Customizing the Event Library and Event Browser
When people got a first look at FCPX when it arrived on the market, many quickly lamented that it looked too much like Apple's consumer-oriented counterpart, iMovie. Beyond FCPX's powerful feature set, its interface is also much more customizable than how it appears at first glance. The Event Library and Event Browser windows are a great example of this, giving users many different ways to view and organize their content.
How to do it...
1. Choose any one of your events in the Event Library section (your list of events on the far left of the screen), ideally one with a range of different media types. Then click on the Show clips in filmstrip view button below the library list if it is not already selected. Your clips appear as virtual filmstrips that you can skim over with your mouse. We will return to the alternate option, Show clips in list view, later.
2. Click on the Action pop-up menu (the cog wheel icon) underneath the Event Library section...
