Apple Final Cut Pro 5 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 Postproduction 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 ... 185 186

Final Cut Pro 5 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 Postproduction 16
Workflow 16
The Postproduction Workflow 17
Video Formats and Timecode 22
Using Multiple Video Formats 23
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
What Are Bins? 32
Working With 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
Before using the 69
Arrange command 69
After using the 69
Setting the Poster Frame 70
Viewer Basics 72
Opening a Clip in the Viewer 73
Learning About the Viewer 74
Tabs in the Viewer 76
Filters Tab 77
Motion Tab 77
Controls Tab 78
Playhead Controls 79
Jog Control 80
Shuttle Control 80
Marking Controls 81
Zoom and View Pop-Up Menus 82
Displaying native 83
Display pixel as square 83
View Pop-Up Menu 84
Playhead Sync Pop-Up Menu 85
Chapter 6 Viewer Basics 85 86
Recent Clips Pop-Up Menu 87
Generator Pop-Up Menu 87
Canvas Basics 88
Learning About the Canvas 90
Edit Overlay 92
Edit Buttons in the Canvas 92
97 98
Playing Clips and Sequences 99
To move around, drag the 101
> Moves through 102
. Moves through 102
Looping Playback 104
Current Timecode field 105
Timecode Duration field 105
Dragging Timecode Values 107
Timeline Basics 110
Learning About the Timeline 113
Editing Controls 114
Vertical Multitrack Controls 115
Horizontal Time Controls 116
Timeline Display Controls 118
Audio Controls 119
Other Miscellaneous Controls 120
Audio waveform 126
Without audio 126
Through edit 127
Track Height 129
Clip Overlays 129
Pop-Up Menu 130
Duplicate frames 131
Different colors indicate 131
Navigating in the Timeline 132
Playhead 133
Drag the Zoom control 135
Before zooming in 137
The playhead remains 137
After zooming in 137
Position of playhead 138
One-minute increment 138
Scroll bar 139
Customizing the Interface 140
Default Two Up layout 141
Layout after making the 141
Browser and Timeline 141
Using Screen Layouts 142
Customizing Screen Layouts 143
Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts 147
If you enter “edit,” all 148
The keyboard shortcut 149
Removing Shortcut Buttons 156
Part III: Setting Up Your 158
Overview of Setting Up 160
Designing Your Editing System 164
Video Interfaces 166
Audio Interfaces 167
USB or FireWire 168
FireWire 168
Device Control Interfaces 169
Scratch Disks 169
FireWire cable 170
Connecting Your Camcorder 170
Choosing an Easy Setup 171
What Is FireWire? 176
What Is Device Control? 177
Device status 178
Determining Your Hard Disk 180
Storage Options 180
Know Your Shooting Ratio 182
Choosing a Hard Disk 184
Types of Hard Disk Drives 185
ATA Disk Drives 186
FireWire Disk Drives 187
SCSI Disk Drives 187
Using a RAID or Disk Array 188
Fiberchannel 189
Storage Area Networks (SAN) 190
Connecting Professional 192
Choosing a Video Interface 193
USB interface 195
Choosing an Audio Interface 202
Connecting Audio Devices 205
Establishing Device Control 207
External Video Monitoring 210
” on page 220 219
Part IV: Logging, Capturing 224
Overview of Logging 226
Log and capture 230
Preview area 230
Logging, Clip Settings, and 230
Capture Settings tabs 230
Preview Area 231
Log and Capture Buttons 235
Logging Clips 238
Benefits of Logging 239
Preparing to Log 240
Choosing Reel Names 241
Overview of Logging Steps 244
Inserting a Tape in the VTR 245
The slate icon appears 247
Enter the Out point 249
Enter the In point 249
Changing Capture Settings 256
Logging a Clip 257
Logging Media Efficiently 258
Before You Capture 262
Batch Capturing Clips 263
Before You Batch Capture 264
Detection 274
A marker appears in front 275
Markers for a clip 275
All of the material 276
If you aren’t using device 278
Capture window is 278
Recapturing Clips 279
Capturing Audio 286
Preparing for Audio Capture 287
Dual Mono Versus Stereo Audio 291
VU meter 294
Final Cut Pro 294
About Audio Peaks 295
Choose the appropriate 296
Make sure you choose 296
Reference video 298
Working With Batch Lists 300
Creating a Batch List 301
01:20:00;15 302
Importing a Batch List 304
Importing Media Files 306
Into Your Project 306
Clips you drag directly 310
Browser) 310
About Importing Video Files 311
About MXF-Based Formats 312
Importing From a Sony VDU 313
About Media File Optimization 313
About Importing Audio Files 314
Choose a save option 319
Choose a place 319
If you wish, enter a name 319
Drag the clips to 320
Using Color Bars 322
What Is Setup? 326
Waveform Monitor 327
Vectorscope 327
Choose Targets from 328
“Legal” Broadcast Colors 330
When monitor brightness and 334
Volume II 336
Part II Rough Editing 339
Contents 5 340
6 Contents 341
Contents 9 344
Contents 11 346
Part I: Organizing Footage 348
Organizing Footage 350
Creating New Bins 351
Opening Bins in the Browser 352
Drag the bin’s tab above 355
The bin now has its own 355
Moving Items Between Bins 356
You can also move 357
About Label Names and Colors 358
These are the various 359
Select the clips 360
Then Control-click 360
Changing Names of Labels 361
Sorting Clips by Labels 361
About Search Options 363
Search Commands 365
A list of unused clips is 367
Results window 367
Control-click in a 368
Then click here 369
Select items you want 369
Creating Subclips 370
Numbered subclips are 371
A new subclip appears in 372
Removing Subclip Limits 373
Turning Markers Into Subclips 374
Creating Subclips Manually 376
Editing With Subclips 376
After Capturing 377
Video and Audio 380
Duration of Merged Clips 383
A line appears 385
The new merged 386
Using Markers 388
Types of Markers 390
Working With Markers 391
Chapter 4 Using Markers 57 392
Quickly Adding Markers 393
Chapter 4 Using Markers 59 394
Chapter 4 Using Markers 61 396
Navigating With Markers 397
Chapter 4 Using Markers 63 398
Moving a Marker 399
Chapter 4 Using Markers 65 400
Extending a Marker’s Duration 402
Enter the desired 403
Chapter 4 Using Markers 69 404
Part II: Rough Editing 406
73 408
Choose a time 410
You can change the 410
Comment column headings 410
Returning to Saved Projects 411
About Offline Clips 414
Sequences as Clips 415
Control-click a column 416
82 Part II Rough Editing 417
Finding a Clip’s Media File 418
84 Part II Rough Editing 419
Enter a new name 420
Opening and Closing Sequences 421
Duplicating a Sequence 422
88 Part II Rough Editing 423
Nesting a Sequence 424
When Rendering Is Required 425
The Fundamentals 428
94 Part II Rough Editing 429
Undoing and Redoing Actions 431
98 Part II Rough Editing 433
100 Part II Rough Editing 435
Setting Edit Points 436
102 Part II Rough Editing 437
The Out point includes 438
104 Part II Rough Editing 439
Mark Out button (O) 440
Mark In button (I) 440
106 Part II Rough Editing 441
Reviewing Your Edit Points 442
108 Part II Rough Editing 443
110 Part II Rough Editing 445
In point 446
The new clip begins at 446
112 Part II Rough Editing 447
In and Out points are 448
The new clip’s duration is 448
114 Part II Rough Editing 449
Move the playhead 450
Auto Select is enabled for 450
116 Part II Rough Editing 451
Select the desired clips 452
118 Part II Rough Editing 453
Moving In and Out Points 454
Clearing In and Out Points 455
Working With Tracks 458
Adding Tracks 459
Deleting Tracks 461
Setting Destination Tracks 463
130 Part II Rough Editing 465
132 Part II Rough Editing 467
134 Part II Rough Editing 469
Resizing Timeline Tracks 470
136 Part II Rough Editing 471
Saving Track Layouts 472
138 Part II Rough Editing 473
To eliminate audio tracks 474
Drag-to-Timeline Editing 476
142 Part II Rough Editing 477
144 Part II Rough Editing 479
While Dragging 481
Three-Point Editing 484
150 Part II Rough Editing 485
Performing an Insert Edit 489
Before an insert edit 490
After an insert edit 490
New clip is inserted 490
156 Part II Rough Editing 491
Performing an Overwrite Edit 492
158 Part II Rough Editing 493
Performing a Replace Edit 495
162 Part II Rough Editing 497
The video track should 498
164 Part II Rough Editing 499
In and Out points define the 500
Superimposing Clips 501
DBefore edit 502
168 Part II Rough Editing 503
Three-Point Editing Examples 504
170 Part II Rough Editing 505
In and Out points 506
172 Part II Rough Editing 507
You can use this method 507
Into Your Sequence 509
175 510
176 Part II Rough Editing 511
178 Part II Rough Editing 513
Selecting Clips 515
Selecting an Individual Clip 516
Selecting Multiple Clips 517
184 Part II Rough Editing 519
All clips in V1 520
186 Part II Rough Editing 521
188 Part II Rough Editing 523
Choose additional 524
190 Part II Rough Editing 525
Before deleting 526
192 Part II Rough Editing 527
Option-click the control 528
Auto Select 528
195 530
196 Part II Rough Editing 531
Moving by Dragging 532
Moving Clips Numerically 533
Clip Collision message 534
Performing Shuffle Edits 535
202 Part II Rough Editing 537
Copied clip items 538
Pasted clip items 538
204 Part II Rough Editing 539
206 Part II Rough Editing 541
Selected clip items 542
After a lift edit, a gap is 542
208 Part II Rough Editing 543
Finding and Closing Gaps 544
210 Part II Rough Editing 545
In and Out points set 546
Auto Select control 546
Cutting Clips 548
214 Part II Rough Editing 549
The Razor Blade All 550
216 Part II Rough Editing 551
218 Part II Rough Editing 553
Linking and Editing 554
Video and Audio in Sync 554
220 Part II Rough Editing 555
Audio moved away 556
Audio moved back 556
222 Part II Rough Editing 557
224 Part II Rough Editing 559
226 Part II Rough Editing 561
Moving a Clip Into Sync 563
230 Part II Rough Editing 565
Before syncing 566
After syncing 566
232 Part II Rough Editing 567
Between Linked Clip Items 568
234 Part II Rough Editing 569
236 Part II Rough Editing 571
Split Edits 572
238 Part II Rough Editing 573
Chapter 15 Split Edits 239 574
240 Part II Rough Editing 575
Chapter 15 Split Edits 241 576
242 Part II Rough Editing 577
Split Edit Examples 578
244 Part II Rough Editing 579
Chapter 15 Split Edits 245 580
246 Part II Rough Editing 581
Working With Multiclips 582
248 Part II Rough Editing 583
Multiclip Workflow 584
250 Part II Rough Editing 585
252 Part II Rough Editing 587
254 Part II Rough Editing 589
Overlapping timecode 590
Creating a Multiclip 591
Creating Multiclip Sequences 592
258 Part II Rough Editing 593
Creating a Multiclip Sequence 595
Multiclip Sequence Examples 597
Timecode offset 598
264 Part II Rough Editing 599
266 Part II Rough Editing 601
4-up view 9-up view 602
View pop-up menu 602
268 Part II Rough Editing 603
Viewing Multiclip Overlays 604
270 Part II Rough Editing 605
Drag a clip to an 606
Insert New Angle 606
272 Part II Rough Editing 607
274 Part II Rough Editing 609
Before the switch, the 610
After the switch 610
276 Part II Rough Editing 611
Switching Angles 612
Cutting Between Angles 613
Individual audio items 614
Video item 614
280 Part II Rough Editing 615
282 Part II Rough Editing 617
284 Part II Rough Editing 619
Switching Angles With Effects 620
286 Part II Rough Editing 621
288 Part II Rough Editing 623
Audio Editing Basics 624
290 Part II Rough Editing 625
Waveforms for a stereo 626
292 Part II Rough Editing 627
294 Part II Rough Editing 629
Editing Audio in the Viewer 630
296 Part II Rough Editing 631
Stereo audio tab 632
Audio track a1 632
Audio track a2 632
298 Part II Rough Editing 633
300 Part II Rough Editing 635
Use the drag hand to 636
302 Part II Rough Editing 637
New Out point set 638
The Out point of audio 638
Original Out point 638
Editing Audio in the Timeline 639
306 Part II Rough Editing 641
Naming Audio Tracks 642
308 Part II Rough Editing 643
310 Part II Rough Editing 645
312 Part II Rough Editing 647
The long pause in your 648
314 Part II Rough Editing 649
316 Part II Rough Editing 651
Sliding Clips in the Timeline 656
Before edit 657
After edit 657
The timecode entry field 659
You slip items using 660
The duration of the 661
The sequence clip’s In and 661
Out points move together 661
Drag point 662
Entire length of media 662
Without Leaving a Gap 664
Performing Ripple Edits 665
These clips move left 668
This clip shortens 668
Roll edits are done 674
Selected edit point 675
Edit being rolled 676
After the roll edit, the 676
Tips for Using the Roll Tool 678
Learning About Trimming Clips 680
Click here to turn linked 682
Click here to turn 682
Selection tool 683
Selecting Single Edit Points 684
Multiple edit points 685
One edit per track is 685
This clip lengthens 688
Trimming Clips in the Viewer 689
Timecode Numbers 690
Moving Clips Using Timecode 691
Media Limit message 693
Trimming Clips 696
Using the Trim Edit Window 696
Outgoing clip 697
Incoming clip 697
Green bar 697
Go to Previous Edit 700
Go to Next Edit 700
Play Around Edit Loop 700
Play In to Out 700
Dynamic Trimming 704
Adding Transitions 710
Common Types of Transitions 711
A transition between 712
The center line 712
Having Handles at Edit Points 713
The added transition 716
Drag the transition to 720
Deleting Transitions 721
Before a roll edit 723
After a roll edit with the 723
Replacing Transitions 724
The transition now 725
Deleting Favorite Transitions 726
The white dots indicate 727
Sequence Settings window 728
Refining Transitions 732
Using the Transition Editor 732
Alignment buttons 734
Recent Clips pop-up 734
Drag hand 734
The start of an edge 736
The middle of an edge 736
Drag the hand from the 740
Transition Editor to an 740
Canvas to help you determine 743
Rendering Transitions 746
Sequence to Sequence Editing 748
4 Do one of the following: 750
Nesting Sequences 753
This nested sequence 756
After the Nested Sequence 757
Without Nesting It 758
A highlighted area shows 761
Matching Frames 762
Sprocket holes 763
The current frame in the 767
Viewer matches the 767
With the Viewer Playhead 769
Playhead Sync pop-up 770
The playhead is moved 772
Working With Timecode 774
Frame Rate Versus Timecode 775
Clip Time Versus Source Time 778
Timecode Overlays 780
The Modify Timecode dialog 782
Modifying Sequence Timecode 784
Working With 60 fps Timecode 786
Volume III 788
Audio Mixing 788
Part II Effects 793
Part I: Audio Mixing 800
Overview of Audio Mixing 802
Cleaning Up Audio 805
Adding Audio Filters 805
Making the Final Mix 806
Adjusting Audio Levels 808
Adjusting Pan 808
Setting Up Audio Equipment 810
Flat Not flat 812
Amplifiers and Signal Levels 813
Using Headphones 814
About Balanced Audio Signals 815
Inverted signal 816
(inverted again) 816
Combined signals 816
(noise eliminated) 816
Audio Connectors 817
Choose an 819
Click here to select 819
Audio Fundamentals 824
Fundamentals of a Sound Wave 825
Frequency Spectrum of Sounds 826
Measuring Sound Intensity 827
Decibel Units 828
Signal-to-Noise Ratio 829
Headroom and Distortion 829
Dynamic Range 830
Stereo Audio 831
Identifying Stereo Recordings 832
Digital Audio 833
Sample Rate 834
2 bit1 bit 836
16 bit4 bit 836
Audio Levels, Meters 838
Analog Versus Digital Meters 840
What Does 0 dB Mean? 841
Yellow peak level 842
Clip Indicators 843
Audio Peak Detection 844
Setting Proper Audio Levels 845
Labeling Your Tapes 847
About Audio Output Presets 848
Stereo Versus Dual Mono Audio 852
Overview of the Audio Mixer 854
Controls in the Audio Mixer 855
Track Visibility Area 856
Track Strips Area 857
Acceptable range 859
Clipping range 859
Master Area 860
View Buttons 862
Record Audio Keyframes Option 862
Source Pop-Up Menu 863
Using Audio Mixer Views 864
These tracks 865
Using the Audio Mixer 866
Mute button in the 868
Audio Mixer 868
Timeline 868
Audio Controls button 868
Solo button in the Audio 869
Solo button in the 869
Audio controls button 869
Changes made to faders 870
...affect only the audio 870
Changing a Clip’s Pan 875
Place the pointer over 879
Modifying Recorded Keyframes 883
Existing Automation 884
Click one or both of 885
Connecting a Control Surface 886
Installing a Control Surface 887
Tracks 1–8 889
Tracks 9–16 889
Mixing Audio 896
Volume level overlay 897
Change in volume level 897
The keyframe appears as 898
Enter a new value 902
Adjust Line Segment 903
Panning Audio in the Timeline 904
Pan slider 905
Enter a value in one 906
The pointer turns into an 907
Adjust Line Segment pointer 907
As you drag, a box displays 907
Tools for Adjusting Keyframes 908
Level Keyframe 909
Pan Keyframe button 909
Reset button 909
A keyframe appears at the 910
Keyframe being moved 912
Keyframes set 915
Lowered levels 915
Adjust the slope of 916
When you’ve zoomed 917
The problem samples 918
The overlay looks 918
Using the Voice Over Tool 922
Microphone 924
USB audio 924
PowerBook 924
Headphones 924
20-second point 925
The newly recorded 933
Recording a Voiceover 935
Recording Multiple Takes 936
Appears in Your Sequence 937
Using Audio Filters 938
Overview of Audio Filters 939
Compression 941
Expansion 942
Noise Reduction Filters 943
Echo and Reverb Filters 944
Working With Audio Filters 946
Drag a filter from 948
...to the Timeline 948
Select several filters 949
...then drag them to the 949
In and Out points in the 954
Controls in the Filters Tab 956
Trash can icon 959
Tips for Better Audio 962
Tips for Cutting Dialogue 963
Tips for Cutting Music 966
Instead of placing audio 967
... do this 967
Organizing Your Tracks 968
Part II: Effects 970
Applying a Filter to a Clip 973
... to the sequence clip 975
Drag the Start or End 977
The End point dragged 977
Select multiple filters 978
Then, drag the filters 978
Keyframe navigation 980
Keyframe button 980
Keyframe graph ruler 981
Keyframe graph area 981
Filter Start and 981
End points 981
Section of clip not used 981
Using Filter Controls 982
Double-sided 983
Logarithmic slider 983
Point control 984
X and y coordinates 984
Angle control 984
Clip control 986
Filter bar for a video track 986
Clip Keyframes button 986
To copy a clip’s filter 988
Removing Filters From Clips 989
Using After Effects Filters 989
Blur Filters 990
Border Filters 991
Channel Filters 991
Color Correction Filters 992
Distort Filters 993
Image Control Filters 994
Key Filters 995
Settings window 996
Matte Filters 997
Perspective Filters 999
Sharpen Filters 999
Stylize Filters 1000
Video Filters 1001
Changing Motion Parameters 1004
Basic motion parameters 1005
Distort attribute 1005
Motion Blur parameters 1006
Drop Shadow parameters 1006
Some parameters must 1006
Controls in the Motion Tab 1007
Canvas center point 1010
-360 pixels +360 pixels 1010
-240 pixels 1010
+240 pixels 1010
Initial background layer 1012
Sequence In and 1012
Out points 1012
Motion settings for the 1020
A soft border appears 1020
Both selected clips now 1022
The background clip 1022
Choosing a Wireframe Mode 1023
Which View Should You Use? 1024
Crop and Distort Tools 1025
Zooming In to the Canvas 1026
Drag a corner handle 1027
Shift-drag a corner 1027
Use the Distort tool to 1034
Adjusting Parameters 1036
How Keyframing Works 1037
Zoom control 1041
Zoom slider 1041
Timecode 1041
Pen Smooth tool 1042
Pen tool 1042
Pen Delete tool 1042
Setting Keyframes 1043
As you drag, a box 1046
Drag the area up or down 1046
Moving Between Keyframes 1047
Thumb tabs on either 1048
Layer the clips, with one 1050
Create five keyframes at 1054
1-second intervals 1054
Two keyframes with 1055
Bezier handle on one 1055
Smoothing Keyframes 1058
What Are Motion Paths? 1060
Creating Motion Paths 1061
Press Shift, then drag to 1063
Tic marks farther apart 1065
Tic marks closer together 1065
The pointer changes 1068
About the Keyframe Graph Area 1070
Drag the resize pointer 1073
Keyframe Editor Resize 1073
Reusing Effect 1074
Checkboxes are available 1078
Auto Select controls 1079
Enter the new name for 1083
Previewing Effects 1086
Controls in the QuickView Tab 1090
Playback in the QuickView Tab 1091
Changing Clip Speed 1094
Performing a Fit to Fill Edit 1095
Set In and Out points 1096
Constant Speed 1098
Making Constant Speed Changes 1101
Making Variable Speed Changes 1102
Last frame of clip 1104
First frame of clip 1104
Length of clip’s media 1104
Motion bar (blue) 1105
Speed indicator area 1105
Speed tooltips 1105
Keyframe editor 1105
Speed indicators 1107
Clip Keyframes control 1107
At normal speed, the 1108
Slow speed 1108
Fast speed 1108
Reverse indicators 1109
Variable indicators 1109
Using the Time Remap Tool 1110
Time Remap 1111
To scrub through a clip in 1114
Shift key, then click a clip 1114
Slow motion 1116
Linear time 1116
Fast forward 1117
Reverse speed 1117
Acceleration 1118
Time Remap parameters 1119
Time Graph Output 1119
Working With Still Images 1122
3000 x 2000 1125
720 x 480 1125
Video Is Not 72 Dots per Inch 1126
720 X 486 Broadcast 1129
(720 X 480 DV) 1129
640 X 480 1129
Looks right 1130
Looks wrong 1130
Using Alpha Channels 1131
Enter a new duration in 1134
Enter a new duration here 1134
4000 X 3000 1135
Set the Scale 1136
Starting position 1138
Center parameter 1138
Ending keyframe 1139
Drag the velocity 1140
Compositing and Layering 1142
Opacity is used to blend 1145
Working With Composite Modes 1148
The matte clip 1154
The main clip to be 1155
Photoshop File 1156
Control-click in the Alpha 1162
Dark areas are 1163
White areas are solid 1163
Alpha channel display 1164
Background display 1164
Choosing a Background 1167
Soloed clip item 1170
Overlapping clip items on 1170
Keying, Mattes, and Masks 1172
A four-point matte outlining 1173
Use Proper Lighting 1176
Your Background Screen 1177
Visual interface of 1181
Copy Filter controls 1181
Select Color button 1184
Invert Selection button 1184
The image is cropped 1189
The background image now 1190
The background image is 1190
Click the Point 1 crosshair 1191
The finished matte image 1193
Create keyframes for 1193
The four points are 1193
The clip’s image remains 1196
Color Correcting Clips 1198
Telecine Color Correction 1201
Tape-to-Tape Color Correction 1203
Luma (Luminance) 1205
Chrominance (Chroma) 1206
Blacks, Mids, and Whites 1207
Illegal Broadcast Levels 1208
Enabling Range Checking 1209
The Tool Bench appears 1211
The shortcut menu in 1213
This dip in the 1214
An image with high 1215
An image with low 1215
Red of clothing 1216
Blue of background 1216
Distribution of blues 1216
Low-contrast image 1219
High-contrast image 1219
High blue levels 1219
This image contains 1220
The Color Correction Process 1221
A color correction tab 1225
Click this to view that 1225
General Controls 1226
Copy Filter Controls 1227
Color Balance Controls 1231
Level sliders 1233
Auto Black Level button 1233
Saturation control 1233
Auto White Level button 1233
Auto Contrast button 1233
Choose All so that all 1236
The balance control 1238
After color correction 1238
Before color correction 1238
Blacks Reset button 1240
Blacks Select 1240
Auto-balance Color 1240
Color Balance controls 1240
Auto White 1242
Level button 1242
Auto Black 1242
This example shows how 1244
Move the Mids 1246
... so more detail comes 1246
Click the eyedropper near 1248
Click the eyedropper 1249
Before After 1249
Adjust the Mids 1250
Balance control to 1250
Before adjusting 1252
After adjusting 1252
Multiple Edits layout 1253
Move the playhead so it’s 1255
Split-screen mode 1255
The Multiple Edits 1256
Second clip 1256
First clip 1256
Hue Matching Controls 1259
The Hue Matching controls 1260
Click a highlight 1261
The color balance of both 1263
Limit Effect Controls 1264
The bicycle remains red and 1270
Highlight Desaturation 1271
Lows Desaturation 1271
The Broadcast Safe Filter 1273
What Is a Generator Clip? 1276
Some generators 1280
Click the Controls tab to 1281
Creating Titles 1282
Installing and Choosing Fonts 1283
Chapter 23 Using RT Extreme 1294
Chapter 24 Rendering 1294
Using RT Extreme 1296
510 Part III Output 1297
About Safe Real-Time Playback 1299
Orange video render bars 1300
514 Part III Output 1301
Available Real-Time Effects 1303
What Is Gamma Correction? 1304
More About Gamma Correction 1305
About Render Status Bars 1306
520 Part III Output 1307
522 Part III Output 1309
Settings in the Real-Time 1310
Effects (RT) pop-up menu 1310
524 Part III Output 1311
526 Part III Output 1313
528 Part III Output 1315
530 Part III Output 1317
532 Part III Output 1319
Rendering 1320
Reasons for Rendering 1321
Chapter 24 Rendering 535 1322
Video Render Status Bars 1323
Audio Render Status Bars 1324
About Item-Level Render Bars 1325
The Rendering Process 1326
540 Part III Output 1327
Chapter 24 Rendering 541 1328
542 Part III Output 1329
Chapter 24 Rendering 543 1330
544 Part III Output 1331
Rendering Part of a Sequence 1332
Using the Mixdown Command 1333
Chapter 24 Rendering 547 1334
548 Part III Output 1335
Changing Render Settings 1336
About Video Bit Depth 1337
About Color Space Conversion 1338
About Maximum White Levels 1338
552 Part III Output 1339
Rendering and Color Bars 1340
554 Part III Output 1341
Chapter 24 Rendering 555 1342
556 Part III Output 1343
Chapter 24 Rendering 557 1344
558 Part III Output 1345
Managing Your Render Files 1346
Using the Render Manager 1347
Chapter 24 Rendering 561 1348
Preserving Render Files 1349
Chapter 24 Rendering 563 1350
Reducing Render Time 1351
Volume IV 1352
Media Management 1352
Contents 1354
4 Contents 1355
Part II Project Interchange 1356
Part III Output 1357
Contents 7 1358
8 Contents 1359
Part VAppendixes 1360
10 Contents 1361
Part I: Media and Project 1362
Management 1362
Backing Up 1370
Using the Autosave Feature 1371
ProjectName_MM-DD-YY_HHMM 1372
Restoring Autosaved Projects 1373
Is Unexpectedly Powered Off 1374
Archiving Completed Projects 1375
Before Updating Projects 1376
Updating Projects 1377
Elements of a 1380
Final Cut Pro Project 1380
Types of Clips 1381
Sequences 1383
Clip Properties 1385
Â Browser columns 1386
Working With 1392
Master and Affiliate Clips 1392
Identifying Master Clips 1393
Independent Clips 1397
Finding a Clip’s Master Clip 1399
Master Clip Properties 1400
Affiliate Clip Properties 1401
Media File Properties 1401
Offline and Online Editing 1402
OfflineRT Sequence 1408
ClipClip Clip 1413
Desktop 1413
Editing System 1413
Reconnecting Clips 1414
These are offline clips 1415
Can Be Broken 1416
Making Clips Offline 1417
Select the files you 1422
You can select which 1426
Overview of the Media Manager 1428
Summary Area 1432
Media Area 1432
Project Area 1437
Media Destination Area 1438
How Subclips Are Processed 1440
Examples of How to Use 1444
Using the Media Manager 1445
A message appears if 1446
Decide what you want to 1447
Select the sequence 1448
Media Files 1449
After Creating Subclips 1454
Press Command-A 1457
Diagnostic Tools for Clips 1460
Locate the file you want 1462
Video track information 1463
Audio track information 1463
Timecode track 1463
File information 1463
A long frame marker 1465
Detecting Audio Peaks 1466
For a clip in a sequence 1467
Part II: Project Interchange 1468
Importing and Exporting EDLs 1470
Learning to Read an EDL 1471
Elements of an EDL 1472
Exporting EDLs 1475
Reviewing an EDL 1482
Limitations of Importing EDLs 1483
Problems Importing EDL Files 1484
Creating Better EDLs 1486
Maintaining Accurate Timecode 1487
Enter a reel name here 1488
Join Through Edits 1490
Avoid Nested Sequences 1492
Exporting Audio for 1496
Mixing in Other Applications 1496
Choose the Bars and 1499
Tone setting for NTSC or 1499
PAL, depending on your 1499
This shows the sync beep 1501
All other tracks are 1502
Make sure just the 1502
Exporting a Downmix 1505
Exporting OMF Audio Files 1509
Disabled tracks are 1510
Select the desired 1511
Importing and Exporting 1514
Final Cut Pro XML 1514
Tags and Elements 1515
Attributes of XML Elements 1516
Whitespace 1517
Document Type Definitions 1517
Part III: Output 1524
Preparing to Output to Tape 1526
176 Part III Output 1527
Output Requirements 1528
178 Part III Output 1529
180 Part III Output 1531
Selecting Playback Settings 1532
Selecting Render Settings 1532
Cueing the Videotape 1533
Calibrating Your Timecode 1533
184 Part III Output 1535
Assemble and Insert Editing 1536
Using Edit to Tape 1536
186 Part III Output 1537
About Insert Editing to Tape 1538
About Tracks on Videotape 1539
About the Edit to Tape Window 1540
190 Part III Output 1541
192 Part III Output 1543
Mastering Settings Tab 1544
194 Part III Output 1545
Device Settings Tab 1547
Using the Edit to Tape Window 1548
198 Part III Output 1549
200 Part III Output 1551
202 Part III Output 1553
Drag the clip or 1554
Or click the Insert 1554
Edit button 1554
204 Part III Output 1555
Printing To Video and Output 1558
From the Timeline 1558
Printing to Video 1559
Mark In and Out 1560
210 Part III Output 1561
Recording From the Timeline 1562
212 Part III Output 1563
Outputting to VHS Tape 1564
Exporting Sequences for DVD 1566
216 Part III Output 1567
Video for DVD 1568
Audio for DVD 1569
About the MPEG Format 1569
About Surround Sound Audio 1570
More About Chapter Markers 1571
Using iDVD 1573
Using DVD Studio Pro 1574
Using Compressor 1574
224 Part III Output 1575
Learning About QuickTime 1578
QuickTime for Media Authoring 1579
Codecs Supported in QuickTime 1580
230 Part III Output 1581
Movie File Formats 1583
234 Part III Output 1585
Audio File Formats 1587
Exporting QuickTime Movies 1590
240 Part III Output 1591
Recompressing the Media 1592
242 Part III Output 1593
A dialog shows you the 1594
245 1596
246 Part III Output 1597
248 Part III Output 1599
250 Part III Output 1601
252 Part III Output 1603
254 Part III Output 1605
Exporting a DV Stream 1607
Exporting an AVI File 1608
Exporting Still Images 1612
262 Part III Output 1613
Exporting Image Sequences 1615
Batch Exporting 1618
Clips and Sequences 1618
268 Part III Output 1619
If you want, enter a new 1620
270 Part III Output 1621
Select the 1622
272 Part III Output 1623
Select the options 1624
274 Part III Output 1625
Doing a Batch Export 1626
276 Part III Output 1627
Redoing Batch Exports 1628
Choosing Settings 1632
General Tab 1633
Editing Tab 1638
Labels Tab 1643
Timeline Options Tab 1644
Render Control Tab 1644
Audio Outputs Tab 1644
Changing System Settings 1645
Search Folders Tab 1646
Memory & Cache Tab 1647
Playback Control Tab 1648
External Editors Tab 1649
The path is 1650
Effect Handling Tab 1651
Audio/Video Settings 1652
Changing Audio/Video Presets 1655
Choosing Individual Presets 1656
Viewing Settings in a Preset 1657
Creating a New Preset 1658
Editing a Preset 1659
Deleting Presets 1660
Creating Custom Easy Setups 1660
Capture Settings and Presets 1666
Rate Field 1669
Click Compression 1670
Specify the 1670
Device Control Settings 1674
” on page 332 1678
Using FireWire Device Control 1680
Using Serial Device Control 1681
’ll need to compensate for 1684
Enter an appropriate 1684
then click OK 1685
Sequence Settings and Presets 1686
General Tab for Sequences 1687
Changing Sequence Settings 1695
Part V: Appendixes 1698
Video Formats 1700
350 Part V Appendixes 1701
Storage Medium 1702
Video Standards 1703
Type of Video Signal 1704
354 Part V Appendixes 1705
720 x 486 Versus 720 x 480 1707
Pixel Aspect Ratio 1708
Frame Rate 1709
Scanning Method 1709
About Progressive Scanning 1710
About Field Dominance 1711
Color Recording Method 1712
Color Sampling Ratio 1713
Bit Depth 1714
Video Compression 1715
Lossy Codecs 1716
Uncompressed Video 1716
DV Formats 1717
24p Video 1717
High Definition Video Formats 1718
Data Rate Comparisons 1720
Composite 1721
Component YUV (Y´C 1722
) and Component RGB 1722
372 Part V Appendixes 1723
SCART connector 1724
Frame Rate and Timecode 1728
378 Part V Appendixes 1729
Persistence of Vision 1730
380 Part V Appendixes 1731
Choosing a Frame Rate 1732
01:32:15:28 1734
Timecode on Tape 1737
Anamorphic 16:9 Media 1742
392 Part V Appendixes 1743
About Letterboxing 1744
Why Shoot 16:9 Video? 1745
Recording Anamorphic Video 1746
Capturing Anamorphic Media 1747
Check this box 1748
398 Part V Appendixes 1749
400 Part V Appendixes 1751
Solving Common Problems 1752
Solutions to Common Problems 1753
404 Part V Appendixes 1755
406 Part V Appendixes 1757
General Performance Issues 1758
Problems With Audio Quality 1758
Contacting AppleCare Support 1759
Glossary 1760
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412 Glossary 1763
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414 Glossary 1765
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416 Glossary 1767
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