Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1383)

32 Part I Media and Project Management
The following properties are not shared between master and affiliate clips:
 Comment A–B
 In point
 Out point
 Duration
 Description
 Film Safe
 Composite mode
 Reverse Alpha
 Thumbnail
An independent clip is a sequence clip that has no master clip, so it doesn’t share
properties with any other clips. You can make a sequence clip independent at any time,
although you usually shouldn’t unless you have a specific reason to do so. Independent
clips are not updated by a master clip, so you can’t manage your media as efficiently.
Clips Defined By Media File Connection
An offline clip is any clip whose media file cannot be located, or whose Source property
is empty. When you first log clips, they are offline clips because they have no associated
media files. If the modification date of a clip’s media file changes in the Finder, or if you
delete a clip’s media file, the clip becomes an offline clip until you reconnect it.
Clips Defined By Location in Project
A Browser clip is any clip which appears in the Browser. These are typically master clips,
although they can also be affiliate clips.
A sequence clip is one or more clip items in a sequence. These are typically affiliate clips
whose master clips reside in the Browser. In some cases, sequence clips are
independent, meaning they have no master clips or other affiliated clips. You can
distinguish a sequence clip from a Browser clip when you open it in the Viewer. The
row of dots (sprocket holes) that appear in the scrubber bar of the Viewer indicate that
the clip is a sequence clip.
Sequences
A sequence contains one or more video and audio tracks, which are empty when first
created. When you edit a clip into a sequence, you copy the clip’s individual clip items
to tracks in the sequence. For example, if you drag a clip that contains one video and
two audio clip items to the Timeline, a video clip item is placed in a video track in the
Timeline, and two audio clip items are placed in two audio tracks. In a sequence, you
can move any clip item to any track, allowing you to edit and arrange the contents of
your media files however you want. Clip items in a sequence (sometimes referred to as
sequence clips) are usually affiliate clips, and are often distinguished from clips in the
Browser (Browser clips), which are usually master clips.