Chapter 1

8. Click on the button labeled as Current Project, since you'd generally want to display
media that belongs only to the currently open project and no other. If you did want
to display media from other projects, you can Shift + click to select the additional
project names.
9. Select the Master Clips checkbox. Note that in the end, you'll still be looking at media
files. It's just that they will be displayed in a more familiar way, as Master Clips.
10. Deselect both the check boxes for Precompute Clips and Media Files and
click on OK.
11. A window will open titled Media Tool. This window has all the features of a bin.
12. Arrange your Bin window and the Media Tool window so you can see both of them
at the same time.
13. The next few steps are going to ensure that only the correct clips become selected in
the Media Tool. Start by selecting the clips in your bin.
14. Go to the Bin Fast Menu at the bottom-left corner of the bin and choose Select
Media Relatives. Note that the clips in your Media Tool have become selected.
15. Click on the top title portion of the Media Tool so that it is selected/active. Make sure
that when you select the Media Tool, you don't mistakenly deselect the clips.
16. Press the Delete key on your keyboard.
17. The Delete Media dialog window will open.
18. Enable the check box for each track of media you want to permanently delete and
click on OK.
19. Another dialog window will open. If you are positive that you want to permanently
delete the media files you've selected, click on OK.
20. Close the Media Tool.
21. The unnecessary media is now deleted, but you are left with clips in your bin that are
still looking for that media even though it isn't there or, in other words, is Offline. This
can be very confusing during editing, so the next set of steps will fix that. If the clips
have become unselected in your bin, be sure to select them before continuing.
22. In order to modify the clips, we have to temporarily break the connection (the Link)
between the clip(s) and the media file(s), which is called Unlinking. To do this, press
and hold the Shift key and the cmd/Ctrl key at the same time (this changes the
Relink menu selection to Unlink).
23. Select the Unlink command by either:
‰‰ Selecting Clip menu | Unlink
‰‰ Right-clicking on any of the selected Master Clips and choosing Unlink

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