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Art Video ASProduction

Intro to Final Cut & Setting Up a

Workstation


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INTRODUCTION TO FINAL CUT PRO

Final Cut Pro is a professional non-linear editing, non-destructive software application developed by Apple Inc. Theapplication is only available forMac OS X version 10.4 or later,and is a module of the Final Cut Studio product. The softwarelogs and captures video onto a hard drive (internal or external),

where it can be edited and processed. From the early 2000s, Final Cut Pro developed a large and

expanding user base including many independent filmmakers. Ithas made inroads with film and television editors whotraditionally use Avid Technology's Media Composer. According

to a 2007 SCRI study, Final Cut made up 49% of theprofessional editing market, with Avid at 22%. This has been afunction of a hugely expanding professional editing marketplacerather than a large reduction in installed Avid users.
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Setting up your

workspace/ You will need a camera, docking station andfirewire cable. Place the camera on the

docking station and connect your firewire to it

and the computer. Small end in the dockingstation large end in the back of the Mac

The symbol will look like this.


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Turn your camera and the Mac on the

camera needs to be set to playback mode

you should see play, stop controls etc. Click

on the Final Cut symbol in the dock at thebottom of the screen.

The symbol will look like this


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Saving and Scratch Discs

You will need to set your Scratch Disk settings (Where thecomputer saves all your files) and the default setting of yourproject.

Set all your scratch disks to a folder that you will create andname in your documents. Call the main folder Art Video AS2008.

We will be working in Pal DV anamorphic (widescreen) You cancheck this setting in Project settings

You now need to save your project. File Save Project as goto your documents Art Video AS 2008 - Within this folder make

a folder with your name in full. Within this folder create a foldernamed Term 1. Within this folder create a folder called WEEK 5

Editing Tutorial 1.


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THE BROWSER, THE VIEWER,THE CANVAS, THE TIMELINE/ The Final Cut interface has four main

windows: the Browser, where source media files are listed;

the Viewer, where individual media files can bepreviewed and trimmed;

the Timeline, where media can be cut together

into a sequence;

The Canvas, where the edited production in the

timeline can be viewed.


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THE BROWSER, THE VIEWER,THE CANVAS, THE TIMELINE/ The positions and sizes of these windows can be changed, but

by default, the Browser is at the top left, with the Viewer andCanvas to its right, in that order, and the Timeline below. Thereis also a small Toolbox window and two audio level indicatorsfor the left and right audio channels.

Both the Viewer and Canvas have a shuttle interface (forvariable-speed scanning through a clip, forwards or backwards)and a jogging interface (for frame-by-frame advancing).

The standard J, K and L keys can be used to play the video atfull speed backwards, to pause the video, and to play it at full

speed in a forward direction, respectively. The I and O keys can be used to set in and out points for a

clip, or for the entire sequence.


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The Browser

The browser (Top Left) contains all of the files that areboth logged and captured from the camera or imported(File-import such as video files or sound files). These aresaved in folders called bins. The name of the folder can

be changed we will call ours week 5 Editing Tutorial.The browser also has an 'effects' tab in which. Videotransitions and filters can be browsed and dragged ontoor between clips.


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The Browser


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The Canvass

The canvas is a mini screen that contains the contents of

the film clips that you place on the Timeline below. To

add clips to the Timeline, besides dragging them there, it

is possible to drag clips from the Browser or Viewer onto

the Canvas. Using the wireframe view on the canvas, theclip can be manipulated directly - dragging it around in

the canvas to change its position, for example, or

resizing it. Precise adjustment controls for these things

are in the viewer.


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The Canvass
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The Viewer

The viewer is to the right of the canvas and is another miniscreen in which clips can be previewed before being placed onthe timeline and edited.

The viewer also has tabs for each channel of the selected clip'saudio, in which the waveform for the audio can be viewed and

scrubbed, and where its volume can be key framed. The filters tab is where effects for the clip appear and where

their parameters can be adjusted and key framed. Finally, the viewer's motion tab contains tools to adjust the scale,

opacity, cropping, rotation, distortion, drop shadow, motion blur

and time remapping properties of the clip. Mini-timelines to the right of each parameter allow the property to

be key framed.
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The Viewer
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Timeline

Clips can be edited together in the timeline. Within the timelinethere are sequences in which your film clips are arranged andedited. You will need to name your sequence so that it isrecognisable. After you have named it you will notice that a file inthe browser is called the same name. This is your sequence file.

REMEMBER TO SAVE YOUR WORK (SAVE OFTEN!) The timeline in Final Cut Pro allows 99 video tracks to be layered

on top of each other. If a clip is higher in the timeline thananother, then it obscures whatever is below it. The size of avideo clip can be altered, and the clips can be cropped, among

many other settings that can be changed.


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Timeline
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LOG AND CAPTURE/

Before doing anything else you will need to moveyour video files from your DV tape to the computersHard Drive. To do this we will need to use a set upin Final Cut called Log and Capture.

You can access this function through pressing Apple-8 or through the menu. Make sure your camera isattached via firewire and that it is switched to tapeplay back.

We will be using Batch Capture as it saves Hard

Drive space by only capturing good clips andorganizes and arranges your clips for you. By pressing log and capture you will have brought

up a new window with a viewer. (See Below)


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LOG AND CAPTURE/


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LOG AND CAPTURE

In the top right of the log and capture screen name your reel(The name of your project/film)

Now that the tape has rewound find the first section of film thatyou want to capture. You can use the play, stop and rewindfunctions to do this or J, K and L on the keyboard. Space bar

also plays and stops the film. When you have found the clip you want, go back to thebeginning of the clip and click on mark in (Bottom of viewerscreen to the left of VTR OK)

Press play (space bar) and stop (space bar) when you get to theend of the first clip then press mark out (to the right of the VTR

OK). Now click on log clip. You have now created a reference point to

that clip. Give the clip a related name and description if you wish.


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Log and Capture

Repeat these three steps until you have logged everything youwant.

In the browser window (The left side of the screen) you will seethe files that you have logged. They will have a red line throughthem. (This is because they havent been captured yet).You can

delete any clips that were logged by mistake. Go back to the log and capture window. Click on the batch button

in the bottom right of the window. Your tape will nowautomatically rewind and capture your clips.

When it has finished you will notice the red lines have gone from

your files in the browser window. Your clips are now stored onthe Hard Drive of the computer ready for editing.

REMEMBER TO SAVE YOUR PROJECT (FILE - SAVE ORAPPLE + S)

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