Apple Final Cut Pro 6 User Manual download pdf (Page 14)

Part I: An Introduction

to Final Cut Pro

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.

Chapter 1 About the Post-Production Workflow

Chapter 2 Video Formats and Timecode

Chapter 3 Understanding Projects, Clips, and Sequences

1 2 ... 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ... 202 203

Final Cut Pro 6 1
User Manual 1
Volume I 2
Interface, Setup 2
Documentation and Resources 10
Onscreen Help 11
Apple Websites 12
Part I: An Introduction 14
About the Post-Production 16
Workflow 16
The Post-Production Workflow 17
Video Formats and Timecode 22
Video Format Basics 24
How Drop Frame Timecode Works 27
Understanding Projects 28
Clips, and Sequences 28
What Are Clips? 29
What Are Sequences? 30
What Are Projects? 31
Working with Projects 32
Organizing Your Projects 33
Creating and Saving Projects 33
Opening and Closing Projects 35
To switch between 36
Filenaming Considerations 38
Avoiding Special Characters 39
Using Filename Extensions 40
Using Multiple Hard Disks 40
Part II: Learning About 42
Overview of the 44
Final Cut Pro Interface 44
Using Keyboard Shortcuts 46
Using Button Bars 47
Using Shortcut Menus 47
This tooltip appears when 48
Moving Windows 51
Undoing and Redoing Changes 52
Browser Basics 54
Learning About the Browser 55
Working in the Browser 56
Hold the Option key 58
Enter a new name for the 59
Using Columns in the Browser 60
Choosing Views in the Browser 62
To display thumbnails: 65
The thumbnail you’re 66
Control-click a Comment 67
Enter the new 67
Thumbnails of 68
Video clip with audio 68
Audio clip 68
Before using the 70
Arrange command 70
After using the 70
Setting the Poster Frame 71
Viewer Basics 74
Opening a Clip in the Viewer 75
Learning About the Viewer 76
Tabs in the Viewer 78
Filters Tab 79
Motion Tab 79
Transport Controls 80
Playhead Controls 81
Jog Control 82
Shuttle Control 82
Marking Controls 83
Zoom and View Pop-Up Menus 84
View Pop-Up Menu 86
Playhead Sync Pop-Up Menu 87
Chapter 6 Viewer Basics 87 88
Recent Clips Pop-Up Menu 89
Generator Pop-Up Menu 89
Canvas Basics 90
Learning About the Canvas 92
Edit Overlay 94
Edit Buttons in the Canvas 94
99 100
Playing Clips and Sequences 101
To move around, drag the 103
{ Moves through 104
“ Moves through 104
Looping Playback 106
Current Timecode field 107
Timecode Duration field 107
Dragging Timecode Values 109
Timeline Basics 112
Learning About the Timeline 115
Editing Controls 116
Vertical Multitrack Controls 117
Horizontal Time Controls 118
Zoom control 119
Timeline Display Controls 120
Audio Controls 121
Other Miscellaneous Controls 122
Speed change is shown 123
Stereo pair indicator 123
RT pop-up menu 123
Click here to view 125
Track Layout 125
Settings in the 126
Timeline Options tab 126
Audio waveform 127
Without audio 127
Through edit 128
Pop-Up Menu 131
Duplicate frames 132
Different colors indicate 132
Navigating in the Timeline 133
Playhead 134
Drag the Zoom control 136
Before zooming in 138
The playhead remains 138
After zooming in 138
Position of playhead 139
One-minute increment 139
Scroll bar 140
Customizing the Interface 142
Default Two Up layout 143
Layout after making the 143
Browser and Timeline 143
Using Window Layouts 144
Customizing Window Layouts 145
Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts 149
If you enter “edit,” all 150
The keyboard shortcut 151
Removing Shortcut Buttons 158
Part III: Setting Up Your 160
Editing System 160
Connecting DV Video Equipment 162
Connecting Your Camcorder 164
Specifying Scratch Disks 166
About FireWire 170
Connecting Professional 172
Video and Audio Equipment 172
Video Device 173
Audio Device 173
Video and Audio Interfaces 174
Scratch Disks 175
Video Interfaces 176
PCI Video Interface Card 177
USB Video Interface 178
Video Signals and Connectors 179
R, or red CB, or blue 180
FireWire 400 181
FireWire 800 181
VGA connector 182
DVI connector 182
HDMI connector 183
Audio Interfaces 188
Built-in Audio Interfaces 189
USB Audio Interfaces 191
FireWire for Digital Audio 191
PCI Audio Interface Card 192
1/8" Mini Connectors 193
RCA Connectors 193
XLR Connectors 194
Dolby Digital (AC-3) 195
ADAT Lightpipe 196
About Analog Audio Levels 197
Combined signals 199
(noise eliminated) 199
Computer 201
Analog or digital VTR 201
Breakout box 201
Blackburst 201
Device status 205
Determining Your Hard Disk 208
Storage Options 208
Know Your Shooting Ratio 210
Choosing a Hard Disk 213
Types of Hard Disk Drives 214
FireWire Disk Drives 215
SCSI Disk Drives 216
Using a RAID or Disk Array 217
Computer Disk array 218
Storage Area Networks 219
External Video Monitoring 220
FireWire 222
Composite 222
Graphics 227
” on page 230 229
Part IV: Logging, Capturing 234
Overview of Logging 236
Log and capture 240
Preview area 240
Logging, Clip Settings, and 240
Capture Settings tabs 240
Preview Area 241
Log and Capture Buttons 245
Logging Clips 248
Benefits of Logging 249
Preparing to Log 250
Choosing Reel Names 251
Overview of Logging Steps 254
Inserting a Tape in the VTR 255
The slate icon appears 257
Enter the Out point 259
Enter the In point 259
Changing Capture Settings 267
Logging a Clip 267
Logging Media Efficiently 268
Number on a Single Tape 269
Before You Capture 272
Batch Capturing Clips 273
Before You Batch Capture 274
A marker appears in front 285
Markers for a clip 285
All of the material 286
If you aren’t using device 288
Capture window is 288
Recapturing Clips 289
Recapturing Merged Clips 290
Pre-roll 292
Timecode break 292
10 second gap 294
Reel 012 294
Desert Scene-005 294
Reel 012-B 294
Desert Scene-006 294
Capturing Audio 296
Dual Mono Versus Stereo Audio 301
Generic 304
VU meter 304
Final Cut Pro 304
About Audio Peaks 305
Choose the appropriate 306
Make sure you choose 306
Working with Batch Lists 310
Creating a Batch List 311
01:20:00;15 312
Importing a Batch List 313
Clips from the batch list 314
Importing Media Files 316
Tips When Importing 320
About Importing Video Files 321
Importing from a Sony VDU 322
About Media File Optimization 322
About Importing Audio Files 323
Choosing Sequence Bit Depth 324
Choose a save option 331
Choose a place 331
If you wish, enter a name 331
Drag the clips to 333
Volume II 334
Part II Rough Editing 337
Contents 5 338
6 Contents 339
Contents 9 342
Contents 11 344
Part I: Organizing Footage 346
Organizing Footage 348
Creating New Bins 349
Opening Bins in the Browser 350
Browser 353
Moving Items Between Bins 354
You can also move 355
About Label Names and Colors 356
Manage Your Media 357
Select the clips 358
Then Control-click 358
Changing Names of Labels 359
Sorting Clips by Labels 359
About Search Options 361
Search Commands 363
A list of unused clips is 365
Results window 365
Control-click in a 366
Then click here 367
Select items you want 367
Creating Subclips 368
Numbered subclips are 369
A new subclip appears in 370
Removing Subclip Limits 371
Turning Markers into Subclips 372
Creating Subclips Manually 374
Editing with Subclips 374
After Capturing 375
Video and Audio 378
Duration of Merged Clips 381
A line appears 383
The new merged 384
Using Markers 386
Types of Markers 388
Working with Markers 389
Chapter 4 Using Markers 57 390
Quickly Adding Markers 391
Chapter 4 Using Markers 59 392
Chapter 4 Using Markers 61 394
Navigating with Markers 395
Chapter 4 Using Markers 63 396
Moving a Marker 398
Enter the new time here 399
Chapter 4 Using Markers 67 400
Extending a Marker’s Duration 401
Chapter 4 Using Markers 69 402
Part II: Rough Editing 404
73 406
Choose a time 408
You can change the 408
Comment column headings 408
Returning to Saved Projects 409
About Offline Clips 412
Sequences as Clips 413
Enter the desired 414
Control-click a column 414
82 Part II Rough Editing 415
Finding a Clip’s Media File 416
84 Part II Rough Editing 417
Enter a new name 418
Opening and Closing Sequences 419
Duplicating a Sequence 420
88 Part II Rough Editing 421
Nesting a Sequence 422
90 Part II Rough Editing 423
The Fundamentals 424
92 Part II Rough Editing 425
Undoing and Redoing Actions 427
Drag-to-Timeline Editing 428
Three-Point Editing 428
96 Part II Rough Editing 429
98 Part II Rough Editing 431
Setting Edit Points 432
100 Part II Rough Editing 433
The Out point includes 434
102 Part II Rough Editing 435
Mark Out button (O) 436
Mark In button (I) 436
104 Part II Rough Editing 437
Reviewing Your Edit Points 438
106 Part II Rough Editing 439
108 Part II Rough Editing 441
Out point 442
The new clip ends at the 442
Out point that you set 442
110 Part II Rough Editing 443
Mark In button 444
Mark Out button 444
112 Part II Rough Editing 445
Mark Clip button 446
In and Out points are set 446
114 Part II Rough Editing 447
Moving In and Out Points 449
Clearing In and Out Points 450
118 Part II Rough Editing 451
Working with Tracks 452
Adding and Deleting Tracks 453
Deleting Tracks 455
Setting Destination Tracks 457
126 Part II Rough Editing 459
128 Part II Rough Editing 461
130 Part II Rough Editing 463
Resizing Timeline Tracks 464
132 Part II Rough Editing 465
Saving Track Layouts 466
134 Part II Rough Editing 467
To eliminate audio tracks 468
138 Part II Rough Editing 471
140 Part II Rough Editing 473
While Dragging 475
146 Part II Rough Editing 479
Performing an Insert Edit 483
A B C 484
152 Part II Rough Editing 485
Performing an Overwrite Edit 486
154 Part II Rough Editing 487
Performing a Replace Edit 489
158 Part II Rough Editing 491
The video track should 492
160 Part II Rough Editing 493
In and Out points define the 494
Superimposing Clips 495
D Before edit 496
164 Part II Rough Editing 497
Three-Point Editing Examples 498
166 Part II Rough Editing 499
In point 500
Move the playhead 500
In and Out points 500
168 Part II Rough Editing 501
170 Part II Rough Editing 503
171 504
172 Part II Rough Editing 505
174 Part II Rough Editing 507
Selecting Clips 509
Drag to select the 510
Selecting Multiple Clips 511
180 Part II Rough Editing 513
Select All Tracks Forward 514
Select All Tracks 514
Backward 514
182 Part II Rough Editing 515
Choose additional 516
184 Part II Rough Editing 517
186 Part II Rough Editing 519
After deleting; only 520
Auto Select control 520
188 Part II Rough Editing 521
189 522
190 Part II Rough Editing 523
Moving by Dragging 524
Moving Clips Numerically 525
Clip Collision message 526
Performing Shuffle Edits 527
196 Part II Rough Editing 529
Copied clip items 530
Pasted clip items 530
198 Part II Rough Editing 531
200 Part II Rough Editing 533
A B C D 534
A C D 534
Finding and Closing Gaps 535
Track gap 536
204 Part II Rough Editing 537
In and Out points set 538
Cutting Clips 540
208 Part II Rough Editing 541
The Razor Blade All 542
210 Part II Rough Editing 543
212 Part II Rough Editing 545
Linking and Editing 546
Video and Audio in Sync 546
214 Part II Rough Editing 547
Audio moved away 548
Audio moved back 548
216 Part II Rough Editing 549
Audio Items 550
218 Part II Rough Editing 551
220 Part II Rough Editing 553
Moving a Clip into Sync 555
224 Part II Rough Editing 557
Before syncing 558
After syncing 558
Between Linked Clip Items 559
Marking a Clip as In Sync 560
228 Part II Rough Editing 561
Split Edits 564
232 Part II Rough Editing 565
Chapter 15 Split Edits 233 566
234 Part II Rough Editing 567
Chapter 15 Split Edits 235 568
236 Part II Rough Editing 569
Split Edit Examples 570
238 Part II Rough Editing 571
Chapter 15 Split Edits 239 572
240 Part II Rough Editing 573
Working with Multiclips 574
242 Part II Rough Editing 575
Multiclip Workflow 576
244 Part II Rough Editing 577
246 Part II Rough Editing 579
Timecode 580
248 Part II Rough Editing 581
Overlapping timecode 582
Creating a Multiclip 583
Creating Multiclip Sequences 584
252 Part II Rough Editing 585
Creating a Multiclip Sequence 587
Multiclip Sequence Examples 589
Timecode offset 590
258 Part II Rough Editing 591
260 Part II Rough Editing 593
4-up view 9-up view 594
View pop-up menu 594
262 Part II Rough Editing 595
Viewing Multiclip Overlays 596
264 Part II Rough Editing 597
Inserting a New Angle 598
Overwriting an Angle 599
268 Part II Rough Editing 601
270 Part II Rough Editing 603
Switching Angles 605
Cutting Between Angles 606
274 Part II Rough Editing 607
276 Part II Rough Editing 609
278 Part II Rough Editing 611
Angle with effects 612
Switching Angles with Effects 613
282 Part II Rough Editing 615
284 Part II Rough Editing 617
Audio Editing Basics 618
The Goals of Audio Editing 619
Waveforms for a stereo 620
288 Part II Rough Editing 621
290 Part II Rough Editing 623
Editing Audio in the Viewer 625
Mono (a1) and (a2) tabs 626
294 Part II Rough Editing 627
Zoom slider 628
296 Part II Rough Editing 629
298 Part II Rough Editing 631
300 Part II Rough Editing 633
Editing Audio in the Timeline 634
302 Part II Rough Editing 635
Zoom In tool 636
Naming Audio Tracks 637
306 Part II Rough Editing 639
308 Part II Rough Editing 641
A wide playhead bar in 642
310 Part II Rough Editing 643
Paste the pause section 644
312 Part II Rough Editing 645
314 Part II Rough Editing 647
317 650
Sliding Clips in the Timeline 651
You slide items using 652
The clip moves to a new 652
The duration of the 655
The sequence clip’s In and 655
Out points move together 655
Drag point 656
Entire length of media 656
The timecode entry field 657
Without Leaving a Gap 658
Performing Ripple Edits 659
These clips move left 662
This clip shortens 662
Selected edit point 669
Edit being rolled 670
After the roll edit, the 670
Tips for Using the Roll Tool 672
Learning About Trimming Clips 674
Click here to turn linked 676
Click here to turn 676
Selection tool 677
Selecting Single Edit Points 678
Multiple edit points 679
One edit per track is 679
This clip lengthens 682
Trimming Clips in the Viewer 683
Timecode Numbers 684
Moving Clips Using Timecode 686
Media Limit message 688
Trimming Clips 690
Using the Trim Edit Window 690
Outgoing clip 691
Incoming clip 691
Green bar 691
Go to Previous Edit 694
Go to Next Edit 694
Play Around Edit Loop 694
Play In to Out 694
Dynamic Trimming 698
Adding Transitions 704
Common Types of Transitions 705
A transition between 706
The center line 706
Having Handles at Edit Points 707
The added transition 710
Drag the transition to 714
Deleting Transitions 715
Before a roll edit 717
After a roll edit with the 717
Replacing Transitions 718
The transition now 719
Deleting Favorite Transitions 720
Refining Transitions 728
Using the Transition Editor 728
Alignment buttons 730
Recent Clips 730
Drag hand 730
The start of an edge 732
The middle of an edge 732
Reset button 735
Canvas to help you determine 739
Rendering Transitions 742
Sequence-to-Sequence Editing 744
Nesting Sequences 749
After the Nested Sequence 753
Nested sequence B 754
Adding clips to sequence B 754
Without Nesting It 755
A highlighted area shows 758
Matching Frames 760
Sprocket holes 761
The current frame in the 765
Viewer matches the 765
Why Synchronize Playheads? 767
Working with Playhead Sync 767
Playhead Sync pop-up 768
The playhead is moved 770
Working with Timecode 772
Frame Rate Versus Timecode 773
Clip Time Versus Source Time 776
Timecode Overlays 778
The Modify Timecode dialog 780
Modifying Sequence Timecode 782
Working with 60 fps Timecode 784
Volume III 786
Audio Mixing 786
Part II Effects 792
12 Contents 797
Contents 13 798
14 Contents 799
Part I: Audio Mixing 800
Audio Fundamentals 802
Fundamentals of a Sound Wave 803
In phase 804
Separate signals 804
Mixed signals 804
Out of phase 804
Frequency Spectrum of Sounds 805
Measuring Sound Intensity 807
What Is a Decibel? 808
Signal-to-Noise Ratio 809
Headroom and Distortion 810
Dynamic Range and Compression 810
Stereo Audio 811
Identifying Stereo Recordings 812
Digital Audio 813
Sample Rate 814
30 Part I Audio Mixing 815
2-bit1-bit 816
16-bit4-bit 816
Assigning Output Channels 818
Audio Tracks 819
Hardware Outputs 820
Dual Mono Output Groups 821
Configuring Audio Outputs 822
38 Part I Audio Mixing 823
About Audio Outputs 825
About Audio Output Presets 825
42 Part I Audio Mixing 827
Choose an audio output 828
44 Part I Audio Mixing 829
Audio Output Export Settings 830
Config Pop-Up Menu 831
48 Part I Audio Mixing 833
Downmixing During Export 834
50 Part I Audio Mixing 835
52 Part I Audio Mixing 837
54 Part I Audio Mixing 839
Using Headphones 841
Evaluating Levels 842
Analog Versus Digital Meters 843
Original Too much gain 844
Clipping remains 844
60 Part I Audio Mixing 845
Clipping Indicators 846
Floating Audio Meters 846
Setting Proper Audio Levels 847
Setting Levels for Capture 848
Detecting Audio Peaks 848
64 Part I Audio Mixing 849
0 dBFS 0 dBFS 0 dBFS 850
Reapplying Normalization Gain 851
Average videotape 12 dB 852
Television broadcast 6 dB 852
Labeling Your Tapes 853
Overview of the Audio Mixer 854
Controls in the Audio Mixer 855
Track Visibility Area 856
Track Strips Area 857
74 Part I Audio Mixing 859
Master Area 860
76 Part I Audio Mixing 861
View Buttons 862
Record Audio Keyframes Option 862
Using Audio Mixer Views 863
80 Part I Audio Mixing 865
Using the Audio Mixer 866
82 Part I Audio Mixing 867
Mute button in 868
Audio Controls button 868
84 Part I Audio Mixing 869
Changes made to faders 870
...affect only the audio 870
86 Part I Audio Mixing 871
88 Part I Audio Mixing 873
90 Part I Audio Mixing 875
Changing a Clip’s Pan 876
92 Part I Audio Mixing 877
94 Part I Audio Mixing 879
Place the pointer over 880
96 Part I Audio Mixing 881
Playback stopped here 882
Modifying Recorded Keyframes 883
Connecting a Control Surface 885
Installing a MIDI Interface 886
Choosing a Control Surface 886
102 Part I Audio Mixing 887
104 Part I Audio Mixing 889
Working with Fader Banks 890
106 Part I Audio Mixing 891
108 Part I Audio Mixing 893
Mixing Audio 896
112 Part I Audio Mixing 897
The keyframe appears as 898
114 Part I Audio Mixing 899
116 Part I Audio Mixing 901
Enter a new value 902
Adjust Line Segment 902
Panning Audio in the Timeline 903
Pan slider 904
120 Part I Audio Mixing 905
The pointer turns into an 906
Adjust Line Segment pointer 906
As you drag, a box displays 906
Tools for Adjusting Keyframes 907
Level Keyframe 908
Pan Keyframe button 908
124 Part I Audio Mixing 909
126 Part I Audio Mixing 911
128 Part I Audio Mixing 913
Keyframes set 914
130 Part I Audio Mixing 915
When you’ve zoomed 916
132 Part I Audio Mixing 917
134 Part I Audio Mixing 919
Using the Voice Over Tool 922
138 Part I Audio Mixing 923
140 Part I Audio Mixing 925
142 Part I Audio Mixing 927
144 Part I Audio Mixing 929
146 Part I Audio Mixing 931
148 Part I Audio Mixing 933
Recording a Voiceover 934
150 Part I Audio Mixing 935
Recording Multiple Takes 936
Appears in Your Sequence 937
Using Audio Filters 938
Overview of Audio Filters 939
156 Part I Audio Mixing 941
Gain Filter 942
Compressor/Limiter Filter 942
Expander/Noise Gate Filter 943
Noise Reduction Filters 944
Vocal DeEsser 945
Vocal DePopper 945
Working with Audio Filters 947
164 Part I Audio Mixing 949
Select several filters 950
...then drag them 950
166 Part I Audio Mixing 951
168 Part I Audio Mixing 953
170 Part I Audio Mixing 955
172 Part I Audio Mixing 957
The Pen tool lets you 958
174 Part I Audio Mixing 959
Trash can icon 960
176 Part I Audio Mixing 961
Tips for Better Audio 962
Tips for Cutting Dialogue 963
180 Part I Audio Mixing 965
Tips for Cutting Music 966
182 Part I Audio Mixing 967
Exporting Audio for 968
Mixing in Other Applications 968
184 Part I Audio Mixing 969
186 Part I Audio Mixing 971
188 Part I Audio Mixing 973
All other tracks are 974
Make sure just the audio 974
190 Part I Audio Mixing 975
192 Part I Audio Mixing 977
194 Part I Audio Mixing 979
Exporting OMF Audio Files 980
196 Part I Audio Mixing 981
Disabled tracks are 982
198 Part I Audio Mixing 983
Exporting Audio for DVD 985
Working with Soundtrack Pro 986
Methods for Sending Audio 987
204 Part I Audio Mixing 989
About Soundtrack Pro Scripts 990
206 Part I Audio Mixing 991
208 Part I Audio Mixing 993
210 Part I Audio Mixing 995
About Conforming Manually 997
Using Soundtrack Pro Conform 997
214 Part I Audio Mixing 999
Part II: Effects 1000
Using Video Filters 1002
Applying a Filter to a Clip 1003
List of video filters 1004
Different Blur filters 1004
Drag the filter from 1004
...to a clip in the Timeline 1004
220 Part II Effects 1005
222 Part II Effects 1007
Viewing a Filter’s Parameters 1008
224 Part II Effects 1009
Using Filter Controls 1011
228 Part II Effects 1013
230 Part II Effects 1015
Removing Filters from Clips 1017
Installing and Managing 1018
Video Effects 1018
Installing Video Filters 1019
Installing FxPlug Plug-ins 1020
Installing FXScript Plug-ins 1020
Viewing Preferred Effects 1021
238 Part II Effects 1023
FxPlug Plug-in Restrictions 1025
FXScript Plug-ins 1026
Border Filters 1027
Channel Filters 1027
Color Correction Filters 1028
Distort Filters 1029
Image Control Filters 1030
Key Filters 1031
Sequence Settings window 1032
Matte Filters 1033
Perspective Filters 1035
Sharpen Filters 1035
Stylize Filters 1036
Video Filters 1037
FxPlug Plug-ins 1038
Changing Motion Parameters 1040
256 Part II Effects 1041
Some parameters must 1042
Motion Blur parameters 1042
Drop Shadow parameters 1042
Controls in the Motion Tab 1043
260 Part II Effects 1045
Canvas center point 1046
–360 pixels +360 pixels 1046
–240 pixels 1046
+240 pixels 1046
262 Part II Effects 1047
Initial background layer 1048
Sequence In and 1048
Out points 1048
264 Part II Effects 1049
266 Part II Effects 1051
268 Part II Effects 1053
270 Part II Effects 1055
Motion settings for the 1056
A soft border appears 1056
272 Part II Effects 1057
Both selected clips now 1058
The background clip now 1058
Choosing a Wireframe Mode 1059
Which View Should You Use? 1060
Crop and Distort Tools 1061
Zooming In to the Canvas 1062
278 Part II Effects 1063
280 Part II Effects 1065
282 Part II Effects 1067
284 Part II Effects 1069
Use the Distort tool to 1070
Adjusting Parameters 1072
How Keyframing Works 1073
Using Three Keyframes 1075
292 Part II Effects 1077
Smooth Point tool 1078
Pen tool 1078
Pen Delete tool 1078
Setting Keyframes 1079
Add Motion Keyframe 1080
Choose a motion 1080
296 Part II Effects 1081
Drag the area up or down 1082
Moving Between Keyframes 1083
300 Part II Effects 1085
302 Part II Effects 1087
304 Part II Effects 1089
306 Part II Effects 1091
Create five keyframes at 1092
1-second intervals 1092
308 Part II Effects 1093
One-Sided Bezier Handles 1094
Two-Sided Bezier Handles 1094
Smoothing Keyframes 1095
What Are Motion Paths? 1097
Creating Motion Paths 1098
314 Part II Effects 1099
Press Shift, then drag to 1100
316 Part II Effects 1101
Tick marks farther apart 1102
Tick marks closer together 1102
318 Part II Effects 1103
320 Part II Effects 1105
About the Keyframe Graph Area 1107
324 Part II Effects 1109
Drag the Resize pointer up 1110
Editor Resize column 1110
Reusing Effect 1112
328 Part II Effects 1113
330 Part II Effects 1115
Auto Select controls 1116
332 Part II Effects 1117
334 Part II Effects 1119
336 Part II Effects 1121
Changing Clip Speed 1122
Performing a Fit to Fill Edit 1123
Set In and Out points 1124
340 Part II Effects 1125
Constant Speed 1126
342 Part II Effects 1127
Making Constant Speed Changes 1129
Making Variable Speed Changes 1130
346 Part II Effects 1131
Last frame of clip 1132
First frame of clip 1132
Length of clip’s media 1132
348 Part II Effects 1133
350 Part II Effects 1135
At normal speed, the 1136
Slow speed 1136
Fast speed 1136
352 Part II Effects 1137
Using the Time Remap Tool 1138
354 Part II Effects 1139
356 Part II Effects 1141
358 Part II Effects 1143
Click here to make the 1144
Speed indicators 1144
Linear time 1145
Slow motion 1145
Fast-forward 1145
Reverse speed 1146
Acceleration 1146
362 Part II Effects 1147
364 Part II Effects 1149
Working with Freeze Frames 1150
Creating a Freeze Frame 1151
Exporting Still Images 1152
368 Part II Effects 1153
3000 x 2000 1154
720 x 480 1154
Video Is Not 72 Dots per Inch 1155
Gray borders appear on the 1156
372 Part II Effects 1157
Refers to ITU-R BT.601 1158
374 Part II Effects 1159
Using Alpha Channels 1161
378 Part II Effects 1163
Enter a new duration here 1164
380 Part II Effects 1165
Set the Scale 1166
382 Part II Effects 1167
Center parameter 1168
384 Part II Effects 1169
Drag the velocity 1170
Ending keyframe 1170
Compositing and Layering 1172
Methods of Compositing 1173
390 Part II Effects 1175
392 Part II Effects 1177
Working with Composite Modes 1178
394 Part II Effects 1179
396 Part II Effects 1181
Subtract 1183
Difference 1183
Multiply 1184
400 Part II Effects 1185
Hard Light 1187
Soft Light 1187
Travel Matte - Alpha 1189
Travel Matte - Luma 1190
406 Part II Effects 1191
408 Part II Effects 1193
410 Part II Effects 1195
412 Part II Effects 1197
Control-click in the Alpha 1198
414 Part II Effects 1199
416 Part II Effects 1201
Choosing a Background 1202
418 Part II Effects 1203
420 Part II Effects 1205
Keying, Mattes, and Masks 1206
422 Part II Effects 1207
424 Part II Effects 1209
Using Proper Lighting 1210
Your Background Screen 1211
428 Part II Effects 1213
430 Part II Effects 1215
432 Part II Effects 1217
Select Color eyedropper 1218
Invert Selection button 1218
434 Part II Effects 1219
436 Part II Effects 1221
438 Part II Effects 1223
440 Part II Effects 1225
442 Part II Effects 1227
The four points are 1228
444 Part II Effects 1229
The clip now has a 1230
Border.tif clip 1230
The clip’s image remains 1230
Using Generator Clips 1232
448 Part II Effects 1233
Matte Color and Slug 1235
FxPlug Generators 1238
454 Part II Effects 1239
Using the SmoothCam Filter 1240
Applying the SmoothCam Filter 1242
458 Part II Effects 1243
460 Part II Effects 1245
Reanalyzing Clips 1246
462 Part II Effects 1247
Black border 1248
About the Actual Scale Value 1249
Avoiding Through Edits 1251
Using the Media Manager 1253
Creating Titles 1256
Installing and Choosing Fonts 1257
478 Part II Effects 1263
480 Part II Effects 1265
482 Part II Effects 1267
Working with Motion and Shake 1268
484 Part II Effects 1269
486 Part II Effects 1271
490 Part II Effects 1275
Unsupported Media and Effects 1276
Working with Master Templates 1278
494 Part II Effects 1279
496 Part II Effects 1281
498 Part II Effects 1283
Modifying Master Templates 1284
500 Part II Effects 1285
502 Part II Effects 1287
Part III: Color Correction 1290
Measuring and Setting 1292
Video Levels 1292
Color Model 1293
Color Difference Channels 1294
Blacks, Midtones, and Whites 1295
Colors toward the outer 1296
Opening Video Scopes Tabs 1297
Red of clothing 1300
Blue of background 1300
Distribution of blues 1300
High blue levels 1303
This image contains 1304
The shortcut menu in the 1304
Waveform Monitor 1304
Choosing Video Scope Accuracy 1307
Legal Broadcast Colors 1309
Enabling Range Checking 1310
Clamping and Clipping 1311
Options in the Luma/ 1312
Chroma Mode pop-up 1312
Using the RGB Limit Filter 1316
RGB Limit Filter Controls 1317
Working with Analog Video 1319
PCI card 1320
Input A 1320
Input B 1320
Vectorscope 1322
Choose Targets from 1323
About Color Bars 1325
, green, and blue signals 1327
When monitor brightness and 1328
Color Correction 1330
Telecine Color Correction 1333
Tape-to-Tape Color Correction 1335
The Color Correction Process 1343
General Controls 1348
Copy Filter Controls 1349
Copy From 1352
1st Clip Back 1352
button 1352
Current clip 1352
Previous clip 1352
Next clip 1353
Color Balance Controls 1354
Color balance indicator 1355
Shift key 1355
Balance Reset button 1356
Hue control 1356
Auto-Balance eyedropper 1356
Hue Reset button 1356
Balance control 1356
Level sliders 1357
Auto Black Level button 1357
Saturation slider 1357
Auto White Level button 1357
Auto Contrast button 1357
Choose All so that all 1360
The color balance 1362
After color correction 1362
Before color correction 1362
Blacks Reset button 1364
Blacks Auto-Balance 1364
Color balance controls 1364
Auto White 1366
Level button 1366
Auto Black 1366
Click the eyedropper 1371
Click the eyedropper in 1371
The Whites color balance 1372
Before After 1373
Adjust the Mids control 1374
Flesh Tone line 1375
Before adjusting 1376
After adjusting the 1376
Multiple Edits layout 1377
Move the playhead so it’s 1379
Split-screen mode 1379
The Multiple Edits 1380
Second clip 1380
First clip 1380
Match Hue Controls 1382
Click a highlight 1385
Highlighted eyedropper 1386
Match Color indicator 1386
Click the Whites 1386
Limit Effect Controls 1388
The bicycle remains red 1395
Highlight Desaturation 1396
Lows Desaturation 1396
Chapter 28 Using RT Extreme 1400
Using RT Extreme 1402
About Render Status Bars 1405
What Are Dropped Frames? 1405
A tooltip tells you the 1406
Real-time effects appear 1406
Many of the same settings 1408
Red render bars indicate 1410
Unlimited RT 1411
Play Base Layer Only 1412
Scrub High Quality 1413
Playback Video Quality 1413
Playback Frame Rate 1414
Multiclip Playback 1415
Pulldown Pattern 1415
Gamma Correction 1416
Record Settings 1416
Video Scopes Playback 1416
Controls in the QuickView Tab 1426
Playback in the QuickView Tab 1427
Rendering and Video 1430
Processing Settings 1430
Render bars in the 1431
Timeline: the upper 1431
Video Render Status Bars 1432
Audio Render Status Bars 1433
Bar color Description 1434
The Rendering Process 1435
Selecting Clips for Rendering 1436
Render Selection 1437
In and Out points for the 1438
Render All 1439
Render Only 1440
Using the Mixdown Command 1442
This message appears in 1443
Using the Render Control Tab 1445
Render Settings 1446
Color space and bit 1447
Maximum RGB white 1447
Motion filtering quality 1447
Adjusting Gamma 1453
Supported File Formats 1455
Managing Your Render Files 1457
Using the Render Manager 1458
Preserving Render Files 1460
Working with Mixed-Format 1464
Sequences 1464
Will Play Back in Real Time 1465
Mixing Frame Rates 1471
Using the Shift Fields Filter 1473
Nesting Nonmatching Sequences 1474
Combining SD and HD Video 1475
720 to 480 1476
1080 to 480 1476
Cropping 16:9 Video to 4:3 1477
Pan and Scan 1478
16:9 Anamorphic 1479
Upconverting SD Video 1480
480 anamorphic to 1080 1481
480 anamorphic to 720 1481
Volume IV 1484
Media Management 1484
K Apple Inc 1485
Contents 1486
4 Contents 1487
Part II Project Interchange 1488
Part III Output 1489
Contents 7 1490
8 Contents 1491
Part V Appendixes 1492
10 Contents 1493
Part I: Media and Project 1494
Management 1494
Backing Up 1502
Using the Autosave Feature 1503
ProjectName_MM-DD-YY_HHMM 1504
Restoring Autosaved Projects 1505
Archiving Completed Projects 1506
Click here to update 1508
Before Updating Projects 1512
Media Files 1514
Types of Clips 1515
Clip Properties 1519
Working with 1526
Master and Affiliate Clips 1526
Media File Properties 1529
Working with Master Clips 1530
Identifying Master Clips 1532
Finding a Clip’s Master Clip 1532
Working with Affiliate Clips 1533
Creating Independent Clips 1534
Moving Clips Between Projects 1536
Offline and Online Editing 1540
OfflineRT Sequence 1545
Clip Clip Clip 1550
Reconnecting Clips 1552
These are offline clips 1555
Can Be Broken 1557
Making Clips Offline 1557
Click an option 1558
Select the files you 1563
You can select which 1566
Overview of the Media Manager 1570
Summary Area 1574
Media Area 1575
Project Area 1580
Media Destination Area 1581
How Subclips Are Processed 1583
Examples of How to Use 1588
A message appears 1590
Decide what you want 1591
Press Command-A 1597
After Creating Subclips 1598
Diagnostic Tools for Clips 1604
Locate the file you 1606
Video track information 1607
Audio track information 1607
Timecode track 1607
File information 1607
A long frame marker 1609
Part II: Project Interchange 1610
Importing and Exporting EDLs 1612
Learning to Read an EDL 1613
Elements of an EDL 1614
Exporting EDLs 1617
Importing EDLs 1623
Limitations of Importing EDLs 1624
Problems Importing EDL Files 1625
Clips from your imported 1626
EDL remain offline until 1626
Creating Better EDLs 1627
Maintaining Accurate Timecode 1628
Enter a reel name here 1629
Join Through Edits 1631
Avoid Nested Sequences 1633
Using Final Cut Pro XML 1636
About XML 1637
Attributes of XML Elements 1638
Whitespace 1639
Document Type Definitions 1639
160 Part II 1643
Project Interchange 1643
Film and Cinema Tools 1646
About the Telecine Process 1647
Exporting a Film Cut List 1648
Standard Reverse Telecine 1653
Removing Advanced Pull-Down 1653
About Film Lists 1661
About Change Lists 1661
About Audio EDLs 1661
Exporting a Film List 1662
Exporting a Change List 1664
Exporting an Audio EDL 1665
Part III: Output 1668
Preparing to Output to Tape 1670
188 Part III Output 1671
Output Requirements 1672
190 Part III Output 1673
192 Part III Output 1675
Selecting Playback Settings 1676
Selecting Render Settings 1676
Cueing the Videotape 1677
Calibrating Your Timecode 1677
Click this button 1678
Assemble and Insert Editing 1680
Using Edit to Tape 1680
198 Part III Output 1681
About Insert Editing to Tape 1682
About Tracks on Videotape 1683
About the Edit to Tape Window 1684
202 Part III Output 1685
204 Part III Output 1687
Mastering Settings Tab 1688
206 Part III Output 1689
Device Settings Tab 1691
Using the Edit to Tape Window 1692
210 Part III Output 1693
Drag the clip or 1694
Or click the Assemble 1694
Edit button 1694
212 Part III Output 1695
214 Part III Output 1697
Drag the clip or sequence 1698
Or click the Insert 1698
216 Part III Output 1699
218 Part III Output 1701
Printing to Video 1702
Mark In and Out 1704
222 Part III Output 1705
Recording from the Timeline 1706
224 Part III Output 1707
Outputting to VHS Tape 1708
Learning About QuickTime 1710
QuickTime for Media Authoring 1711
Codecs Supported in QuickTime 1712
230 Part III Output 1713
Movie File Formats 1715
234 Part III Output 1717
Audio File Formats 1718
236 Part III Output 1719
Exporting QuickTime Movies 1720
238 Part III Output 1721
240 Part III Output 1723
A dialog shows you the 1724
242 Part III Output 1725
Exporting Using 1728
QuickTime Conversion 1728
246 Part III Output 1729
About Color Space Conversion 1730
248 Part III Output 1731
250 Part III Output 1733
Key frame 1734
Delta frames 1734
252 Part III Output 1735
Select a filter in this list 1736
Click a disclosure triangle 1736
Adjust settings for the 1736
254 Part III Output 1737
1280 x 720 (16:9) 1738
16:9 letterboxed within 1738
320 x 240 (4:3) 1738
256 Part III Output 1739
258 Part III Output 1741
Internet Streaming Settings 1742
260 Part III Output 1743
Classic Aperture Mode 1744
Clean Aperture Mode 1744
Production Aperture Mode 1745
Exporting a DV Stream 1746
Exporting an AVI File 1747
266 Part III Output 1749
Exporting Sequences for DVD 1750
268 Part III Output 1751
Video for Standard DVDs 1752
HD DVD Editing Formats 1753
Audio for DVD 1755
About Surround Sound Audio 1756
More About Chapter Markers 1757
Using iDVD 1759
Using DVD Studio Pro 1759
Using Compressor 1762
Compressor Droplets 1763
282 Part III Output 1765
284 Part III Output 1767
286 Part III Output 1769
Exporting Image Sequences 1770
288 Part III Output 1771
A file is saved for each 1772
Batch Exporting 1774
Clips and Sequences 1774
292 Part III Output 1775
If you want, enter a new 1776
294 Part III Output 1777
Choose a format here 1778
296 Part III Output 1779
Doing a Batch Export 1781
The status of an item 1782
Select an item to view 1782
Then click View Exported 1782
Redoing Batch Exports 1783
Choosing Settings 1786
General Tab 1787
Editing Tab 1792
Labels Tab 1798
Timeline Options Tab 1798
Render Control Tab 1798
Changing System Settings 1799
Scratch Disks Tab 1800
Search Folders Tab 1801
Memory & Cache Tab 1802
Playback Control Tab 1803
External Editors Tab 1804
Effect Handling Tab 1805
Audio/Video Settings 1806
Choosing Easy Setups 1809
Changing Audio/Video Presets 1810
After you change a 1811
Easy Setup is customized 1811
Viewing Settings in a Preset 1812
Creating a New Preset 1813
Editing a Preset 1814
Deleting Presets 1815
Creating an Easy Setup 1816
Capture Settings and Presets 1822
Click Compression 1827
Specify the 1827
Device Control 1832
Settings and Presets 1832
” on page 357 1836
Using FireWire Device Control 1838
Using Serial Device Control 1839
1 Do one of the following: 1841
’ll need to compensate for 1841
Sequence Settings and Presets 1844
General Tab for Sequences 1845
Audio Outputs Tab 1851
Changing Sequence Settings 1853
Part V: Appendixes 1856
Video Formats 1858
Storage Medium 1859
Video Standards 1860
Types of Video Signals 1861
; R-Y, B-Y; and U,V 1862
380 Part V Appendixes 1863
Letterboxing 1864
Anamorphic 1865
Pillarboxing 1865
Pixel Aspect Ratio 1867
Frame Rate 1868
Scanning Method 1869
About Progressive Scanning 1870
About Field Dominance 1870
Color Recording Method 1871
Color Sample Ratio 1872
Bit Depth 1873
Video Compression 1874
Lossless Codecs 1875
Lossy Codecs 1876
About Uncompressed Video 1876
About MPEG Compression 1876
394 Part V Appendixes 1877
396 Part V Appendixes 1879
MPEG-4 Part 10, or H.264 1881
DV Formats 1882
24p Video 1882
High Definition Video Formats 1882
Scanning Methods 1883
Data Rate Comparisons 1884
Frame Rate and Timecode 1888
406 Part V Appendixes 1889
Choosing a Frame Rate 1891
01:32:15:28 1893
Timecode on Tape 1896
Working with 24p Video 1900
Standard 3:2 Pull-Down 1901
24 Versus 23.98 fps 1901
ABCDA DABCDABCDABCDABCD 1902
2:3:3:2 Advanced Pull-Down 1903
2:2:2:4 Pull-Down 1904
422 Part V Appendixes 1905
24 @ 25 Pull-Down 1906
24 @ 25 Repeat 1907
Native 24p 1907
Working with 24p NTSC Video 1908
426 Part V Appendixes 1909
Anamorphic 16:9 Media 1910
428 Part V Appendixes 1911
About Letterboxing 1912
Recording Anamorphic Video 1913
Capturing Anamorphic Media 1914
432 Part V Appendixes 1915
Select this checkbox 1916
Anamorphic option 1916
434 Part V Appendixes 1917
436 Part V Appendixes 1919
Solving Common Problems 1920
Solutions to Common Problems 1921
440 Part V Appendixes 1923
442 Part V Appendixes 1925
Problems with Audio Quality 1926
Contacting AppleCare Support 1927
Glossary 1928
446 Glossary 1929
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448 Glossary 1931
Glossary 449 1932
450 Glossary 1933
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452 Glossary 1935
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460 Glossary 1943
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468 Glossary 1951
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470 Glossary 1953
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472 Glossary 1955
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474 Glossary 1957
Glossary 475 1958
476 Glossary 1959
Glossary 477 1960
478 Glossary 1961
Glossary 479 1962
480 Glossary 1963
481 1964
482 Index 1965
Index 483 1966
484 Index 1967
Index 485 1968
486 Index 1969
Index 487 1970
488 Index 1971
Index 489 1972
490 Index 1973
Index 491 1974
492 Index 1975
Index 493 1976
494 Index 1977
Index 495 1978
496 Index 1979
Index 497 1980
498 Index 1981
Index 499 1982
500 Index 1983
Index 501 1984
502 Index 1985
Index 503 1986
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Index 505 1988
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Index 507 1990
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Index 509 1992
510 Index 1993
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Index 513 1996
514 Index 1997
Index 515 1998
516 Index 1999
Index 517 2000
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Index 527 2010
528 Index 2011
Index 529 2012
530 Index 2013
Index 531 2014
532 Index 2015
Index 533 2016
534 Index 2017
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536 Index 2019
Index 537 2020
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