Performing searches and creating Smart Collections

- [Instructor] Now that we have a good understanding…on how meta data can help us further define our footage,…I want to go over the methods…for actually searching for things.…Final Cut Pro 10 has a really robust search tool,…and even lets us save search criteria…in dynamic groupings called Smart Collections.…So let's take look.…First, I will remind you…that there are some Smart Collections set up by default…in every library.…So up here we have All Video, Audio Only, Favorites,…Projects, and Stills.…So at the most basic level,…anything in your library that meets certain criteria…for each of these Smart Collections…will be deposited in each.…

Now you can probably guess…what the criteria is based on the name,…but you can actually also check by double clicking.…And it opens up my Smart Collection window.…So All Video, the criteria for that is…that the Media is Video Only…and that the Media is Video With Audio.…So any video or video with audio clips…automatically get deposited in this Smart Collection,…and that's why there are so many in there.…