3. Presets and Preferences

Final Cut Pro’s designers have carefully organized the tools you use to configure settings and preferences. The goal of this organization is to make it much easier for editors using the most common hardware and video formats to configure FCP—and much more difficult for users to unintentionally modify individual settings within a preset configuration.

FCP’s preset principle is balanced by a highly customizable interface. At the end of this chapter you’ll learn about options for reconfiguring Final Cut Pro’s interface to complement your personal working preferences.

About Easy Setups, Presets, Settings, and Preferences

Capture, device control, and sequence settings are all organized into preset configurations, and these ...

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