File Menu
As in any Mac program, the File menu serves as the program's interface to the rest of the Macintosh world. It lets you import movies and video, manage Events, create or duplicate projects, or quit the program.
New Project
Creates a new project in the Projects list, ready for filling with video snippets from the Event Browser.
New Folder
Creates a simulated file folder in the Projects list, into which you can drag individual projects. It's a tool for managing long project lists as your editing skills grow.
Duplicate Project
Creates a duplicate of the project you're working on. This is a great trick for generating alternate versions—a shorter edit, a raunchier one, and so on.
The great thing about creating and duplicating projects, of course, is that you're not using up any more hard drive space. A project is, behind the scenes, just a tiny text file; it doesn't store any video. The instructions in that text file just refer to the video that's actually stored in your Events.
Project Properties
This command opens the all-important Project Properties dialog box (Figure A-2), which is a lot like Preferences except that the settings you make here apply only to one project—the one you're working on.
General Tab
Aspect Ratio. This pop-up menu specifies the movie-frame proportions of your project, as described on Aspect Ratios: The Missing Manual.
Theme. This is where you choose a theme for your project, if any. Swap has a lot more information about themes.
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