Use existing footage of the external drive instead save the library?

I can't find any info on the internet for this using FCPX.   There is a sequence library file that records your videos (makes copies) in the library of FCPX.   You have to do if you already have your video on an external drive?  Otherwise, I am just double everything I have and fill up my external drive even faster with 4 K images.  FCPX should the images of the library that are duplicated or can work with existing external images already on my drive (copied from my GH4).

Images can be stored either inside the whole library, or it can be stored in a place designated outside the library. Media imported from a camera, a camera card or camera archive must be copied to the location of library media, either inside the library or to the designated place. Media who are not in a camera folder structure can be left in its original location and linked to the PCF, using symbolic links.

So "GH4 copied" is not really accurate enough. If you copy the media in its folder structure, media have again copy in the location of library of the PCF. If you check out the media out of the folder structure on your hard drive you can use it in FCP with symbolic links, even if you run the danger that the media are not treated properly or it separates symbolic links through mismanagement.

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