In post-production, the majority of an editor's time is devoted to media organization and content labeling. With FCP X, labeling is based on content, user keywords, deciphering flaws such as camera shake or bad audio, and automatically sorting that content in the Event Library. With FCP X, you can begin the creative process more quickly.

You no longer have to sort through clip after clip searching for a particular night-time exterior shot--just group clips by content, import date, scene, duration, or even file type. This allows you to focus on only the DSLR footage, for example.

This organizational process is key to the operational speed gain of FCP X. The ability to dynamically modify multiple search parameters is much like having Google built into the program--it simulates a modern search engine, giving you faster access to your media by searching with words rather than endless visual scanning.

This organizational database is also key to the new Clip Connection's ability to maintain synchronization of your original media, voiceover, graphics, music, and sound effects as a single element in the timeline. The concept is simple: group all of the elements together as one contiguous clip, give the user a visual reference to confirm what is attached, then lock the clip to maintain continuity and sync.