What is the best way to archive only the used clips from a FCPX Event?

[Bill Davis]

Like almost everything else in X, the Duplicate and Move commands are contextual.

If you’ve selected an event in the event library – your only choice is to move or duplicate the entire event.

If, on the other hand, you’ve selected a project in the project library, you have the option to duplicate or move just the included media for that project.

So as a direct answer: Select your Project. Go to the File menu. Select either Move or Duplicate Project deepening on whether you want to remove or leave the original project in it’s current location – and then select from the three choices as to whether you want to include all referenced media, just the used media, or no media (just your edit decision lists and database links, essentially.)

Hope that helps.

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[Michael Hadley]

With the “Used Media” option, do you happen to know if it puts handles on the clips or is it strictly just the used media–and nothing else.

Thanks as always.

[Jeremy Garchow]

It’s a straight file copy, it does not trim the media, it simply makes a copy of the full media.

Jeremy