Combine NTSC & PAL clips in same project & sequence

My project uses both NTSC and PAL DV clips. I've finished logging in all NTSC clips and I'm getting started logging in PAL clips. Any suggestions in logging in PAL ---besides changing Easy Setup to PAL. I'm concerned about having both formats in my browser. Will it crash FCP? One Creative suggested creating separate bins to log into. Another Creative suggested creating a separate project for just the PAL material. But, then, how do I use both NTSC clips and PAL clips in the same sequence?? *Help, please!!!*

You can have many different formats in your project but you can only have one sequence setting. You must choose what the output format will be, NTSC or PAL. You can do both but if I recall, the procedure's really complicated. You'll make a copy of your NTSC sequence and change it to PAL but it's not that easy. All of your renders will be gone, just for starters.
The manual has a large section on combining different formats, start there, not here.
You obviously have a deck capable of playing both formats?
bogiesan

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