left, then click the Action pop-up menu in the bottom-left corner and
choose Delete Metadata View.
The metadata view is removed from the left column of the Metadata Views window and
from the Metadata View pop-up menu in the Info inspector.
Note: Deleting a metadata view does not delete metadata applied to a clip or its source media.
Batch rename clips in Final Cut Pro
When you import media into Final Cut Pro, the clips often contain meaningless names, such
as those assigned by the camera. Although you can rename clips individually, you can also
rename a selection of clips as a batch in the browser, after the media has been imported.
Final Cut Pro provides customizable naming presets that make renaming large numbers of
clips efficient and easy.
Batch rename clips using a naming preset
1. In the Final Cut Pro browser, select the clips you want to rename.
2. If the inspector isn’t already shown, do one of the following:
• Choose Window > Show in Workspace > Inspector (or press Command-4).
• Click the Inspector button in the toolbar.