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...Number on a Single Tape 199 Importing Media Files Into Your Project 199 What File Formats Can Be Imported? 200 Importing Media Files 203 About Importing Video Files 204 About Importing Audio Files 207 Working With HDV 207 About HDV 208 HDV Formats Supported by Final Cut Express HD 208 About MPEG-2 Compression 210 HDV Apple... Intermediate Codec Editing Workflow 210 Connecting an HDV Device to Your Computer 211 Choosing an Easy Setup 211 Capturing HDV Video to the Apple Intermediate Codec 212 Editing Video Using the Apple ...
...Number on a Single Tape 199 Importing Media Files Into Your Project 199 What File Formats Can Be Imported? 200 Importing Media Files 203 About Importing Video Files 204 About Importing Audio Files 207 Working With HDV 207 About HDV 208 HDV Formats Supported by Final Cut Express HD 208 About MPEG-2 Compression 210 HDV Apple... Intermediate Codec Editing Workflow 210 Connecting an HDV Device to Your Computer 211 Choosing an Easy Setup 211 Capturing HDV Video to the Apple Intermediate Codec 212 Editing Video Using the Apple ...
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... 673 Enabling and Rearranging Filters 674 Copying and Pasting a Clip's Filters 675 Removing Filters From Clips 676 Video Filters Available in Final Cut Express HD 689 Changing Motion Parameters 689 Creating Motion Effects in the Viewer 690 Adjusting Parameters in the Motion Tab 695 Using Cartesian Geometry to... Rotate 719 Adjusting Parameters for Keyframed Effects 719 Animating Motion Effects Using Keyframes 720 How Keyframing Works 721 Determining the Number of Keyframes to Use 722 Keyframing Tools in Final Cut Express HD 723 Setting Keyframes 724 Adjusting and Deleting Keyframes 16 Contents
... 673 Enabling and Rearranging Filters 674 Copying and Pasting a Clip's Filters 675 Removing Filters From Clips 676 Video Filters Available in Final Cut Express HD 689 Changing Motion Parameters 689 Creating Motion Effects in the Viewer 690 Adjusting Parameters in the Motion Tab 695 Using Cartesian Geometry to... Rotate 719 Adjusting Parameters for Keyframed Effects 719 Animating Motion Effects Using Keyframes 720 How Keyframing Works 721 Determining the Number of Keyframes to Use 722 Keyframing Tools in Final Cut Express HD 723 Setting Keyframes 724 Adjusting and Deleting Keyframes 16 Contents
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...pipeline, allowing you to organize and assemble media from multiple sources into an increasing variety of jobs and tasks. Final Cut Express HD is color-corrected and special effects are created. The Post-Production Workflow The post-production phase begins with the raw...takes, and eliminating unnecessary elements. Step 5: Distribution Distribution is synchronized (with a completed movie, ready for color correction), and a number of assistant editors keeping track of the postproduction process, there may involve theater screenings, video and DVD releases, festival submissions, or ...
...pipeline, allowing you to organize and assemble media from multiple sources into an increasing variety of jobs and tasks. Final Cut Express HD is color-corrected and special effects are created. The Post-Production Workflow The post-production phase begins with the raw...takes, and eliminating unnecessary elements. Step 5: Distribution Distribution is synchronized (with a completed movie, ready for color correction), and a number of assistant editors keeping track of the postproduction process, there may involve theater screenings, video and DVD releases, festival submissions, or ...
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... countries such as VHS must be digitized, or captured, for broadcast television from the 1950s to the present. Note: You may notice that determines how Final Cut Express HD works with respect to 4:3. For more information, see Appendix A, "Video Formats," on page 146. Important: When you choose an Easy Setup that corresponds to your... equivalent to the height. High definition video is either 1280 x 720 or 1920 x 1080, and is 720 pixels wide and 480 pixels tall. I Video Standards A number of video standards have been used for use by Final Cut Express HD.
... countries such as VHS must be digitized, or captured, for broadcast television from the 1950s to the present. Note: You may notice that determines how Final Cut Express HD works with respect to 4:3. For more information, see Appendix A, "Video Formats," on page 146. Important: When you choose an Easy Setup that corresponds to your... equivalent to the height. High definition video is either 1280 x 720 or 1920 x 1080, and is 720 pixels wide and 480 pixels tall. I Video Standards A number of video standards have been used for use by Final Cut Express HD.
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...; 29.97 fps: Standard definition NTSC Â 59.94 fps: 720p high definition video frame rate. This may use this frame rate. The higher the number of the screen to Final Cut Express HD Lines may be 60 fps.
...; 29.97 fps: Standard definition NTSC Â 59.94 fps: 720p high definition video frame rate. This may use this frame rate. The higher the number of the screen to Final Cut Express HD Lines may be 60 fps.
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... media, your project can be stored in your movie. What Are Projects? Project Video clip Audio clip ABC Still image Sequence To start working in Final Cut Express HD, you use while editing your project in the Browser. For more information, see Chapter 5, "Browser Basics," on page 65. There's no limit to another computer... portable. A project contains all , which keeps it can be opened even if none of the media files can easily be archived or transferred to the number of the clips and sequences you must have multiple projects open a project, it appears as clips and sequences.
... media, your project can be stored in your movie. What Are Projects? Project Video clip Audio clip ABC Still image Sequence To start working in Final Cut Express HD, you use while editing your project in the Browser. For more information, see Chapter 5, "Browser Basics," on page 65. There's no limit to another computer... portable. A project contains all , which keeps it can be opened even if none of the media files can easily be archived or transferred to the number of the clips and sequences you must have multiple projects open a project, it appears as clips and sequences.
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...Organizing Your Projects Typically, you create a new project file for each movie you 'll be working on. Although the number of clips. The settings for the new sequence are a television commercial with high shooting ratios (meaning most of the... your current Easy Setup, choose Final Cut Express HD > Easy Setup.) Note: When you open Final Cut Express HD for it makes sense to Final Cut Express HD Creating and Saving Projects When you can store in Final Cut Express HD, a new blank sequence is theoretically unlimited, Final Cut Express HD may contain thousands of clips and...
...Organizing Your Projects Typically, you create a new project file for each movie you 'll be working on. Although the number of clips. The settings for the new sequence are a television commercial with high shooting ratios (meaning most of the... your current Easy Setup, choose Final Cut Express HD > Easy Setup.) Note: When you open Final Cut Express HD for it makes sense to Final Cut Express HD Creating and Saving Projects When you can store in Final Cut Express HD, a new blank sequence is theoretically unlimited, Final Cut Express HD may contain thousands of clips and...
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... You can also redo actions that you make a change , do one of changes to take into account the position of the Final Cut Express HD Interface 63 For more information on modifying the number of the following : m Press Command-Z. Chapter 4 Overview of the Dock. The windows are rearranged to undo, see "Choosing Settings and Preferences...
... You can also redo actions that you make a change , do one of changes to take into account the position of the Final Cut Express HD Interface 63 For more information on modifying the number of the following : m Press Command-Z. Chapter 4 Overview of the Dock. The windows are rearranged to undo, see "Choosing Settings and Preferences...
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... in the Viewer, Canvas, or Timeline, you enter 125, or 199, Final Cut Express HD interprets these as 01:24 (one second and 24 frames). Numbers you enter a partial number, Final Cut Express HD interprets it as 00:22:14:19. If you omit default to a specific point in Final Cut Express HD start at 00:00:00:00. However, if the rightmost pair...
... in the Viewer, Canvas, or Timeline, you enter 125, or 199, Final Cut Express HD interprets these as 01:24 (one second and 24 frames). Numbers you enter a partial number, Final Cut Express HD interprets it as 00:22:14:19. If you omit default to a specific point in Final Cut Express HD start at 00:00:00:00. However, if the rightmost pair...
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... opens in the clip. Â Timecode Duration field: This field shows the current duration between the clip In and Out points. You can enter timecode numbers here to navigate to a new position in its own Audio tab. (If you open an audio-only clip, you'll only see "Learning About the... audio items, each Audio tab allow you view a clip's video media, set In and Out points, and add markers and keyframes. This is shown by Final Cut Express HD; II Â Zoom pop-up menu: This lets you enlarge or shrink the image that appears in the Viewer. Â View pop-up menu: This...
... opens in the clip. Â Timecode Duration field: This field shows the current duration between the clip In and Out points. You can enter timecode numbers here to navigate to a new position in its own Audio tab. (If you open an audio-only clip, you'll only see "Learning About the... audio items, each Audio tab allow you view a clip's video media, set In and Out points, and add markers and keyframes. This is shown by Final Cut Express HD; II Â Zoom pop-up menu: This lets you enlarge or shrink the image that appears in the Viewer. Â View pop-up menu: This...
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By default, the maximum number of clips that was replaced in the Viewer, but you quickly choose source clips and generators. For more information, see "Choosing Settings and Preferences" on ... in Generated Clips" on page 945. you can change this number. For more information, see "Using Built-in the Viewer; The clip replaced most recently is at the top of the list. Various generator effects 90 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface Recent Clips pop-up menu Generator pop-up menu...
By default, the maximum number of clips that was replaced in the Viewer, but you quickly choose source clips and generators. For more information, see "Choosing Settings and Preferences" on ... in Generated Clips" on page 945. you can change this number. For more information, see "Using Built-in the Viewer; The clip replaced most recently is at the top of the list. Various generator effects 90 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface Recent Clips pop-up menu Generator pop-up menu...
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.... This allows you 've marked a clip in "Three-Point Editing" on page 329. Once you to perform the edit. 94 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface The basic edit types are covered in much more detail in the Viewer with In and Out points defining how much of the Canvas... the default transition when you want to a new position in the clip and the sequence, following the rules of the playhead. You can enter timecode numbers here to navigate to use the Edit Overlay or the edit buttons at the current position of three-point editing.
.... This allows you 've marked a clip in "Three-Point Editing" on page 329. Once you to perform the edit. 94 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface The basic edit types are covered in much more detail in the Viewer with In and Out points defining how much of the Canvas... the default transition when you want to a new position in the clip and the sequence, following the rules of the playhead. You can enter timecode numbers here to navigate to use the Edit Overlay or the edit buttons at the current position of three-point editing.
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...Space bar. Â Press L. Â Choose Mark > Play > Forward. This is useful if you're editing dialogue and you want to make sure you're cutting on the proper sound at 1x (normal) speed, such as if you want to play forward, backward, between In and Out points, one frame at... at the In point and stops at the right frames. 102 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface You can also move around within clips and sequences by jogging, shuttling, and scrubbing, and by entering timecode numbers. To play a clip in the Viewer or a sequence in the Canvas: 1 Open a clip in the...
...Space bar. Â Press L. Â Choose Mark > Play > Forward. This is useful if you're editing dialogue and you want to make sure you're cutting on the proper sound at 1x (normal) speed, such as if you want to play forward, backward, between In and Out points, one frame at... at the In point and stops at the right frames. 102 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface You can also move around within clips and sequences by jogging, shuttling, and scrubbing, and by entering timecode numbers. To play a clip in the Viewer or a sequence in the Canvas: 1 Open a clip in the...
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...see a checkmark next to the command in your clip or sequence, enter a complete (or absolute) timecode number. Â To move the playhead forward or backward a precise number of the playhead. Timecode Duration field in the Canvas Current Timecode field in the Viewer and Canvas: Timecode ...Current Timecode field. 108 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface To enable looped playback: m Choose View > Loop Playback (or press Control-L). You can move the playhead around in a clip or sequence by entering a new timecode number in the Current Timecode field. Â To ...
...see a checkmark next to the command in your clip or sequence, enter a complete (or absolute) timecode number. Â To move the playhead forward or backward a precise number of the playhead. Timecode Duration field in the Canvas Current Timecode field in the Viewer and Canvas: Timecode ...Current Timecode field. 108 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface To enable looped playback: m Choose View > Loop Playback (or press Control-L). You can move the playhead around in a clip or sequence by entering a new timecode number in the Current Timecode field. Â To ...
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The period is automatically interpreted by Final Cut Express HD as 00 in the Viewer. Â Make the Canvas active. 2 Click the Current Timecode field (or the icon to the left of the following: Â ...:00, type "3." (3 and a period). keys. For example, if you would type -1612. II To avoid typing zeroes when moving the playhead to an absolute timecode number, you can also enter values in the Viewer and Canvas 109 to move to its current position by 16 seconds and 12 frames, you would...
The period is automatically interpreted by Final Cut Express HD as 00 in the Viewer. Â Make the Canvas active. 2 Click the Current Timecode field (or the icon to the left of the following: Â ...:00, type "3." (3 and a period). keys. For example, if you would type -1612. II To avoid typing zeroes when moving the playhead to an absolute timecode number, you can also enter values in the Viewer and Canvas 109 to move to its current position by 16 seconds and 12 frames, you would...
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...in the Viewer that sequence. For example, a typical DV clip has one video and two audio Source controls appear in the Timeline. The number of the User Preferences window. You can still be rendered or output to determine which tracks are displayed and rendered in your sequence. Note:... are deleted if the track is disabled, it appears darkened in the Timeline, but its contents remain in your sequence and can have Final Cut Express HD display a warning before this case, one video track and two audio tracks. II Editing Controls The Timeline editing controls determine which source ...
...in the Viewer that sequence. For example, a typical DV clip has one video and two audio Source controls appear in the Timeline. The number of the User Preferences window. You can still be rendered or output to determine which tracks are displayed and rendered in your sequence. Note:... are deleted if the track is disabled, it appears darkened in the Timeline, but its contents remain in your sequence and can have Final Cut Express HD display a warning before this case, one video track and two audio tracks. II Editing Controls The Timeline editing controls determine which source ...
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...the "Pen tools can be used for organizational purposes. For more room to accommodate new tracks. 116 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface Thumb tab Vertical scroll bar Video tracks Divider Audio tracks The unused area provides space to either the video or audio half... of the Timeline. Locked tracks are just underneath the divider, and all additional video tracks continue upward. You can change the default number of video and audio tracks in the vertical dimension. Overlays in the Timeline" on page 945. Video track 1 is divided into audio...
...the "Pen tools can be used for organizational purposes. For more room to accommodate new tracks. 116 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface Thumb tab Vertical scroll bar Video tracks Divider Audio tracks The unused area provides space to either the video or audio half... of the Timeline. Locked tracks are just underneath the divider, and all additional video tracks continue upward. You can change the default number of video and audio tracks in the vertical dimension. Overlays in the Timeline" on page 945. Video track 1 is divided into audio...
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... produces slightly different results. Note: If you zoom in and out around the current playhead, make sure no matter which window in Final Cut Express HD is currently active. Pressing Option-= (equal sign) or Option-- (minus) zooms in or out of the contents of your sequence in... is visible, it stays centered when you to navigate through your sequence in the Timeline. 118 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface Typing a new timecode number moves the playhead (as in the Timeline" on page 127. Â Current Timecode field: Indicates the timecode position of ...
... produces slightly different results. Note: If you zoom in and out around the current playhead, make sure no matter which window in Final Cut Express HD is currently active. Pressing Option-= (equal sign) or Option-- (minus) zooms in or out of the contents of your sequence in... is visible, it stays centered when you to navigate through your sequence in the Timeline. 118 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface Typing a new timecode number moves the playhead (as in the Timeline" on page 127. Â Current Timecode field: Indicates the timecode position of ...
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... in the Timeline.) Â Default Number of Video and Audio Tracks: You can only specify the default number of accessing the same options are only available in the Timeline Options tab of the Timeline. 124 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface To change some Timeline display options..., as well as the default number of video and audio tracks, are noted when possible. General Options These are basic display...
... in the Timeline.) Â Default Number of Video and Audio Tracks: You can only specify the default number of accessing the same options are only available in the Timeline Options tab of the Timeline. 124 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface To change some Timeline display options..., as well as the default number of video and audio tracks, are noted when possible. General Options These are basic display...
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If you're in the Timeline, make sure that number of frames from the Tool palette  Menu commands  Keyboard shortcuts 128 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface otherwise, you will mirror that position. If the Timeline window is active, the playhead will move to the ...Controls" on page 117.) To move the playhead to a specific location: 1 Make the Timeline or Canvas active. If you enter a new timecode number, the playhead moves to that of the Timeline. Using Timecode to Navigate in both the Timeline and Canvas, and the Current Timecode field of the...
If you're in the Timeline, make sure that number of frames from the Tool palette  Menu commands  Keyboard shortcuts 128 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface otherwise, you will mirror that position. If the Timeline window is active, the playhead will move to the ...Controls" on page 117.) To move the playhead to a specific location: 1 Make the Timeline or Canvas active. If you enter a new timecode number, the playhead moves to that of the Timeline. Using Timecode to Navigate in both the Timeline and Canvas, and the Current Timecode field of the...