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Final Cut Pro User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Intro to importing media
- If it’s your first import
- Organize files during import
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- Import from Image Playground
- Import from iMovie for macOS
- Import from iMovie for iOS or iPadOS
- Import from Final Cut Pro for iPad
- Import from Final Cut Camera
- Import from Photos
- Import from Music
- Import from Apple TV
- Import from Motion
- Import from GarageBand and Logic Pro
- Import using workflow extensions
- Record into Final Cut Pro
- Memory cards and cables
- Supported media formats
- Import third-party formats with media extensions
- Adjust ProRes RAW camera settings
- Import REDCODE RAW files
- Import Canon Cinema RAW Light files
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- Intro to effects
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- Intro to transitions
- How transitions are created
- Add transitions and fades
- Quickly add a transition with a keyboard shortcut
- Set the default duration for transitions
- Delete transitions
- Adjust transitions in the timeline
- Adjust transitions in the inspector and viewer
- Merge jump cuts with the Flow transition
- Adjust transitions with multiple images
- Modify transitions in Motion
- Add adjustment clips
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- Add storylines
- Use the precision editor
- Conform frame sizes and rates
- Use XML to transfer projects
- Glossary
- Copyright and trademarks

Locate source media files in Final Cut Pro for Mac
You can locate the original source media file or proxy file (on your Mac or storage device) for any clip in your library.
In the Libraries sidebar in Final Cut Pro, select the event that contains the clip.
Select the clip in the browser.
Do one of the following:
Locate the original source media file: Choose File > Reveal in Finder (or press Shift-Command-R).
Locate the proxy file: Choose File > Reveal Proxy Media in Finder.
A Finder window opens, with the file selected.
You can also quickly find the source event clip for any clip in the timeline. See Find a project clip’s source clip in Final Cut Pro for Mac.
See alsoMedia files and clips in Final Cut Pro for MacView a clip’s information in Final Cut Pro for MacFind a project clip’s source clip in Final Cut Pro for MacCopy or move items between libraries in Final Cut Pro for Mac
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