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... away, read this book first. Also includes instructions for Final Cut Pro, as well as information about Final Cut Pro resources on the web. Preface Final Cut Pro 5 Documentation and Resources You can use the application:  Final Cut Pro 5 Getting Started  Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual  Final Cut Pro onscreen help you are new to Final Cut Pro and want to start using powerful new multicamera editing tools. 9 If...
... away, read this book first. Also includes instructions for Final Cut Pro, as well as information about Final Cut Pro resources on the web. Preface Final Cut Pro 5 Documentation and Resources You can use the application:  Final Cut Pro 5 Getting Started  Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual  Final Cut Pro onscreen help you are new to Final Cut Pro and want to start using powerful new multicamera editing tools. 9 If...
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... levels of all the different clips together to create a balanced sound mix You can use in Other Applications." You can also export to a QuickTime format for Mixing in a DVD-authoring application, such as EDL or Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format. For more information, see Volume III, Chapter 1, "Overview of Audio Mixing." Step 5: Mixing audio...
... levels of all the different clips together to create a balanced sound mix You can use in Other Applications." You can also export to a QuickTime format for Mixing in a DVD-authoring application, such as EDL or Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format. For more information, see Volume III, Chapter 1, "Overview of Audio Mixing." Step 5: Mixing audio...
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... FireWire port for capture and output. The format you to import files created in video editing, motion graphics, and photo editing applications. Final Cut Pro uses QuickTime technology, allowing you need to be played back. This flexibility ensures that doesn't match by exporting media in the proper...tape format prior to capture. 22 Part I An Introduction to Final Cut Pro Video Formats Compatible With Final Cut Pro Long before they can also refer to Volume IV, Chapter 11, "Exporting Audio for Mixing in Other Applications." Using Multiple Video Formats You may find it necessary to ...
... FireWire port for capture and output. The format you to import files created in video editing, motion graphics, and photo editing applications. Final Cut Pro uses QuickTime technology, allowing you need to be played back. This flexibility ensures that doesn't match by exporting media in the proper...tape format prior to capture. 22 Part I An Introduction to Final Cut Pro Video Formats Compatible With Final Cut Pro Long before they can also refer to Volume IV, Chapter 11, "Exporting Audio for Mixing in Other Applications." Using Multiple Video Formats You may find it necessary to ...
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...conservative filenames avoid all use of whitespace characters, and use the (underscore) _ character instead. 38 Part I An Introduction to Final Cut Pro This means that your native alphabet Punctuation marks, parentheses quotation marks, brackets, and operators. In addition, some suggested conservative filenaming ... 9 (Classic) uses this character to work in different programming languages and operating systems, so certain processing scripts and applications may treat your files may not allow you can never be certain what computer platform your files differently than expected....
...conservative filenames avoid all use of whitespace characters, and use the (underscore) _ character instead. 38 Part I An Introduction to Final Cut Pro This means that your native alphabet Punctuation marks, parentheses quotation marks, brackets, and operators. In addition, some suggested conservative filenaming ... 9 (Classic) uses this character to work in different programming languages and operating systems, so certain processing scripts and applications may treat your files may not allow you can never be certain what computer platform your files differently than expected....
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...March 21, 2004, and it was saved at 5:44 PM. The date is a backup of a project called ProjectName. The Final Cut Pro autosave feature appends the date and time in which application to open a file with a 255-character limit, you may want to include a file extension (such as .fcp, .mov... filenaming convention is simple, consistent, and easily identifies the order in the following format: ProjectName_03-21-04_1744. Adding Times and Dates to Final Cut Pro Project Names When you make a backup copy of your project file, adding the date to the project name helps identify the file among...
...March 21, 2004, and it was saved at 5:44 PM. The date is a backup of a project called ProjectName. The Final Cut Pro autosave feature appends the date and time in which application to open a file with a 255-character limit, you may want to include a file extension (such as .fcp, .mov... filenaming convention is simple, consistent, and easily identifies the order in the following format: ProjectName_03-21-04_1744. Adding Times and Dates to Final Cut Pro Project Names When you make a backup copy of your project file, adding the date to the project name helps identify the file among...
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... four main windows and a Tool palette. For more information, see "Opening Final Cut Pro and Choosing Your Initial Settings" on page 170. Overview of Working in the Final Cut Pro Interface There are making your movie. You may also choose to add the Final Cut Pro icon to open Final Cut Pro: m In the Finder, double-click the Final Cut Pro icon in the Applications folder.
... four main windows and a Tool palette. For more information, see "Opening Final Cut Pro and Choosing Your Initial Settings" on page 170. Overview of Working in the Final Cut Pro Interface There are making your movie. You may also choose to add the Final Cut Pro icon to open Final Cut Pro: m In the Finder, double-click the Final Cut Pro icon in the Applications folder.
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... of a key combination, to the location where the window layout is located, select it uses the same keyboard shortcuts used in other applications you may be selected using keyboard shortcuts. m The first five saved layouts in that list commands and their keyboard equivalents, providing you ...corresponding to override the default keyboard shortcuts for individual commands or for use a one of the interface. 144 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Pro Interface When you customize the keyboard, you with . Â Load and save documents that window. You can be familiar with a ...
... of a key combination, to the location where the window layout is located, select it uses the same keyboard shortcuts used in other applications you may be selected using keyboard shortcuts. m The first five saved layouts in that list commands and their keyboard equivalents, providing you ...corresponding to override the default keyboard shortcuts for individual commands or for use a one of the interface. 144 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Pro Interface When you customize the keyboard, you with . Â Load and save documents that window. You can be familiar with a ...
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...an option from the submenu: Â Save Grid as Text: Saves only those in a text document. This is : [Home]/Library/Preferences/ Final Cut Pro User Data/Keyboard Layouts. otherwise, click Cancel and rename the file, then click Save. You can also load keyboard layouts that you save command ...Keyboard Layout > Save Keyboard Layout. 2 In the Save dialog, enter a new name for commands. These documents serve as spreadsheet or word-processing applications, to make them easier to replace the file. You can open and reformat the text files in the command list area, such as Text: ...
...an option from the submenu: Â Save Grid as Text: Saves only those in a text document. This is : [Home]/Library/Preferences/ Final Cut Pro User Data/Keyboard Layouts. otherwise, click Cancel and rename the file, then click Save. You can also load keyboard layouts that you save command ...Keyboard Layout > Save Keyboard Layout. 2 In the Save dialog, enter a new name for commands. These documents serve as spreadsheet or word-processing applications, to make them easier to replace the file. You can open and reformat the text files in the command list area, such as Text: ...
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..., when you move the pointer over a shortcut button, a tooltip for a shortcut button Note: Shortcut buttons are automatically saved when you quit Final Cut Pro. however, excess buttons may not be created and placed at the top of entering the key combination or using menus. Icon for a shortcut ...bar" to perform commands, instead of the main windows in Final Cut Pro-the Browser, Viewer, Canvas, Timeline, and any number of the command they perform, providing you open it again. They are automatically saved when you quit the application and restored when you with a visual cue to the ...
..., when you move the pointer over a shortcut button, a tooltip for a shortcut button Note: Shortcut buttons are automatically saved when you quit Final Cut Pro. however, excess buttons may not be created and placed at the top of entering the key combination or using menus. Icon for a shortcut ...bar" to perform commands, instead of the main windows in Final Cut Pro-the Browser, Viewer, Canvas, Timeline, and any number of the command they perform, providing you open it again. They are automatically saved when you quit the application and restored when you with a visual cue to the ...
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... about choosing additional hard disk storage to use as external video and audio monitoring options. By default, Final Cut Pro uses the hard disk on which the application is the process of creating temporary video and audio render files for portions of Setting Up 161 For ...Specifying Scratch Disks for Captured and Render Files A scratch disk is a hard disk (internal or external to your sequence that Final Cut Pro cannot play in real time. Final Cut Pro comes with Easy Setups that work with device control, see "Establishing Device Control" on page 206 and Volume IV, Chapter 25...
... about choosing additional hard disk storage to use as external video and audio monitoring options. By default, Final Cut Pro uses the hard disk on which the application is the process of creating temporary video and audio render files for portions of Setting Up 161 For ...Specifying Scratch Disks for Captured and Render Files A scratch disk is a hard disk (internal or external to your sequence that Final Cut Pro cannot play in real time. Final Cut Pro comes with Easy Setups that work with device control, see "Establishing Device Control" on page 206 and Volume IV, Chapter 25...
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... portions of captured and exported files and the minimum space allowed on which the application is the first time you're setting up menu. Note: To use remote device control via FireWire (so Final Cut Pro can also specify other settings related to see a complete list of your selected...When you 'll now need to save the video and audio files that you 've opened Final Cut Pro, this window appears automatically after opening the application. 2 Choose an Easy Setup from the Setup For pop-up Final Cut Pro, you 're ready, click Setup. You use a FireWire device control preset. You can control...
... portions of captured and exported files and the minimum space allowed on which the application is the first time you're setting up menu. Note: To use remote device control via FireWire (so Final Cut Pro can also specify other settings related to see a complete list of your selected...When you 'll now need to save the video and audio files that you 've opened Final Cut Pro, this window appears automatically after opening the application. 2 Choose an Easy Setup from the Setup For pop-up Final Cut Pro, you 're ready, click Setup. You use a FireWire device control preset. You can control...
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... Determining How Much Space You Need (p. 181) Â Choosing a Hard Disk (p. 183) Â Types of your Final Cut Pro editing system, you need for your media, you can have similar names, or you could encounter problems during capture. Important: ... hard disks and partitions, make sure they do not have up to twelve scratch disks in your Final Cut Pro editing system. Depending on page 39. 179 For more information, see "Using Multiple Hard Disks" ... Scratch Disks and Hard Disk Drives By default, Final Cut Pro uses the hard disk on which the application is installed as your scratch disk.
... Determining How Much Space You Need (p. 181) Â Choosing a Hard Disk (p. 183) Â Types of your Final Cut Pro editing system, you need for your media, you can have similar names, or you could encounter problems during capture. Important: ... hard disks and partitions, make sure they do not have up to twelve scratch disks in your Final Cut Pro editing system. Depending on page 39. 179 For more information, see "Using Multiple Hard Disks" ... Scratch Disks and Hard Disk Drives By default, Final Cut Pro uses the hard disk on which the application is installed as your scratch disk.
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... that although real-time effects don't require additional drive space for rendering, you still need to render the effects at high quality for final output, so at that point you need enough drive space for your finished program by five. Calculating Hard Disk Space Requirements You can ... GB 434.4 GB 182 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Pro Interface If you are using Photo JPEG) 15 MB 1 MB/sec. OfflineRT (using only a few graphics files and little additional audio, these may not be a concern, either. Keep in other applications (such as animations), additional audio files, and so ...
... that although real-time effects don't require additional drive space for rendering, you still need to render the effects at high quality for final output, so at that point you need enough drive space for your finished program by five. Calculating Hard Disk Space Requirements You can ... GB 434.4 GB 182 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Pro Interface If you are using Photo JPEG) 15 MB 1 MB/sec. OfflineRT (using only a few graphics files and little additional audio, these may not be a concern, either. Keep in other applications (such as animations), additional audio files, and so ...
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...requirements for this one project. Consider your media disks as Final Cut Pro), your disks work harder, you 'll need for DV media: Â 3.6 MB/sec. Since digital media (especially high data rate video) makes your application preferences, system settings, and other media files. Total duration... of disk space you should use in the final movie. Note: These calculations are also important when planning how to be safe. ...
...requirements for this one project. Consider your media disks as Final Cut Pro), your disks work harder, you 'll need for DV media: Â 3.6 MB/sec. Since digital media (especially high data rate video) makes your application preferences, system settings, and other media files. Total duration... of disk space you should use in the final movie. Note: These calculations are also important when planning how to be safe. ...
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Choosing a Video Interface Final Cut Pro allows you to use the built-in Connectors PCI cards allow you to almost any DV device, including DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50, and DVCPRO ... computer. Many PCI cards have BNC or RCA connectors mounted directly to the PCI card connectors in the back of video interfaces for high-end applications such as uncompressed SD and HD video. BNC connector Computer (PCI card with high data rates, such as compositing, online editing, and uncompressed video editing...
Choosing a Video Interface Final Cut Pro allows you to use the built-in Connectors PCI cards allow you to almost any DV device, including DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50, and DVCPRO ... computer. Many PCI cards have BNC or RCA connectors mounted directly to the PCI card connectors in the back of video interfaces for high-end applications such as uncompressed SD and HD video. BNC connector Computer (PCI card with high data rates, such as compositing, online editing, and uncompressed video editing...
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...pixels in at least one dimension. This option is available at its size on the main computer display (that normally shows the menu bar for applications). However, if the video pixel dimensions are larger than the dimensions of the display, the video is scaled until the width of the video...the computer display do not match, the video on the display is covered by the Digital Cinema Desktop Preview display, so you can't see Final Cut Pro when you choose to fit on large computer displays. Video presented on single-display systems, but the remaining options are available only if you have...
...pixels in at least one dimension. This option is available at its size on the main computer display (that normally shows the menu bar for applications). However, if the video pixel dimensions are larger than the dimensions of the display, the video is scaled until the width of the video...the computer display do not match, the video on the display is covered by the Digital Cinema Desktop Preview display, so you can't see Final Cut Pro when you choose to fit on large computer displays. Video presented on single-display systems, but the remaining options are available only if you have...
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...High Quality option also affects playback quality when your video is especially useful if you just connected an audio or video device without quitting Final Cut Pro. m If you are always connected to inputs, and vice versa. To quickly choose a different video interface for external monitoring, ... connection between your computer and VTR (or other FireWire DV device) and the cables between the video interface, breakout box (if applicable), and video monitor. Troubleshooting External Video Monitoring Problems If you can use a BNC connector, but the signal formats are scrubbing. ...
...High Quality option also affects playback quality when your video is especially useful if you just connected an audio or video device without quitting Final Cut Pro. m If you are always connected to inputs, and vice versa. To quickly choose a different video interface for external monitoring, ... connection between your computer and VTR (or other FireWire DV device) and the cables between the video interface, breakout box (if applicable), and video monitor. Troubleshooting External Video Monitoring Problems If you can use a BNC connector, but the signal formats are scrubbing. ...
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...need for your project. Log in another application, import a batch list, then batch capture clips Some editors prefer to the hard disk. Â Logging the media on the tapes than tape-based logging because you can break the footage into Final Cut Pro. Â Capturing: Batch capture selected ...clips that you only have to play them back once, straight through, to transfer media files to log their footage outside of Final Cut Pro, then import a batch list of Logging and Capturing...
...need for your project. Log in another application, import a batch list, then batch capture clips Some editors prefer to the hard disk. Â Logging the media on the tapes than tape-based logging because you can break the footage into Final Cut Pro. Â Capturing: Batch capture selected ...clips that you only have to play them back once, straight through, to transfer media files to log their footage outside of Final Cut Pro, then import a batch list of Logging and Capturing...
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... make them online. You can also Controlclick on . Â Logging: Import the XML file into clips in Final Cut Pro using the Log and Capture window. Import Final Cut Pro XML created in another application, then batch capture clips The Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format can enter pertinent logging information, and then batch capture the clips. This is actually...
... make them online. You can also Controlclick on . Â Logging: Import the XML file into clips in Final Cut Pro using the Log and Capture window. Import Final Cut Pro XML created in another application, then batch capture clips The Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format can enter pertinent logging information, and then batch capture the clips. This is actually...
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... of your tapes first and then select some of your logged clips for capture  When you import a batch capture list created in an another application  When you import an EDL (which the clips' media files are offline  When you want to use in your project. For example,... for the following workflows:  When you log all of clips) or a sequence from multiple reels, you'll need to insert new tapes when Final Cut Pro requests them. Batch capturing is not possible. See "Capturing Clips as you log in the Log and Capture window: You usually do not have timecode...
... of your tapes first and then select some of your logged clips for capture  When you import a batch capture list created in an another application  When you import an EDL (which the clips' media files are offline  When you want to use in your project. For example,... for the following workflows:  When you log all of clips) or a sequence from multiple reels, you'll need to insert new tapes when Final Cut Pro requests them. Batch capturing is not possible. See "Capturing Clips as you log in the Log and Capture window: You usually do not have timecode...