Take advantage of an external drive to help re-capture and media manage footage for final edit.
Okay, here’s the situation. Your client did a preliminary edit and captured footage themselves. They bring you a drive with a ton of footage, some of the stuff is good, but some needs to be recaptured.
Sounds [...]
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The New Window Burn
Final Cut Pro has always had the ability to add a timecode window burn to a clip or sequence. The problem is, that took an extra step or two. The sequence would have to be rendered and then exported. Sure if you were going to tape this is no [...]
Use Master Templates to make Multiple Graphics a Breeze
So have you have worked on a show with a ton of CGs? Lets say lower thirds, for people’s name and whatever else the director wants to note. It can be a real pain the you know what. But using a Master Template and [...]
Use Timecode in Quicktime
In the 7.1.6 update to QuickTime, Apple was kind enough to give us the ability to view timecode right inside of the application. This is a really nice feature, because FCP editors do not have to export a window burn for client review any longer. As long as the QuickTime [...]
Quickly Move Clips Between Tracks While Keeping the Same Timing
As many Final Cut Pro techniques are concerned, there is more that one way to get things done. Way back in Final Cut Pro Tip #002 we discussed how to use the shift drag technique to move a clip from track to track without moving [...]
Final Cut Pro Tip #043
Published December 18th, 2006 in Apple, Digital Video Editing, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Pro Tips & Tricks, Geeky Mac Stuff, Pro Video and fcp. 0 CommentsMatch Frame to Source File
As mentioned in tip #30, the match frame feature in Final Cut Pro can be very handy for quickly getting back to a master clip. To quickly recap, the f key will match the frame of the playhead, in the timeline or canvas, to the same frame of the master [...]
FxPlug Generators & Effects
When Apple updated Final Cut Pro to 5.1.2, it added a very cool new feature, FxPlug. FxPlug is the effect plug-in architecture used in Motion. This is really exciting news for FCP users because it means that there will be more advanced plug-ins to use with FCP.
Final Cut Pro Tip #041 – Out of Control
Final Cut Pro is very flexible when it comes to device control. And Firewire sure has made things easy, with a one cable does it all connection. However, if you use a video capture card, there are many more cables to connect including control.
Final Cut Pro Tip #040 – Video Processing
Final Cut Pro supports several different type of video processing depending on which format you are working in. In a nutshell it is going to be the quality of the rendered material. Be careful here though, the high quality is not always going to be better. [...]
Final Cut Pro Tip #039 – Batch Export
I think that Final Cut Pro’s batch export feature is often overlooked. With the addition of Compressor, most batch processing tasks in the Final Cut Studio workflow happen there rather than in FCP. However, using the batch export function in FCP can be more efficient for [...]
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