笔记

50 Fast FINAL CUT PRO 3 TECHNIQUES

by Tim Meehan

Apple Consultant and Trainer

Step-by-step techniques for amazing digital video effects

Wiley Publishing, Inc.

CHAPTER 1

GETTING READY: PREPARING YOUR VIDEO CLIPS

TECHNIQUE 1

"BATCH" CAPTURE YOUR VIDEO CLIPS 

STEP 1: MARK YOUR CLIPS

-- File => Log & Capture (Command +8);

* TIP: Encoding a Tape

-- Before you begin to record on any tape, it should be 'encoded' so that it will have a complete timecode sequence from start to finish.

-- To encode a tape, place the tape in the camcorder; Make sure the lens cap is on tightly, covering the lens and preventing any video capture. Start recording. Let the camera record the inside of the lens cap for its entire length.  

-- After the recording is done, simply rewind and mark the tape as encoded. Now you're ready to record video onto it.

STEP 2: SET YOUR REEL AND SCENE INFORMATION

STEP 3: LOG YOUR CLIPS AND THEN MARK YOUR IN AND OUT POINTS

-- You can use your storyboard in front of you as a guide for how and where to set your in and out points for each scene or clip you're capturing.

* TIP: You can open the Audio Video settings  by hitting Option+Command+Q

-- You can easily shuttle-jog your tape back and forth, playing and marking your clips by using the following keyboard shortcuts:

L: Play the tape from the current location;

K: Stops the tape playing;

J: Rolls tape in reverse;

I: Marks an in point;

O: Marks an out point;

F2: Logs the clip and displays a dialog box allowing you to name the clip;

-- Note that all of your captured clip icons have red lines running diagonally across them, indicating that they have been marked, but not yet captured.

STEP 4: CLOSE THE LOG AND CAPTURE WINDOW

STEP 5: SELECT THE CLIPS YOU WANT TO CAPTURE

STEP 6: BATCH CAPTURE (Control + C)

STEP 7: GET A CUP OF COFFEE

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TECHNIQUE 2

SETTING "HANDLE" LENGTH

-- Handles are extra frames of media saved at the beginning and the end of a captured clip. The handle allows you to, in effect, "color outside the lines', giving you a few extra seconds or a defined number of additional frames of captured video data with which to transition between scenes, clips, or effects.

STEP 1: SET HANDLE LENGTH