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... U.S. and other countries. FileMaker is a trademark of FileMaker, Inc., registered in the U.S. Apple, the Apple logo, AppleWorks, DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, FireWire, Mac, Macintosh, Mac OS, PowerBook, Power Mac, QuickTime, and Shake are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. .Mac is a service mark of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in violation of Refuge Films. "Koffee House Mayhem" ©...
... U.S. and other countries. FileMaker is a trademark of FileMaker, Inc., registered in the U.S. Apple, the Apple logo, AppleWorks, DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, FireWire, Mac, Macintosh, Mac OS, PowerBook, Power Mac, QuickTime, and Shake are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. .Mac is a service mark of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in violation of Refuge Films. "Koffee House Mayhem" ©...
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... Apple Websites An Introduction to Final Cut Pro 15 About the Postproduction Workflow 15 The Industry Workflow 16 The Postproduction Workflow 21 Video Formats and Timecode 21 About Nonlinear and Nondestructive Editing 22 Video Formats Compatible With Final Cut Pro 23 Audio Formats Compatible With Final Cut Pro... the Connection Between Clips and Media Files 37 Filenaming Considerations Learning About the Final Cut Pro Interface 43 Overview of the Final Cut Pro Interface 43 Basics of Working in the Final Cut Pro Interface 45 Using Keyboard Shortcuts, Buttons, and Shortcut Menus 48 Customizing the ...
... Apple Websites An Introduction to Final Cut Pro 15 About the Postproduction Workflow 15 The Industry Workflow 16 The Postproduction Workflow 21 Video Formats and Timecode 21 About Nonlinear and Nondestructive Editing 22 Video Formats Compatible With Final Cut Pro 23 Audio Formats Compatible With Final Cut Pro... the Connection Between Clips and Media Files 37 Filenaming Considerations Learning About the Final Cut Pro Interface 43 Overview of the Final Cut Pro Interface 43 Basics of Working in the Final Cut Pro Interface 45 Using Keyboard Shortcuts, Buttons, and Shortcut Menus 48 Customizing the ...
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Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 52 Entering Timecode for Navigation Purposes 53 Browser Basics 53 How You Use the Browser 54 Learning About the Browser 55 Working in the Browser 59 Using Columns in the Browser 60 Customizing the Browser Display 71 Viewer Basics 71 How You Can Use the Viewer 72 Opening a Clip in the Viewer 73 Learning About the Viewer 75 Tabs in the Viewer 77 Transport (or Playback) Controls 78 Playhead Controls 80 Marking Controls 81 Zoom and View Pop-Up Menus 84 Playhead Sync Pop-Up Menu 85 Recent Clips and Generator Pop-Up Menus 87 Canvas Basics 87 How You...
Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 52 Entering Timecode for Navigation Purposes 53 Browser Basics 53 How You Use the Browser 54 Learning About the Browser 55 Working in the Browser 59 Using Columns in the Browser 60 Customizing the Browser Display 71 Viewer Basics 71 How You Can Use the Viewer 72 Opening a Clip in the Viewer 73 Learning About the Viewer 75 Tabs in the Viewer 77 Transport (or Playback) Controls 78 Playhead Controls 80 Marking Controls 81 Zoom and View Pop-Up Menus 84 Playhead Sync Pop-Up Menu 85 Recent Clips and Generator Pop-Up Menus 87 Canvas Basics 87 How You...
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...External Video Monitor and Audio Speakers 161 Choosing an Easy Setup to Configure Final Cut Pro 161 Choosing a Scratch Disk Location for Captured and Render Files 163 Designing Your Editing System 163 Components of a Final Cut Pro DV Editing System 164 Video and Audio Input and Output Devices 165 ... 168 Device Control Interfaces 168 Scratch Disks 169 Connecting DV Video Equipment and Specifying Initial Settings 169 Connecting Your Camcorder 170 Opening Final Cut Pro and Choosing Your Initial Settings 175 What Is FireWire? 176 What Is Device Control? 179 Determining Your Hard Disk Storage Options...
...External Video Monitor and Audio Speakers 161 Choosing an Easy Setup to Configure Final Cut Pro 161 Choosing a Scratch Disk Location for Captured and Render Files 163 Designing Your Editing System 163 Components of a Final Cut Pro DV Editing System 164 Video and Audio Input and Output Devices 165 ... 168 Device Control Interfaces 168 Scratch Disks 169 Connecting DV Video Equipment and Specifying Initial Settings 169 Connecting Your Camcorder 170 Opening Final Cut Pro and Choosing Your Initial Settings 175 What Is FireWire? 176 What Is Device Control? 179 Determining Your Hard Disk Storage Options...
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... 19 Logging, Capturing, and Importing 225 Overview of Logging and Capturing 225 What Are Logging and Capturing? 226 Ways to Log and Capture Footage in Final Cut Pro 229 Learning About the Log and Capture Window 235 Are You Ready to Log and Capture? 237 Logging Clips 237 The Importance of Logging 238...
... 19 Logging, Capturing, and Importing 225 Overview of Logging and Capturing 225 What Are Logging and Capturing? 226 Ways to Log and Capture Footage in Final Cut Pro 229 Learning About the Log and Capture Window 235 Are You Ready to Log and Capture? 237 Logging Clips 237 The Importance of Logging 238...
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... Color Bars for Video Calibration 321 Using Color Bars 322 Calibrating Brightness and Color on Analog Equipment 323 How Digital Video Levels Are Measured in Final Cut Pro 325 Measuring Analog Video During Output 325 Using the Waveform Monitor and Vectorscope 330 Outputting Accurate DV Black Levels Using FireWire 330 Using an External...
... Color Bars for Video Calibration 321 Using Color Bars 322 Calibrating Brightness and Color on Analog Equipment 323 How Digital Video Levels Are Measured in Final Cut Pro 325 Measuring Analog Video During Output 325 Using the Waveform Monitor and Vectorscope 330 Outputting Accurate DV Black Levels Using FireWire 330 Using an External...
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... editing system, capturing footage to use Final Cut Pro to start using the application right away, read this book first. Final Cut Pro comes with several types of documentation to help you learn how. 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 learn more about...
... editing system, capturing footage to use Final Cut Pro to start using the application right away, read this book first. Final Cut Pro comes with several types of documentation to help you learn how. 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 learn more about...
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...the user manual is helpful if you do not have immediate access to websites. Onscreen Help Onscreen help : m In Final Cut Pro, choose an option from the Help menu. Onscreen User Manual The onscreen version of settings and preferences and information on video...manual: m In Final Cut Pro, choose Help > Final Cut Pro User Manual. To access the Working With High Definition and Broadcast Formats document: m In Final Cut Pro, choose Help > HD and Broadcast Formats. To access Late-Breaking News: m In Final Cut Pro, choose Help > Late-Breaking News. 10 Preface Final Cut Pro 5 Documentation and ...
...the user manual is helpful if you do not have immediate access to websites. Onscreen Help Onscreen help : m In Final Cut Pro, choose an option from the Help menu. Onscreen User Manual The onscreen version of settings and preferences and information on video...manual: m In Final Cut Pro, choose Help > Final Cut Pro User Manual. To access the Working With High Definition and Broadcast Formats document: m In Final Cut Pro, choose Help > HD and Broadcast Formats. To access Late-Breaking News: m In Final Cut Pro, choose Help > Late-Breaking News. 10 Preface Final Cut Pro 5 Documentation and ...
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....apple.com/software/pro/resources/fcpresources.html For information on the Apple Pro Training Program, go to: Â http://www.apple.com/software/pro/training To provide comments and feedback to Apple about Final Cut Pro, go to the most frequently asked questions for all Apple products, including Final Cut Pro. You'll also have been added or enhanced since the last version of Final Cut Pro...
....apple.com/software/pro/resources/fcpresources.html For information on the Apple Pro Training Program, go to: Â http://www.apple.com/software/pro/training To provide comments and feedback to Apple about Final Cut Pro, go to the most frequently asked questions for all Apple products, including Final Cut Pro. You'll also have been added or enhanced since the last version of Final Cut Pro...
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About the Postproduction Workflow Video Formats and Timecode Understanding Projects, Clips, and Sequences Part I: An Introduction to Final Cut Pro I Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Find out how Final Cut Pro fits into the moviemaking process and learn about fundamental concepts of digital video editing and the basic elements of a Final Cut Pro project.
About the Postproduction Workflow Video Formats and Timecode Understanding Projects, Clips, and Sequences Part I: An Introduction to Final Cut Pro I Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Find out how Final Cut Pro fits into the moviemaking process and learn about fundamental concepts of digital video editing and the basic elements of a Final Cut Pro project.
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... properly arranged during editing. 15 Step 3: Production Production is where you start editing, it's helpful to . About the Postproduction 1 Workflow 1 No matter what your project, Final Cut Pro is the cornerstone of order, which means they have to complete a film or video project are described below. For practical reasons, scenes are usually shot...
... properly arranged during editing. 15 Step 3: Production Production is where you start editing, it's helpful to . About the Postproduction 1 Workflow 1 No matter what your project, Final Cut Pro is the cornerstone of order, which means they have to complete a film or video project are described below. For practical reasons, scenes are usually shot...
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... for making distribution copies. This may now be a whole special effects team, an audio department, a colorist (responsible for viewing. Final Cut Pro is when you release a movie for color correction), and a number of assistant editors keeping track of all the footage. Footage is output to... Final Cut Pro The final movie is color-corrected and special effects are created. Where there was once a single editor who was responsible for the majority...
... for making distribution copies. This may now be a whole special effects team, an audio department, a colorist (responsible for viewing. Final Cut Pro is when you release a movie for color correction), and a number of assistant editors keeping track of all the footage. Footage is output to... Final Cut Pro The final movie is color-corrected and special effects are created. Where there was once a single editor who was responsible for the majority...
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... same finished program. Different editors have different working styles and, given the same source material, no hard and fast rules for editing. Industry Workflow Final Cut Pro Postproduction Workflow Scripting Planning Preproduction Production Postproduction Setting Up Logging and Capturing Editing Distribution Mixing Audio Adding Effects Outputting Chapter 1 About the Postproduction Workflow 17 ...
... same finished program. Different editors have different working styles and, given the same source material, no hard and fast rules for editing. Industry Workflow Final Cut Pro Postproduction Workflow Scripting Planning Preproduction Production Postproduction Setting Up Logging and Capturing Editing Distribution Mixing Audio Adding Effects Outputting Chapter 1 About the Postproduction Workflow 17 ...
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... planning the scope of effects you will need to make sure that the correct presets are chosen within Final Cut Pro, so that Final Cut Pro knows what video and audio formats you are using . (Device control allows Final Cut Pro to remotely control video and audio devices.) Depending on . Step 2: Setting up In this phase, you set up... of the upcoming postproduction phases: choosing input and output formats; Step 1: Planning Planning is with DV formats) or more information. 18 Part I An Introduction to Final Cut Pro You also need to dedicate to them.
... planning the scope of effects you will need to make sure that the correct presets are chosen within Final Cut Pro, so that Final Cut Pro knows what video and audio formats you are using . (Device control allows Final Cut Pro to remotely control video and audio devices.) Depending on . Step 2: Setting up In this phase, you set up... of the upcoming postproduction phases: choosing input and output formats; Step 1: Planning Planning is with DV formats) or more information. 18 Part I An Introduction to Final Cut Pro You also need to dedicate to them.
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...footage should be captured before you have the appropriate hardware. The order in sequence. Final Cut Pro allows you to capture video and audio from a wide variety of sources, if you start with a rough cut . Most editors start editing. Often, the type of project you log and capture...hard disk. Capturing means transferring source media from commercial television and film editing, in an automated way), or log and then capture each cut , where they work style, the needs of your method of footage. Chapter 1 About the Postproduction Workflow 19 Basic audio editing and ...
...footage should be captured before you have the appropriate hardware. The order in sequence. Final Cut Pro allows you to capture video and audio from a wide variety of sources, if you start with a rough cut . Most editors start editing. Often, the type of project you log and capture...hard disk. Capturing means transferring source media from commercial television and film editing, in an automated way), or log and then capture each cut , where they work style, the needs of your method of footage. Chapter 1 About the Postproduction Workflow 19 Basic audio editing and ...
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... Chapter 5, "Offline and Online Editing." 20 Part I An Introduction to Final Cut Pro Step 6: Adding effects Creating effects tends to be more information, see Volume IV, Chapter 12, "Importing and Exporting Final Cut Pro XML." You may need to finish your project on additional audio tracks in ... and equalization  Adding sound effects, music, and voiceover on a different editing workstation, you can use Final Cut Pro for web delivery or use in Other Applications." Final Cut Pro has a wide variety of video and audio filters, each of all the different clips together to create a ...
... Chapter 5, "Offline and Online Editing." 20 Part I An Introduction to Final Cut Pro Step 6: Adding effects Creating effects tends to be more information, see Volume IV, Chapter 12, "Importing and Exporting Final Cut Pro XML." You may need to finish your project on additional audio tracks in ... and equalization  Adding sound effects, music, and voiceover on a different editing workstation, you can use Final Cut Pro for web delivery or use in Other Applications." Final Cut Pro has a wide variety of video and audio filters, each of all the different clips together to create a ...
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... to decide what video format you will capture, edit, and output. No matter how you do nonlinear, nondestructive editing. Final Cut Pro lets you process your footage, the underlying media is known as scaling, position, rotation, speed changes, and multiple layers .... 21 This chapter covers the following: Â About Nonlinear and Nondestructive Editing (p. 21) Â Video Formats Compatible With Final Cut Pro (p. 22) Â Audio Formats Compatible With Final Cut Pro (p. 23) Â Video Format Basics (p. 23) Â About Timecode (p. 25) About Nonlinear and Nondestructive Editing In ...
... to decide what video format you will capture, edit, and output. No matter how you do nonlinear, nondestructive editing. Final Cut Pro lets you process your footage, the underlying media is known as scaling, position, rotation, speed changes, and multiple layers .... 21 This chapter covers the following: Â About Nonlinear and Nondestructive Editing (p. 21) Â Video Formats Compatible With Final Cut Pro (p. 22) Â Audio Formats Compatible With Final Cut Pro (p. 23) Â Video Format Basics (p. 23) Â About Timecode (p. 25) About Nonlinear and Nondestructive Editing In ...
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...needed for Mixing in FireWire port for project interchange formats allows Final Cut Pro to Final Cut Pro You can capture, edit, and output uncompressed SD and HD formats such as EDL, OMF, and the Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format. For a list of formats in the proper... so, be imported and exported. For more information, see Volume IV, Chapter 12, "Importing and Exporting Final Cut Pro XML." Â QuickTime-compatible files: Because Final Cut Pro uses QuickTime technology, almost any digital video format available. Therefore, your sequence settings (such as how the ...
...needed for Mixing in FireWire port for project interchange formats allows Final Cut Pro to Final Cut Pro You can capture, edit, and output uncompressed SD and HD formats such as EDL, OMF, and the Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format. For a list of formats in the proper... so, be imported and exported. For more information, see Volume IV, Chapter 12, "Importing and Exporting Final Cut Pro XML." Â QuickTime-compatible files: Because Final Cut Pro uses QuickTime technology, almost any digital video format available. Therefore, your sequence settings (such as how the ...
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...Offline and Online Editing." Video Format Basics Most video formats are ready to high-resolution media for finishing and output. Final Cut Pro is compatible with audio files with Final Cut Pro including audio files captured from tape, imported from videotape. Chapter 2 Video Formats and Timecode 23 For example, you ...are described by musicians and sound designers. Audio Formats Compatible With Final Cut Pro You can work with most audio devices, such as 96 kHz and a bit depth of audio with sample rates as high as...
...Offline and Online Editing." Video Format Basics Most video formats are ready to high-resolution media for finishing and output. Final Cut Pro is compatible with audio files with Final Cut Pro including audio files captured from tape, imported from videotape. Chapter 2 Video Formats and Timecode 23 For example, you ...are described by musicians and sound designers. Audio Formats Compatible With Final Cut Pro You can work with most audio devices, such as 96 kHz and a bit depth of audio with sample rates as high as...