Colored lines on event clips in Final Cut Pro

In Final Cut Pro, colored lines appear on clips and ranges in the browser to help you see at a glance if they’re marked as favorite or rejected, have keywords applied, or are being used in the current project.

To turn colored lines on or off, choose View > Browser > Marked Ranges.

Color	Description	More information
	A green line indicates that you’ve marked a clip as favorite.	See Rate clips in Final Cut Pro.
	A red line indicates that you’ve marked a clip as rejected.	See Rate clips in Final Cut Pro.
	A blue line indicates that a clip has manually applied keywords or keywords imported with the media file.	See Add keywords to clips in Final Cut Pro.
	A purple line indicates that a clip has one or more analysis keywords.	See View analysis keywords in Final Cut Pro.
	An orange line along the bottom of an event clip indicates that the clip is being used in the project currently open in the timeline.	See Intro to adding clips in Final Cut Pro. To turn this view on or off, choose View > Browser > Used Media Ranges.

Tip: To select a clip range marked with a colored line, click the colored line.

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Colored lines on event clips in Final Cut Pro