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Very often, projects are made up of a mixture of footage—some HD, some SD,
and perhaps a mixture of widescreen and standard aspect ratio. Furthermore,
some footage may be shot at 25 frames per second, other footage at 29.97,
and perhaps some at 24P. If you let the computer set the video properties
automatically, then you need to make sure the fi rst clip you edit into the Timeline
is of the frame size and frame rate you wish to output to.
The idea of letting Final Cut Pro X set the video properties automatically is
designed to make life easy, not complex. If all or the majority of the footage you
are working with is of one standard, ...