Hidden Favorites in Apple Final Cut Pro

If you are a relatively new user of Final Cut, you may not know that there is a powerful organizational tool hidden in the Browser. Why? Because nothing in the Browser indicates it’s there.

It’s called “Favorites.” This is a very fast way to highlight and organize the clips you like, without losing any clips you’ve already imported. Here’s how it works.

As you are reviewing clips, drag a gold selection box around a clip or a portion of a clip in the Browser that you like.

Type F for Favorite. At the top of the box a green bar appears, indicating this selection is now a favorite.

NOTE: The blue bar indicates a keyword was applied to that clip, or portion of a clip.

Once you are done looking at your clips, go to the top menu in the Browser and change it from Hide Rejected to Favorites.

Instantly, only those favorite sections appear, each with a green bar indicating the section you liked.

• To select a favorite section, click the green bar.
• To “unfavorite” a clip, click the green bar for the section you no longer want and type U for “unfavorite.” (Apple calls this “unrating.”)
• To see all clips, not just favorites, change the menu to All Clips.

REMOVING CLIPS

There’s a similar option for hiding clips, or sections of clips, that you don’t like. Select the clip in the Browser, or highlight a section of a clip, and press Delete.

Instantly, the clip (or section) disappears.

• To see all rejected clips, change the top menu to Rejected. (The red bar indicates a rejected portion of a clip.)

• To see all clips, change the top menu bar to All Clips. Favorites display a green bar, rejected clips show a red bar.
• To “un-reject” a clip, click the red bar and press U. Yup, for “un-reject.”
• To actually delete a clip from the Browser, press Cmd + Delete.

While keywords provide greater sort and search capability, Favorites are fast and easy – once you know where they are.

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