Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual download pdf (Page 172)

Chapter 13 Connecting DV Video Equipment and Specifying Initial Settings 171

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To choose an Easy Setup:

1 Choose Final Cut Pro > Easy Setup.

If this is the first time 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 menu.

To show all Easy Setups that are currently available, select Show All.

Note: To use remote device control via FireWire (so Final Cut Pro can control your

camcorder or deck), make sure you choose a device control preset that uses FireWire.

Both DV-NTSC and DV-PAL use a FireWire device control preset. For more information,

see Volume IV, Chapter 25, “Device Control Settings and Presets.”

3 When you’re ready, click Setup.

The selected Easy Setup applies to all new projects and sequences. Settings for existing

sequences do not change. For additional information about Easy Setups, see Volume IV,

Chapter 23, “Audio/Video Settings and Easy Setups.”

If this is the first time you’re setting up Final Cut Pro, you’ll now need to specify your

scratch disk.

Specifying Scratch Disks for Capturing Video

and Storing Render Files

A scratch disk is a hard disk, internal or external to your computer, where Final Cut Pro

stores captured digital video and audio, as well as rendered media files created during

editing. (Rendering is the process of creating temporary video and audio render files

for portions of your sequence that Final Cut Pro cannot play in real time.) By default,

Final Cut Pro uses the hard disk on which the application is installed.

You use the Scratch Disks tab in the System Settings window to choose where you

want to save the video and audio files that you capture, and the render and cache files

that Final Cut Pro creates. You can also specify other settings related to the size of

captured and exported files and the minimum space allowed on scratch disks.

Choose an Easy Setup

from the Setup For

pop-up menu.

Select Show All to see a

complete list of available

Easy Setups.

A summary of your

selected Easy Setup

appears below the pop-

up menu.

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