Organize clips by roles in Final Cut Pro for Mac

You can organize clips by roles, which are metadata text and color labels assigned to clips.

When you import clips (video, audio, or still images), Final Cut Pro automatically assigns one of five default roles to the video and audio components of each clip: Video, Titles, Dialogue, Music, and Effects. You can also create custom roles and subroles, and assign them to clips. An additional role, Adjustment Clips, is assigned exclusively to adjustment clips. See Add adjustment clips in Final Cut Pro for Mac.

You can use roles in Final Cut Pro to organize clips in your events and projects by function or category, control the arrangement of the timeline, and export separate video or audio files (also known as media stems) for distribution, broadcast, audio mixing, or post-production. Roles have distinct colors that let you instantly recognize clips from particular roles in the browser and the timeline.

You can view and reassign roles in the browser, the timeline, or the inspector. For example, you could easily identify all your dialogue clips and play them back in isolation from other audio clips. See View and reassign default roles.

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Organize clips by roles in Final Cut Pro for Mac