User manual APPLE FINAL CUT PRO HD NEW FEATURES V4.5

[. . . ] Under the copyright laws, this manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the written consent of Apple. Your rights to the software are governed by the accompanying software license agreement. The Apple logo is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. , registered in the U. S. Use of the "keyboard" Apple logo (Option-Shift-K) for commercial purposes without the prior written consent of Apple may constitute trademark infringement and unfair competition in violation of federal and state laws. [. . . ] To recapture the media in your sequence at full resolution: 1 In the OfflineRT project, select your sequence in the Browser and choose File > Media Manager. 2 In the Media Manager, choose the following options, then click OK. Choose Create Offline from this pop-up menu. Choose the preset that matches your original source tapes. Select this option. Deselect this option to avoid creating extraneous clips in your new project. Note: If you anticipate additional fine-tuning of your edits, or if you plan to change the length of transitions such as dissolves and fades, you can select the Use Handles checkbox and enter a handle length (in seconds and frames) to provide extra media at the head and tail of each sequence clip. Don't set this value too high or it will significantly increase the amount of media you need to recapture. 2­5 second handles are usually adequate for sequences near completion. Chapter 1 Using DVCPRO HD 59 3 In the Save dialog, choose a name and destination for the new project file. Note: To avoid confusion, close the original low-resolution project if it is still open. 5 In the Browser, select your edited sequence and choose File > Batch Capture. For more information about batch capturing, see Volume I, Chapter 10, "Logging and Capturing Media" in the Final Cut Pro 4 User's Manual. When you have finished capturing all of your clips at full resolution, you can output back to DVCPRO HD tape using Edit to Tape or Print to Video. Trading Project Files Using Email or the Internet To send a project via the Internet or email, you can use the Media Manager to create a copy of your project without media, reducing transfer time significantly. Keep in mind that recipients of your project need the same media files on their systems; otherwise, they will only see offline media indicators when they open the project. Use the copy or recompress option in the Media Manager to create copies of your media files for remote collaborators. The example below shows how to make a copy of your sequence(s) with different sequence settings (image dimensions, codec, and so on) to send to a remote collaborator. To use the Media Manager to create an offline sequence within a new project file: 1 Select a sequence in the Browser. 3 Select the sequence preset that matches the media on the editing system you are sending to. 5 Choose a destination and name for the new project file, then click OK. 6 Attach the new project to an email, or upload it to an accessible FTP or web server. Note: Some network servers may not recognize the native Final Cut Pro file format. To ensure that the file is properly transferred, you can create and send a compressed zip archive of your project instead. 60 Chapter 1 Using DVCPRO HD To create a cross-platform-compatible zip archive of your project(s): 1 In the Finder, select the Final Cut Pro project file(s). 2 Control-click the project file and choose Create Archive Of from the shortcut menu. If you create a single archive zip file, the archive file will be named after the file you originally selected (for example, My Movie. fcp becomes My Movie. fcp. zip). If you select multiple files, the archive file will be named Archive. zip. [. . . ] Cons · Quick action or rapid camera motion may cause interlacing artifacts. 1080i50 1080 50 1920 x 1080 1280 x 720 720 x 480 1080i50 is frame and field compatible with standard definition PAL video. Pros · Individual still frames in this format are very high quality because of the high resolution. · 25 fps frame rate and interlacing are both compatible with standard definition PAL video. Cons · Quick action or rapid camera motion may cause interlacing artifacts. [. . . ]