Mark unused footage

is there any simple way to mark all footage of a complete project, which is not used in any of the several sequences?
background: for editing trailers i have to digitize a lot of stuff, before i can decide what ends up in the sequences. after editing i want to delete all unused data from the raid and make a backup on another raid of the used footage.
thanks for your input!

You can easily search for all clips that have been used in any number of sequences, and then label them all, or do what ever else you like with those clips.
Select the sequences in the browser window. Then hold down Apple-F, to bring up the find dialog. I don't have Final Cut on my laptop at the moment, so I can tell you exactly what to select in this dialog, but off the top of my head. Check the box that says "Selected Sequences", select "Unused" from the drop down box.
Then leave the search critera empty, and click the find all button. It may take a few seconds for this to run, but it should then open a new search window with all the clips listed. You can then select all the clips and alter there Label color, which will be reflected in the main browser window.
Hope this help
Rob

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http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0.6/#/movd17f56aaa
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Does anybody edit Canon 5D Mark II footage with FCP? My playback stops at every blade cut or in the end of the clip for a second before resumes the next clip ... pretty annoying. All the other HD camera footage plays just fine.
Help!
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1. Make sure you have latest MacOS (10.5.6 or highter), Quicktime (7.6 or higher), and FCP (6.0.5 or higher). And of course an Intel-based Mac (2.8 Ghz recommended). You may still get some stutter during playback with multiple layers of video, audio, and transitions/filters. But output will be OK.
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select Sequence Presets. Select this one to duplicate and modify: DV NTSC 48 kHz.
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Change *Pixel Aspect Ratio* to SQUARE. Do NOT check Anamorphic 16:9
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*Editing Time base*: select 30
*Timecode Path*: 30 Non-Drop Frame
Compressor: H.264
*Audio Settings*:
Rate: 44 kHz, Depth: 16-bit, Config: Cannel Grouped
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(make sure Sequence Preset shows name of the one you just made)
Capture Preset: Generic Capture Template
Device Control: Non-controllable device
Video Playback: none
Audio Playback: default
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Enable verification tab: checked
NOW when you begin a new project, go to Easy Setup and pull down your newly-created Mark II preset. The tutorial I got this from said to be sure you create a NEW project or some default presets may still be in play.
You may need TRANSCODING if your system still struggles with the above.
Convert H.264 to a managable HD codec (Apple ProRes 422 or 422 (HQ) or DVCPRO HD 1080p30)
I assume you would know the steps doing this, but if not, let me know.
Would really like to know if this works for you. Have the Mark II on a short list of possibilities for a new camera.
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I converted to apple intermediate codec using MPEG streamclip to make it easier to edit in imovie (plays back smoother) so assumed it was best to do the same with FCE. Not necessary?
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CAPTURE PRESET: DVCPRO HD 1080p30 48kHz (i won't be capturing in fcp since i've been using MPEG streamclip
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oops.sorry...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3q19YDSdWE
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Well I just bought an Imac 27" and Final Cut Studio in order to work with my Canon 5D Mark II video files. I've been a PC guy my whole life so I'm trying to figure out Final Cut Pro which is pretty similar to Adobe Premiere. Anyways from what I have gathered, I need to Log & Transfer my files but convert them to ProRes422. I see the option in the Log & Transfer area to choose ProRes but there are 4 different choices.
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Problems deleting unused footage

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This is a problem because im trying to make a 10 minute trailer clip from 200 hours of footage captured in individual DV files and can't import anymore DV clips because of low HD space.
I want to save the 10 minute trailer as a movie project that i can adjust later but i don't want to store a file full of huge original DV clips.
It didn't used to be like this. if i imported footage from a DV cassette imovie would delete the cropped parts of footage from the project. is there a difference in importing DV files?
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This is a problem because im trying to make a 10
minute trailer clip from 200 hours of footage
captured in individual DV files and can't import
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You can even Copy and Paste chunks from multiple DV files into a single reference movie that you import later to iMovie. A reference movie can point to one DV file, or many.
Once a reference movie has been saved to disk, we can drag the tiny icon in the titlebar of the QuickTime Player window directly into the iMovie project Timeline.
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When I try to drop mark iii footage on the SpeedGrade timeline I don't get any video, but I get audio. The thumbnails display a red dot at the top left corner:
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David

It shouldn't be an issue bringing mkIII footage right into SpeedGrade.
A couple of questions:
Are you working on Win or Mac ?
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Can you load the clip in QT player ?
Can you load any other QT's in SpeedGrade ?
Thanks.
Dennis

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I'm kind of driving myself crazy here - over thinking it.
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That is great thanks
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In cinema tools, my footage stays grayed out. Both when I try my Compressor pro-res footage, & original footage from cam.
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* since my wife went digital, all of her point-n-shoot still cameras have been Canon. Now, I do not store these in the same room with my Nikons, but I do like their choices better than what Nikon offers.

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Convert the footage to ProRes LT before editing.
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