Your “friend” has totally F*@k’d your workflow. He must have come from an Avid background
where renaming clips is NOT a problem. As you’ve noticed, renaming clips in FCP can be a huge
problem… especially in a shared storage or “tag team” workflow.
Bottom line. Don’t do that if you want to make it home for dinner.
Did you not discuss mundane details like project organization BEFORE you started?
Mark