Create a new event in Final Cut Pro for Mac

After importing your source media files into Final Cut Pro, you may find that you need to create additional events to organize your media. For example, after importing media shot for a production, you may decide to split the media into events defined by useful categories—shooting locations, scenes, episodes, and so on.

By giving your events descriptive names, such as “2017 Smith Wedding,” you can organize all of your media so that it’s readily accessible.

In the Libraries sidebar in Final Cut Pro, select the library in which you want to create a new event.
Choose File > New > Event (or press Option-N).
In the window that appears, type a name for the event, click the Library pop-up menu and choose a library to hold the event, then click OK (or press Return).
If you want to include a new, untitled project, select the Create New Project checkbox. To customize settings for the new project, click Use Custom Settings. See Modify a project’s settings in Final Cut Pro for Mac.
The new event appears in the selected library.
Move clips from other events into the new event, as necessary.

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Create a new event in Final Cut Pro for Mac