Editing with final cut pro 4 : an intermediate guide to setup and editing workflow / Charles Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Charles, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Final cut (Electronic resource).

Video tapes--Editing--Data processing.

Video tapes.

Digital video--Editing--Data processing.

Digital video.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (475 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Editing with Final Cut Pro 4 : an intermediate guide to setup and editing workflow

intermediate guide to uncompressed, DV, and beyond

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Whether you've mastered the basics of Final Cut Pro and want to take your skills to the next level, or if you're a video editor new to Final Cut Pro and looking to put your own system together, this book is for you. Written by ""chawla,"" a Final Cut Pro guru and veteran moderator on 2-Pop/Creative Cow, this book covers the interface basics and workflow but goes beyond to address intermediate techniques and timesaving tips for professional results. Roberts does not assume you have an IT staff on hand and therefore goes into crucial issues of set up, configuration, consumer advice on hardware p

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Initial Setup: Optimizing the Mac OS and FCP; Macintosh OSX: The System Preferences; The Energy Saver Preference; The Displays Preference; Software Update; Network Issues and AppleTalk; Multi-User and Administrator Issues; Installing FCP Software; Project Setup: Do It Right the First Time and Every Time; Starting up FCP; Saving Your Project Correctly; The Structure of FCP; The Browser Window; The Project Tab; The Effects Tab; Moving a Clip around the Windows; The Color Bars and Tone Generator Clip

Moving the Clip from the Effects Tab to the Project TabCreating a Bin and Using It as an Organizing Tool; The Viewer Window; Moving the Clip from the Bin to the Viewer; The Canvas Window; The Timeline Window; Moving the Clip from the Viewer Window to the Sequence; The Audio Meters; The Toolbar; The Tool Bench; Chapter 2 Settings: Are Yours Correct?; The System Settings; The Scratch Disks Tab: The Issues Scratch Disk Assignment; A Note on Partitioning; A Look at the Scratch Disk Preferences Tab; Scratch Disk Assignment: Follow the Next Steps Precisely; Naming Issues

Waveform and Thumbnail CacheAutosave Vault; Minimum Allowable Free Space on Scratch Disks; Limit Capture/Export File Segment Size; Limit Capture Now; The Memory and Cache Tab; The Playback Control Tab; The External Editors Tab; The Effects Handling Tab; The Audio/Video Settings; The Issues Involved in the Audio/Video Settings; The Summary Tab; The Capture Presets Tab; The Sequence Preset Tab; The Video Processing Tab; The Device Control Presets Tab; The A/V Devices Tab; Back to the Summary Tab; The Easy Setup; The User Preferences; The General Preferences Tab; Real-Time Audio Mixing

Audio Playback QualityWarn if Visibility Change Deletes Render File; Prompt for Settings on New Sequence; Report Dropped Frames During Playback; Abort Capture on Dropped Frames; On Timecode Break; Autosave Vault; The Audio Outputs Tab; Chapter 3 Media Acquisition: Logging and Capturing; How Do We Get It Inside FCP?; Pre-Log and Capture Techniques: The Paper Log and Timecode Window Burn; Logging and Capturing; Create a Logging Bin; The Log and Capture Window; The Log and Capture Video Preview Window; The Log and Capture Tabs; The Reel Name; The Name, Description, and Marker Fields

The Capture ButtonsCapture Clip; Capture Now; The Process of Capturing; Scratch Disk Info; Current Frame Timecode Field; The Tape Transport Controls and J-K-L Support; The Jog and Shuttle Wheels; Set the In and Out Points for a Clip; The Clip Duration Timecode Field; Capture Using Capture Clip; Capture Now; Capture Now and Its Relationship with DV Timecode; The Capture Now Process; Using DV Start/Stop Detection; Batch Capture; What Is Offline/Online?; The Process; The Idiot Check; Chapter 4 Importing Media; What Importing Is and What It Is Not

Audio CD Import the Right Way: Using QuickTime Pro to Import and Convert Sample Rates

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611005818

9781136070228

1136070222

9781281005816

1281005819

9780080491219

0080491219

OCLC:

476060417