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Creating proxy files in Final Cut Pro X

Creating proxy files in Final Cut Pro X

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Creating proxy files in Final Cut Pro X

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- Final Cut Pro has a long history of transcoding media. This is where almost everything started. If you go back to Final Cut 7, it used to transcode just about everything, so that it could play at one time. - With the login transfer window I used to love. - Yeah, that was the time I guess you took breaks, but-- - Yeah. (laughs) - So now, in Final Cut Pro X, this happens a little bit more behind the scenes. Sometimes you can bring media in, and then in the background it has the option to create optimized files. - Absolutely. I love the way that Final Cut Pro handles this 'cause it's rather seamless and really intuitive. - [First Host] If you're working with formats that need smaller resolution clips, you'll have that ability here. Remember, when you choose to import files, you do have some additional choices. For example, you can decide what's going to happen when you first import. And you'll see here that we had the ability to create optimized media and proxy media. So, for example…

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