final cut pro 7 certification lesson 8

Lesson 8: Capturing and

Transferring FootageApple Pro Training

SeriesFinal Cut Pro 7

Instructor: Sam Edsall

Ingesting Media into Final Cut

Fire Master

Creating a New Project for Capturing

Preparing the Project

Start up Final Cut Pro.

Close any open projects, including any ‘untitled’ projects that were created automatically.-- remember, with no open sequences, there will be no canvas or timeline.


Set it up:Select Final Cut Pro > Easy Setup.

Click the ‘Format’ pop-up menu:-- filters your search by choosing a general format or frame rate first.

In the Format pop-up menu choose ‘NTSC’

Under Use, choose ‘DV-NTSC’


Reset your project:Select the sequence in the project and delete it.-- the old sequence reflects the old settings.

Press Command N to make a new sequence and load it.-- this sequence reflects the Easy Set-up settings.

Save the project as Lesson 8

Matching Media to the Sequence

Capturing Media

Open Log & Capture:Choose File > Log and Capture

Or press Command 8 (good one to remember)

Log and Capture

Make it Big:1. Close Log & Capture window.2. Choose Window > Arrange > Two Up3. Now try Log & Capture

Log and Capture

Log and Capture

Shortcuts work here, too.

Log and Capture

Give Me Some Slack

Mark on the Fly

Logging Your Clips

Setting a Logging Bin

Clips will be listed with the sequence in the Browser


Create a Logging Bin:On the right of the Log Bin button, click the ‘New Bin’ button.

A new Bin is created with the Slate icon next to the Bin identifying it as the target location for new clips.


Back up a step:On the right of the Log Bin button, click the ‘Up’ button.

This takes the Log Bin destination up a level-- in this case back to the project level.

The Slate is once again attached to the project.


Name & Assign the Bin:Close Log & Capture.

Select the Bin and rename ‘Test Capture’

Control Click the Bin and select ‘Set Logging Bin’

Naming Your Clips

Naming Your Clips

Add some info:Type ‘tk4’ in the Shot/Take field and click on the checkbox next to it.

Naming Your Clips

Naming Your Clips

Try it out:Click on the Slate button next to Shot/Take

Naming Your Clips

Adding Markers While Logging

How it Works

Adding Markers While Logging

Mark on the Fly

Your mark in and out points will be reflected here.

(ignore the 0’s – I did this without a deck)

Marking a ClipCheck it out:Even though you may not be connected to a deck, try out the Set Marker function in the Logging tab.

Choosing Clip Settings

Choosing Clip Settings

Check it out:Click on the Clip Settings tab.

Change the audio setting from stereo pair to mono.

Turn off and on an audio channel.

Note how you cannot turn off a channel in stereo.

Choosing Capture Settings

Choosing Capture Settings

If your drive is filling up, you can delete the project folders you no longer need.

Log and Capture Buttons

Log & Capture Methods

Log & Batch Capturing

Setting Capture Preferences

If you are having trouble capturing off tape because it detects dropped frames and keeps quitting, turn off ‘Abort capture on dropped frames’ here and try again.

Setting Capture Preferences

Log & Transferring

HomeworkNothing to submit this week – WA-HOO!

1. Be sure you are comfortable setting the correct format for your footage with Easy Setup

2. Be sure you know how to set your scratch disk3. Practice the Mark > DV Start/Stop with some of your long

clips.

Lesson 8: Capturing and

Transferring FootageApple Pro Training

SeriesFinal Cut Pro 7

Instructor: Sam Edsall

final cut pro 7 certification lesson 8

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