
ROLES
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Roles
Roles is a facility within Final Cut Pro X which you can choose to totally ignore, or
you can work with in depth, to your advantage. Roles offers functionality which
is useful, however, for many projects, not essential. You can well and truly work
without Roles—however, for complex projects, particularly when you have many
different audio elements to work with, Roles will make your life a lot simpler.
Media in the Timeline is color
coded by Roles
The Index, top left of the Timeline, is where the Roles controls are located.
Roles enable you to selectively “label” or “tag” media so that this will appear
color-coded in the Timeline. ...