Searching for a shot in your sequence? Trying to find all the freeze frames, motion effects or offline items? Need to know if a clip in a sequence is offline? Here's some ways to deal with these tasks.

 
FINDING SHOTS:
A) with your timeline window active, type "COMMAND+F" (which is the "Find" command from the Edit menu)
B) A dialogue box will appear. Type in a portion of the clip name.
C) Hit Enter. Media Composer will now find the first match to the right of where your blue line was just parked (so you may want to begin your search from the very beginning of the sequence).
D) To find the next instance, just press "COMMAND+G" ("Find Again" from the Edit menu). Press it again and again if you like. The blue line will cycle through your sequence from beginning to end, jumping to each instance.
** WARNING: if you have an effect on a segment, this handy-dandy deal may not work.

 
FINDING MOTION EFFECTS:
The key here is to never remove the little designation that Media Composer gives motion effect clips. Freeze frames always get "FF" and slo-mo and fast-mo always get "FPS." Now, just use the method described above to search for "FF" or "FPS."
** WARNING: if you have an effect on a segment, this may not work.

 
FINDING SHOTS FROM SPECIFIC TAPES: (See Comments below for screen shots)
A) From the Fast Menu (hamburger) in your Timeline, select "Clip Text"; and from the submenu that appears, select "SOURCE NAME" or "TAPE NAME" (whichever appears).
B) Press "COMMAND+F."
C) In the dialogue box that appears, click the check-box for "Timeline Text."
D) Type in the tape name (or a portion of the tape name). Now you can quickly search the entire sequence using the method described above under the heading "FINDING SHOTS."

FINDING OFFLINE SEGMENTS:
– Two methods are described below.

 
For those using recent versions of Avid (this does not use the Find function):
A) Select the Timeline to make that window active.
B) Go to the Timeline Fast menu – the menu in the bottom left of the timeline that looks like this:
C) Choose Clip Color, and then choose Offline from the submenu. Offline clips (both audio and/or video) are displayed as red in the Timeline.

 
Another method to find offline clips that uses the "Find" function (for anyone on an old version of Avid):
Use the steps as described above under "Finding Shots," and add the following:
A) From the Fast Menu (hamburger) in your Timeline, select "Clip Text"; and from the submenu that appears, select "Media File Names" (segments with any media not available will read "Media Offline").
B) Press "COMMAND+F."
C) In the dialogue box that appears, click the check-box for "Timeline Text."
D) Type in "Offline" or "Media." Now you can quickly search the entire sequence using the method described above under the heading "FINDING SHOTS."