Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual download pdf (Page 35)

This chapter covers the following:

• About Nonlinear and Nondestructive Editing (p. 35)

• Video Formats Compatible with Final Cut Pro (p. 35)

• Audio Formats Compatible with Final Cut Pro (p. 37)

• Video Format Basics (p. 37)

• About Timecode (p. 39)

Before you begin editing, you need to decide what video format you will use to capture,

edit, and output. The format you choose determines your post-production workflow.

About Nonlinear and Nondestructive Editing

In the past, video editing was a time-consuming process. With linear editing, video editors

had to edit everything onto a tape sequentially, one shot after another, from the beginning

to the end. If you wanted to insert a series of shots in the middle of your edit, you had

to reedit everything forward from that point.

Final Cut Pro lets you do nonlinear, nondestructive editing. Unlike traditional tape-to-tape

editing, Final Cut Pro stores all of your footage on a hard disk, allowing you to access any

frame of your footage instantaneously. Without the constraints of linear editing, you are

free to combine shots in different orders and change their durations until you arrive at

the exact sequence you want. Video and audio effects, such as scaling, position, rotation,

speed changes, and multiple layers can also be applied and played back in real time. No

matter how you process your footage, the underlying media is never touched. This is

known as nondestructive editing, because all of the changes and effects you apply to your

footage never affect the media itself.

Video Formats Compatible with Final Cut Pro

Long before editing begins, the most basic decision you need to make is which format

to shoot with. The format you choose affects the equipment needed for editorial work,

as well as how the finished product will look.

Video Formats and Timecode

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Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual Page 35