Importing FCP media files

I have a project I am going to transfer already captured files from FCP to my project, do I just copy the files and put them in my scratch file? will they automatically create clips in my bin?

If you mean clips that you captured in FCP, whether you can use them or not depends on how they were captured (what codec was used). If they are DV-NTSC or DV-PAL or Apple Intermediate Codec (720p or 1080i) then you can import them into FCE just like any other clip (File > Import). Their location really doesn't matter; and simply copying them to your capture scratch folder will not make them magically appear in the FCE browser. You have to import the clips.
If the clips are something else (say, native HDV, MPEG, Uncompressed, DVCPRO50, etc) you will have to convert them to DV or AIC before you import them into Final Cut Express.
If you mean import an FCP project, you can't.

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