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Chapter 2 Video Formats and Timecode 23
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Offline and Online Editing
Final Cut Pro allows you to edit low-resolution copies of your media until you are ready
to finish at high quality. For example, you can edit your movie on a portable computer
using low-resolution footage and then reconnect your project clips to high-resolution
media for finishing and output. For more information, see Volume IV, Chapter 5, “Offline
and Online Editing.”
Audio Formats Compatible with Final Cut Pro
You can use a variety of audio with Final Cut Pro, including audio files captured from
tape, imported from audio CDs, or provided by musicians and sound designers.
Final Cut Pro is compatible with audio files with sample rates as high as 96 kHz and a
bit depth of 24 bits. You can work with most audio devices, such as audio CD players,
DAT machines, digital multitrack recorders, or audio from videotape. For more
information, see Chapter 18, Capturing Audio,” on page 295 and “About Importing
Audio Files on page 322.
Video Format Basics
Most video formats are described by the following characteristics:
 Standard
 Image dimensions and aspect ratio
 Frame rate
 Scanning method
For a more thorough explanation of video formats, see Volume IV, Appendix A,
Video Formats.”
Video Standards
A number of video standards have emerged over the years. Standard definition (SD)
video formats have been used for broadcast television from the 1950s to the present.
These include NTSC, PAL, and SECAM, regional video standards, with each used in
certain countries and regions of the world.
 NTSC (National Television Systems Committee): The television and video standard used
in most of the Americas, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea.
 PAL (Phase Alternating Line): The television and video standard used in most of
Europe, Brazil, Algeria, and China.
 SECAM: A video standard that is based on PAL and used in countries such as France,
Poland, Haiti, and Vietnam. SECAM is not supported by Final Cut Pro. However,
editing work is usually done in PAL and converted to SECAM for broadcasting.
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