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Managing Your Event Library

Now that you understand the value of events as an organizational tool, it’s important to know how to manage your Event Library. There are several ways to merge, split, and rename events.

Merging Events

If you end up with too many events, you can quickly merge two or more events into a single event. This makes sense if you have two events with media that is closely related (such as by client or topic).

There are two ways to merge events:

• You can select multiple events that you want to combine, and choose File > Merge Events. In the Merge Events window, give the event a new name, choose a disk where you want to store the event’s source media files from the Location menu, and click OK.

• You can create and name a new ...