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# FCP XML & AAF Metadata Options Menu

(a) Clip Name box(b) Clip Name field(c) Resolution box(d) Resolution Presets box(e) Width and Height fields(f) Aspect Ratio Presets box(g) Bit Depth box(h) Aspect Ratio field(i) Scan Mode box

Clip Name box
  Select From File to use the sequence name read from the file. Select Enter Name to rename the imported sequence using the name entered in Sequence Name field.
Clip Name field
  Enter the name to which the sequence is renamed when imported. Available if Timeline Name is set to Enter Name.
Resolution box
  Select From File to use the sequence resolution defined in the file. Select Select Resolution to override the resolution defined in the file and reformat it using the customized settings.
  NoteThe Resolution setting only affects the resolution of the sequence; it does not resize the linked sources.

Copy from Selected Clip button
  Use to copy the formatting information of a selected clip into the Resolution parameters. Available when the Resolution box is set to Select Resolution.
Resolution Presets box
  Select one of many standard resolutions, as well as a Custom option you can use to specify non-standard resolutions.
Frame Width field
  Displays the frame width of the selected resolution preset. If Resolution Presets is set to Custom, then this field is active, allowing you to enter the frame width value that you want to use.
Frame Height field
  Displays the frame height of the selected resolution preset. If Resolution Presets is set to Custom, then this field is active, allowing you to enter the frame height value that you want to use.
Bit Depth box
  Select from one of five frame depth options: 8-bit, 10-bit, 12-bit, 12-bit u, or 16-bit fp.
Aspect Ratio Presets box
  Select a standard frame aspect ratio. Select the Set to w:h option to set the clip to use square pixels. Select Custom to define a custom frame aspect ratio in the Aspect Ratio field.
Aspect Ratio field
  Displays the aspect ratio of the imported clip. When Aspect Ratio Presets is set to Custom, this field becomes active so that you can enter a custom frame aspect ratio.
Scan Mode box
  Select an option to set the order in which the fields of interlaced material is scanned.

  Select: | To:
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  Progressive | Scan a frame-based clip with no interlacing.
  Field 1 | Scan Field 1 first, followed by Field 2.
  Field 2 | Scan Field 2 first, followed by Field 1.